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Ryan-3DS

DS is trying very hard to keep CATIA and SW as separate as they can (very difficult to reliably exchange data, not much skills transferable) while kind of merging them in some ways in the background. All for the benefit of DS while the users are left without consideration. I feel that, long term, S...

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Gang- I was looking at how Solid Edge and NX are now very closely matched. Integration of the PMI functionality and the sketches makes for interesting steps. Do you feel this is another step for Siemens in unifying their CAD products- Similar to the I-DEAS and UG "merger" to create NX. And...

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jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:06 am Think their marketing might pull a Tesla, and a future iteration will be SE-XY?

My concept was that Siemens Marketing would have used SE XE for Xcellerator Enterprise! LOL

Ryan-3DS

Think their marketing might pull a Tesla, and a future iteration will be SE-XY? Pricing seems a bit steep, especially as this is a named user license. Looks similar to 3dx SolidWorks though, basically desktop software with a cloud based PLM (Teamcenter in this case). image.png Jason- I'm not sold t...

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My experience working with real Industrial Designers—a combination of marketing analysis needs, engineering design constraints/requirements, and artistic abilities—is a bit different. The ID people I worked with were very talented and great communicators. They were the intermediates between Sales/Ma...

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Dassault Systemes is a science-based company. We have brands like Medidata, which is the leader in medical clinical trials data collection and analytics- revenue around $650M+ USD. Then we have BIOVIA which transforms scientific innovation, helping organizations discover and create new materials and...

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Definitely looks into Upchain from Autodesk. I don't think I would go that route. All the principles that joined Autodesk from Upchain left after the acquisition. I've heard from some industry people that Upchain is not the preferred solution by Autodesk. Vault is still the main PDM tool for Invent...

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@matt Perhaps a version issue due to ZEL X probs using the latest Parasolid version... What I heard from the YouTube product launch video Zel X is based on NX. So it will read and write NX files. But what I don't understand is why Siemens would bundle Zel X and Solid Edge (Classic and of course, it...

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I wll say the reason I am asking is because of the recent Zel X product video that was uploaded to Siemens's YouTube channel. The Zel file is displayed as a .prt in the document management web app. I thought Zel X was all based on Solid Edge technology. It appeared to be except for that one thing. T...

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Anyone else not fall asleep........... I mean jump up and down with gleee for anything shown on the stage this year? Sometimes some of these stories just feel so forced rather than being organic when they're up there trying to get people to tell success stories of using the software when, maybe the...

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I'm pretty sure they've been using "agile" for the last couple of years. They just haven't told anybody. There's plenty of regression in SP5 releases that I use as evidence. I don't know of any major CAD vendor not using agile updates these days. It makes sense for software design. PTC wi...

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What are the file extensions for Solid Edge? Is SE creating .prt files like NX now or is it still a .par?

Ryan-3DS

I was a big pusher for ST during my Siemens VAR days. It has its advantages. But I think that people are confusing design intent, history-based modeling and parametrics. Parametrics is the ability to assign a value or calculated formula. This can be a standalone formula that returns a value that is ...

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Oops..this was supposed to go under the Top 10 thread not in this one Uncle_Hairball Swym can be a challenge. But for what it's worth, in most Communities within Swym you have a Wiki area (green icon of open book). These areas can be configured to contain what structured content you want. But in man...

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I know I am a little late to the topic here but I was curious if anyone on this board used the Wiki in the Top 10 community forum. I did notice that Idea objects (light bulbs) are getting assigned 6Wtags but I am not able to search on those tags. That sucks. But I am not a "certified" 3Dsw...

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That's for the solver and UI, but the "environment" is a different thing. The Direct Sketch environment (discontinued as of NX1903, I think) allowed continued access to Modeling and Assembly commands that are not accessible when going into the dedicated Sketch Task environment... which ha...

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bnemec wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:10 pm I think the point was that it's all 3DXperince Works, nothing about the desktop works.

I haven't watched the replay of that Nov video yet. Did anyone watch it? Curious to hear some feedback.

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If you pick up a Smart TV you can connect wirelessly or you can purchase an HDMI-based adapter that can act as a receiver and connect wirelessly that way too. I use a wireless adapter for my Surface Pro 4. Then I don't have to have the mini-DP to HDMI adpater/cable.

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Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:35 am Can they get any longer title?

And the bike with permanent training wheels up front. Great idea.

I believe that's a bike designed for handicapped people. The trike with its two wheels in front for balance, the body strap in the middle, and the leg rests up front.

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Kenny, Cloud does not equal SaaS. You can have hosted servers and it is defined as Cloud but is not SaaS. This goes back to not all Cloud is SaaS but all SaaS is cloud. The marketing teams are doing a great job of mudding the waters. There are two main components to software these days: deployment a...

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Hi @Ryan-3DS, 1. The configuration is RuleDesigner based it is not linked to NX and so on... 2. Siemens invests heavily to Solid Edge, I don't think Cloud is the only solution similar to electric car, hydrogen car and so on. 3. Earlier this cloud product name was TC Share after this Siemens renamed...

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Seems like a lot of good enhancements. Here's my take. The configuration tools appear to be an updated Factory CAD tool used/sold for NX. https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/nx/cad-online/automation/factory-design/ Old tool but a new look and feel. This used to require a license of AutoCAD to use. So n...

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If you are using term that contradict with what normal people normally understand.. something is definitely off. Conceptual or mental model are what people really have in their heads and what guides their use of things. A good design does not even need proper definition of term as they convey the c...

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I believe Dassault is working toward moving away from the desktop version of SW, and toward something where the software and files will be 100% online. What that something will be is anyone's guess. Unless something fundamentally changes then when that happens I expect a mass exodus to another soft...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:23 am Yeaaah, don't take that too much for granted.

That can be said for any PDM or PLM system. This isn't a DS only issue.

Ryan-3DS

Thanks Kenny. So now that you have this model that has mixed facet and brep...can it be exported to anything? Or is STL the only option you really have?

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So here is your enhancement request..probably one in the system for this. Function: Control flexible component(s) geometry within an assembly using 1) user defined value; 2) user-selected faces (planar); 3) system determined (think next face, through all, etc.) Or do we need a whole new concept for ...

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Gang- I was hoping to get an update on convergent modeling in Solid Edge. As I recall convergent modeling required a Reverse Engineering add-in. Now that was way back in Solid Edge ST10. I was wondering if anyone is actually using convergent modeling. I found the SE functional matrix and it shows th...

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Kind of, but the convenient thing would be to build on center then pattern on center. But on an even number of the pattern, you are not actually building "on center" but building from an offset value from the center. With an odd number, you are building on center. I guess it all depends o...

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Hey, gang! Has anyone attempted to buy the value-based licensing option yet (aka tokens)? I'm just curious because this was part of the 2023 announcement and the Siemens Solid Edge "how to buy" page still has not options for buying VBLs- supposed to be a 25 and 50 token options.

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...The whole idea of a parametric tree is..... that's right, it is parametric. Sorry, but I need to correct your nomenclature here. I'm surprised @matt didn't. You don't have a "parametric tree". You have a history-based tree populated with features. Some features may be parametric. Other...

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Ryan, when you store your SolidWorks files in the 3Dexperience platform, are they stored natively or are they converted over to the CGM format used by the other 3Dexperience apps? It is my understanding you would be using Power'By to access your native SW data. If your objective is to share data be...

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Best yet, SOLIDWORKS now includes access to the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform. If you follow PTC products then you might know about their "Plus" products. Creo+, WIndchill+, etc. These are software versions based on the Atlas platform they got when they acquired Onshape. So you get Creo plus the...

