Solid Edge is one of the leading 3D CAD tools on the market and a key enabler for the future of product development — including design for additive manufacturing, reverse engineering and generative design. Thanks to industry-unique Synchronous Technology and Convergent Modeling, these advanced techniques integrate easily with traditional methods. Decades of development have produced a strong part, assembly and drawing environment that sits within an affordable, easy-to-use family of tools spanning mechanical design, electrical design, simulation, manufacturing and integrated data management.
Next-generation design
Synchronous Technology speeds the creation of new concepts, makes change requests easy, and lets you edit imported 3D CAD data as if it were native — combining the speed of direct modelling with the flexibility and accuracy of history-based modelling in one environment.
Benefits
- User-friendly, for quick value realisation
- Cutting-edge design tools that foster disruptive innovation
- Decades of core 3D CAD development behind any design challenge
- