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Solid Edge by Siemens provides businesses with a range of modeling and simulation tools to address all aspects of the product development process. The software portfolio covers electrical design, 3D design, computer aided manufacturing (CAM), 3D printing, simulation, data management, and more.

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Owner

The drawing options are very good and quality drafts are produced in very little time. The software is more powerful and stable than some other brands and the support staff in Australia is fantastic.

mechanical engineer

It is easy to  understand, the user interface is wonderful and is very easy to use. It  gives an in depth knowledge of designing of  products.

Cnc Workshop Department manager

What is best and easy i like it in solid Edge is 2D drawing cad tools , 3D tools , Selecting plane and surface and assembling.

Application Engineer 

Solid Edge is Simple yet Advanced CAD Software, It is best for beginners because its interface is simple and features are also easy to learn. You  can easily Perform 2D to 3D designs.

CAD CAD Designer

Solid Edge is the best solution for those who use Siemens devices.

Student

As an design engineering undergraduate, Solid Edge is the best designing software for part designings and the assemblies.

The software runs smooth and fast with effectively designing and Modeling parts and Assemblies. When Compared to other CAD Software, Solid Edge is more easy to use and learn.

I can quickly provide customer solutions, with great quality 2D drawings, 3D models, Video fly-throughs, machine animations, stress and displacement analysis and reverse engineering.

Digital Manufacturing Consultant

Solid Edge is reasonablly priced software. It has excellent integration with next high end software called Unigraphics.

NDT Specialist

Very useful and good for engineers. Making 2d and 3d drawings.

QA Engineer 

3D to 2D converter is moderate with few features missing in comparison with other softwares of this caliber.

Mechanical Designer

This caused so much lagging. I once waited 10 minutes just to turn a DFT file into a pdf because I wanted color.

Solid Edge has many good things like user-friendly and having a wide range of functions, but it actually I most liked was the integration with Siemens peripheral tools.

Mechanical Engineer

Solid edge in my opinion would be more successful if they lowered the price slightly, offered a 2 year free maintenance period, and then ask you as new features come out about a 1 off fee.

If you do want to upgrade from say ST8 to ST11 or some thing like that, they make you pay the maintenance fees for the years you didn't use it. That to me is outrageous.

The integration and the easy way to import and export 3d models with a commom extensions.

team manager 

I think it is difficult for amateur users but you can learn it.

Mechanical engineer 

We can create design in 2d and can do analysis of the design to avoid errors during production. They have a great customer support if we hav any issues.

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I am able to evaluate designs for performance, safety, and durability using simulation and analytical tools.

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Joel, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great to hear that you're able to take advantage of the many features of Solid Edge. 

I can quickly provide customer solutions, with great quality 2D drawings, 3D models, Video fly-throughs, machine animations, stress and displacement analysis and reverse engineering.  This software is critical to my business.

Great CAD software

I took a course in college and we had the solid edge book, went through the book pretty quickly, and felt like I was a pro designing things.

Great software

For over 13 years, I have relied on Solid Edge throughout my career, finding its user-friendly interface very useful in creating 3D models for new parts, sheet metal components, assembly of complex structures, welments and drafting. Solid edge delivers consistently on the functionality I need

Engineering manager review for solid edge for CAD design

Very intuitive and easy to use

Ever, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! As the industry shifts we are glad that your shift to using our platform has proved beneficial for your creations.

We are users of Solide Edge ST8 (1 work place license) since 2015. Due to a hard drive crash we need to reinstall the program, but we cannot find the original DVD. We only have the SELicense.dat file
The local distributor said that they cannot give us a copy of Solide Edge ST8 for which we have a license, and we have to buy the latest version.

No support in my country

It's a helpful program for both beginners and experts because it's incredibly simple, quick, and easy to create with.

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JongHoon, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! Hopefully Solid Edge 2023 updates has addressed your previous concerns. 

A PLM software where a user can build an accurate CAD models.

A good mechanical design software tool with 3D Modelling and assembly.

Dear Hiran, thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear, that you like the drawing tools within Solid Edge . If your are an active student, we offer a student edition with a license that does not expire as long as you're an active student. Here is the link: https://www.siemens.com/solid-edge-student

As for me It didn't long to learn basic design stuff, because its interface and features are simple yet advanced. 2D documentations, 3D part modelling or Part Assembling, all are quite good and Easy to perform.