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AlexLachance wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:46 am Best yet, SOLIDWORKS now includes access to the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform.

Just to annoy everyone, I'm going to like this comment. There is a lot of functionality in the platform if you need to collaborate with others.

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In Solid Edge it's called a Curve, but it's really a spline. You can add tangent relations to its ends, and can control it to some extent with a frame. You can change its degree and use the frame to control continuity to some extent. It is missing some fine details for control, but this is what is ...

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If this were some general IT site, CAD might be seen as a subset of 3dx, but since this is primarily a CAD users site, we tend to see 3dx (and its bretheren platform/portfolio Xcelerator) as a consequence of CAD. Yikes..please don't duplicate the common mistake and define or associate Xcelerator wi...

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Neither CPU or GPU is the limiting factor. I believe the limiting factor is the application of history-based (aka linear) solving practices of the CAD applications.

Ryan-3DS

I agree with Jason on this one. The Platform is much more encompassing (no pun intended) than just a CAD application/software. :-)

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I feel that the use of Relations vs. constraints is where most users will have issues. I still don't fully understand how "relations" work. If this is something that is something that is continually calculated while you are in the sketcher or if the relations are initially calculated and t...

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Over the years it has been noticed that the NX and Solid Edge are morphing together. It appears that "new" NX sketch solver and functions appear to come from Solid Edge. I was wondering if anyone has had some time to play around with the "new" sketcher in NX and would be willing ...

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Kenny, Can this be verified? I was looking at SE website and PMI didn't come with Foundation, Classic or Premium. I took that to mean that I could only access PMI from tokens. I'd like to say that the 25-token pack costs $xxx dollars but Siemens has not added any pricing on the website or the onlin...

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Thanks for the verification! So it looks like the SE sketcher and NX sketcher are pretty much aligned. So those users that purchase a design bundle- a value meal of 1 NX seat and 2 SE seats- can move back and forth without much relearning/learning.

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See, in our environment we would've tested new changes in a test environment prior to rollout into production. So this type of issue would likely get caught.....especially something that basic. This is my problem with a cloud systems where they upgrade everyone to the latest changes and you have no...

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I feel this is an article about all the different technology toolsets. There really are no industry terms that an CAx or PLM company uses to define "cooperative working environments". What does the author mean by "Alternate reality". Maybe they mean Augmented instead??

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Hey, gang. I was reviewing the changes in the NX sketcher and saw them shake and break a sketch line away from the sketch. I can't recall if that was a function in the Solid Edge sketcher or not. I do recall this being an ability using the old (no defunct) Siemens App for tablets and phone- Catchboo...

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I believe the PMI module can be licensed perpetually as well as full-term subscription; it is just not included with the Premium license as not everything added is automatically included in it. Kenny, Can this be verified? I was looking at SE website and PMI didn't come with Foundation, Classic or ...

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I can definitely see the advantages of this model. If you only need to use simulation a few weeks of the year, why pay for it year round? Well, I think you might hit a snag here. I can't speak for how Solid Edge handles the simulation issue. But for NX there's a caveat you might not know about. Sim...

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The "whole" industry is not "moving" towards this. The developers of the software are PUSHING customers in tyrannical way towards this goal that is theirs. Nothing to do with customers moving anywhere. Enough with the marketing b.s. You're biases are showing. My intentions are n...

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Hey, Edgers! I was wondering if anyone has seen any pricing for the SE value-based licensing (aka tokens)? I know this was announced but I haven't seen any pricing on the Siemens online store for the 25 or 50-pack annual subscriptions. This is an interesting business model that Siemens is doing. You...

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Has anyone noticed any differences in the traditional NX Mach 1, 2 and 3 licenses vs the new NX Mach 1 SaaS, 2 and 3 licenses being offered online in the PLM Store? Just curious what people are seeing and hearing about these. [url]shttps://www.dex.siemens.com/plm/nx-cad-online-mach-products?cclcl=en...

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