solid edge - 2d to 3d design and drafting software

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How do I get the power of 3Dwith the simplicity of 2D?

Yacht modeled in Solid Edge

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Solid Edge product highlight mini-series

About this mini-series 20 minutes covering 1 of 5 topics Solution, demonstration, customer

experience Recorded for future playback



How to get the power of 3D with the simplicity of 2DWhat we will cover in this series

How to accelerate the move to 3D and virtually eliminate adoption times

How to use 2D drawings in 3D digital prototyping and cut time to market up to 70%

How to better leverage 3D supplier data and modify outsourced data faster than the vendor

How to use 2D ideas but get the accuracy of 3D and perform ECO’s in minutes instead of hours

How to maximize SharePoint with Insight and reduce drawing search time by up to 85%



Solid Edge with synchronous technology 2Incorporating the best of both worlds

History-basedModeling

History-freeModeling

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lity

Technology

Dimension Driven

Inflexible

Highly Automated

Feature-based

Scales poorly on many-featured

parts

Flexible Editing

Feature-lessScales well on many-featured

parts

Direct Interaction

Weak dimension-driven editing

Little Design Automation

Requires pre-planning

synchronoustechnology

Synchronized Solve

Procedural Features

Live Rules

Driving 3D Dimensions

More…

Synchronous technology not licensable



Solid Edge with synchronous technology 2 awards Top industry awards

CAD Society Leadership Award 2009 “… Synchronous technology in Solid Edge

represented a major turning point in the industry...”

Design News 2009 Golden Mousetrap Best Product Award “…Perhaps no 3-D CAD company did as

much to advance the trend as Siemens PLM Software with the introduction of synchronous technology.”

MBT 2009 Innovation Insight “Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology

impresses product designers…impresses for its speed, power, and flexibility.”

http://www.designnews.com/common/jumplink.php?target=http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com



Solid Edge with synchronous technology 2 for accelerating the move to 3DAnd virtually eliminate transitional downtimes Reduce design time through more data reuse Lower engineering costs through less training Maximize engineering knowledge by using familiar 2D concepts

How do you get the power of 3D with the simplicity of 2D?



Moving from 2D to 3DWhat are your barriers to entry?

Benefits of 3D are understood but you still need to… Reduce rework in drawings used for 3D Reduce risky downtime while learning new concepts Handle resistance to change—2D is known to work1

(1) Best practices for Migrating from 2D to 3D, Aberdeen Group May 2008



Moving from 2D to 3D Maintain 2D data with accurate translation

Reliable and robust data import Solid Edge delivers popular AutoCAD®

fonts Matched AutoCAD colors (and “color 7”) Support for model space / paper space AutoCAD XRef’s will be retained

Intuitive AutoCAD import wizard Live preview of option changes Full set of display tools (pan, zoom,

window)

AutoCAD is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc. Autodesk Inventor is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc.

Reduce design time through more reuse



Moving from 2D to 3D Use grab-and-go tools for command free development

Create geometry directly from 2D drawings Graphic “regions” are automatically

created from closed sketches Grab-and-go handles on regions

allows a simple push / pull Geometric conditions such as

tangent, co planar, symmetric, and concentric are kept without constraints

Operations collected but not forced in order

Lower engineering costs through less training



Moving from 2D to 3D Make changes by stretching 3D models like in 2D

Feature-based, history-free 3D lets you edit 3D with a familiar 2D fence stretch Live Rules maintains geometric

conditions Preserve key positions and distances

with Locked 3D Driving Dimensions Works on parts or assemblies As easy as 1-2-3, just like 2D

1 - Open a part2 - Fence area to stretch3 - Drag into position

Maximize engineering knowledge by using familiar 2D concepts

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Moving from 2D to 3D Demonstration



Moving from 2D to 3D What does SolidWorks™ and Autodesk™ Inventor offer

Can’t utilize existing 2D drawings reliably Some 2D data will get lost such as layers, hatch, fonts, and 1:1 scaling

Traditional 3D technology requires expert knowledge You must learn how to manage history and feature dependency

Hard to use SWIFT uses feature

reordering and can fail

Task Traditional 3D Technology 1

Synchronous Technology

Fix opened 2D drawings for scaling problems, etc. 2 0Migrate into 3D and add dimensions back to 2D 3 0.1Create a simple 3D model 3 1Make a simple distance change 0.5 0.1Discover an error 0.5 0Reconstrain and rebuild the model 3 0Time to learn parametric modeling 2 ? 0

Total Time 12.0 + minutes 1.2 minutes(1) SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor® are based on traditional 3D technology(2) After spending months of downtime learning history—not counting lost revenue Note: tasks are based on a general engineering process

Aberdeen reports 35% of new users on traditional CAD claim models take too long to create



How do you get the power of 3D with the simplicity of 2D?

Using Solid Edge with synchronous technology 2 you can accelerate the move to 3D and virtually eliminate transitional downtimes

Reduce design time through more data reuse

Lower engineering costs through less training

Maximize engineering knowledge by using familiar 2D concepts

Did you know…You can get a custom financial analysis with the Solid Edge ROI Workshop



Spotlight on… L.S. Starrett Company

Overview Makers of precision

measuring equipment Athol, Massachusetts

Business challenges Upgrade to 3D CAD but

protect investment in legacy data

Results Design development time

cut by up to 66% Ability to leverage work

between groups

“We bring our old 2D files into Solid Edge and use its tools to turn curves and lines on the drawings into 3D models with a few clicks.”

Jim WoessnerDrafting SupervisorL.S. Starrett Company

Starrett is a trademark of The L.S. Starrett Company



Solid Edge with synchronous technologyProven value across all design areas

Solid Edge with synchronous technology combines the speed and flexibility of direct modeling with precise control of dimension driven design, to provide the fastest, most flexible design experience possible.

Unique Paradigm for fast / flexible modeling Superior transition from 2D to 3D Complete digital prototyping Industry proven sheet metal design Optimal performance of massive assemblies Production-proven 2D drafting Scalable design and failure analysis Collaboration throughout the supply chain Scalable design management solutions The Velocity Series



How do I get the power of 3Dwith the simplicity of 2D?

The Siemens answer: Use Solid Edge with synchronous technology to get up to a 100x faster design experience



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