Easy and User friendly Mechanical CAD Software

Hey Revanth, thanks for the review. We are delighted to hear that our software has been easy to use and to learn.  Regarding your complicated gear chain mechanism mate assembly, perhaps the tutorial I have linked below could further assist you in your efforts.  https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resources/tutorials/. Feel free to also check out this video about Solid Edge Assembly. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSK2YJi1q7M&list=RDCMUCYR5Kgzn6suihs56iJ8_vfw&index=9

This software allows you to create nice designs only when you know how to operate this software  which is not at all an easy task.

Makes your modelling work easier 

Hello Vaibhav, thanks for the review and for sharing your feedback with us. We are constantly improving our software to better meet the needs of our users. Perhaps our tutorials will offer some help for you, here is the link: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resources/tutorials/ - otherwise feel free to post your questions on our community website under https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/topic/0TO4O000000MihiWAC/solid-edge; our experienced community is probably able to help you.

O CAD 3D mais inovador e com melhor relação qualidade/preço do mercado

The most innovative 3D CAD with the best quality/price ratio on the market

I used solid Edge for more 15 years it is best CAD Drawing software 

easiest 2D 3D CAD , assembly and standard parts program 

Overall good for for learning and experience the 3D design 

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Very good 3D model from great Company

I would recommend Solid Edge to anyone looking for robust and capable design software.

Powerful design software

it can be used as a full solution for modeling and machine design containing modeling, simulation and animation.

3D Modeling Application

Thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great that we can assist in the creation of full solutions for modeling and machine design. 

Please refer to this link for a quick tutorial on 2D drawing that could hopefully improve your experience using it: 

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https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/data_services/resources/se/107/help/en_US/selfPacedExt/sbddadr/index.html 

Solid edge in my opinion would be more successful if they lowered the price slightly, offered a 2 year free maintenance period, and then ask you as new features come out about a 1 off fee. There are lots of small businesses who would prefer to own the software. 

Best All Round 3D Software that you can own outright

Scott, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! Your concerns will be communicated with the product development team. 

in general, the design process with solid edge is faster and efficient. so it helps to improve the company in many areas

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Jeisson, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great to hear Solid Edge's efficiency has helped improve your company. 

I have used for simple to mid level of designing mainly. For high end desiging I moved to Unigraphics. Solid Edge was very easy to create assembly manuals for servicing, prodcut catralogs etc. It is a excellent tool for creating individual components of a complex assembly. 

How to select Engineering Design and Manufacturing software?

Chanderkiran, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We're so excited that we have been an asset in your design process and the ease of use with Unigraphics have helped you. For further help with the surfacing portion please refer to this tutorial as it may be of some interest for you: 
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https://support.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/training/se/en/ST5/pdf/spse01560-s-1050_en.pdf

Just being honest with ST3 version, there was just to many bugs. It can’t process to many features or large assemblies. This caused so much lagging. I once waited 10 minutes just to turn a DFT file into a pdf because I wanted color.  I shouldn’t have to choose between color and time. Just my opinion. I wouldn’t be to proud of using this software year.

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Hello,  sorry to hear about the inconvenience that you are facing.  The bugs and your problems should have been resolved with our current version. 

I use it every day. So far, I have not encountered any serious problems in operation.

Delaval user-Production engineer

Tomasz, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We're glad to hear that your switch to Solid Edge has been an easy transition for you. 

As a freelancer I have used Solid edge for sheet metal designing and the features are very impressive and helpful.  It allowed me to design any given model in no time. Recommended for designs with less designing and simple sheet metal designs. 

Useful 3D designing software for basic designing

Thank you for your review of Solid Edge. We are happy to hear, that Solid Edge is suitable for your sheet metal design efforts. We are working on more features, supported file formats and  interface improvements. Check out our latest version, it addresses most of your cons: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/. Perhaps this tutorial helps you convert your 2D drafts into 3D models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwMGdS1SYDg 

The solid edge helps us to design our products in 2d and 3d. We use solid edge for doing calculations and analysis of the design.

Best to create engineering designs.

Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! It is great to hear that our platform has been so great to help you with your 2D and 3D designing.  We will work to continue developing our platform to continue to give you a great experience.

An excellent software for drawings. Anyone can make simple drawings without the need for prior training. Widely used to get students started in 3D drawing. Simple and dynamic interface, accessible and easy to use for the basic functions.

I like Solid Edge because I can draw in 3D easily and quickly.

Karen, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great that you have found benefits using the 3D drawing capabilities within Solid Edge. 

It was average when comparing to other CAD software, only upside using this software is that if you have all the SIEMENS suite , working in the corporate is pretty easy and useful.

Another CAD solution for your team.

Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! We are happy to hear that you've had an easy time using the Siemens Suite. We hope in the future we can provide something that exceeds your expectations compared to other platforms. 

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