Then, we create an account that stores our license info online so that we can move the license from machine to machine, such as from desktop computer to laptop. Instead, ST9 can be installed on any Windows computer we want. Solid Edge itself isn’t on the cloud, by which I mean an entire program running on a server hosted by Siemens. This year, ST9 does embrace the cloud, but does so gingerly. Sending models to 3D printers is less likely to be a disaster now that ST9 shows us 3D print previews, and we get to specify the conversion tolerance for STL exports.Įxecutives at Solid Edge have said they would never force the cloud on customers, reported to number 500,000 commercial users in 2014. And when we export to DWG files, Solid Edge maps entities between the two formats. Fonts are provided so that text from AutoCAD drawings is displayed correctly. When we import models from Solidworks, ST9 reads the associativity between parts and drawings.
This isn’t new to MCAD but is new to ST9.Ĭompetitors aren’t forgotten. The new Isolate function dims parts in assemblies we’re not interested in.
It works the other way around, too: ST9 creates BOMs and balloons automatically from the unique data in otherwise identical parts. When an assembly has two or more shapes that are identical, like bolts, we can now assign different data to each one. And lots of parts can be replaced by a single body for purposes like determining overall volumes, calculating sizes of machine blanks and specifying keep-out areas around machinery. Multiple faces can be replaced by a single surface. New to ST9 is a single ribbon tab that handles all TeamCenter functions, as well as multiple revisions of every component.įigure 2: Any shape can be swept along a path to cut parts into multiple bodies. That’s not to say that TeamCenter is forgotten, should your firm be big enough to use PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) or need the ability to manage data from other MCAD systems. It’s powerful enough to let us start a new assembly from an existing one, modify it and still be able to track the parts of both assemblies. Similarly, Siemens made the revision manager more useful by adding release management.
The catch, of course, is that Windows Indexing gives us weaker data management than full blown SQL, but then many users may not be familiar with writing database queries and Windows Index is free. Then, when we search for file names or drawing properties from inside Solid Edge, it returns suitable candidates.
When we install ST9, it gives Windows the info it needs to search the metadata in Solid Edge files. Rather than linking to an external SQL (Structured Query Language) database, ST9 uses the indexing system built into Windows. Now, data can instead be managed from inside Solid Edge. Prior to ST9, for example, Siemens required that database functions be implemented through Microsoft’s SharePoint, something small businesses aren’t keen to implement, let alone pay extra for. However, for the suite’s latest release, Solid Edge ST9, the theme that comes across is an MCAD program that’s kinder to small design firms. Enjoy & get creative.In the past, Siemens has treated Solid Edge like it was being offered to big corporations, as Siemens is itself. We can assist you so you can get the most out of the experience.
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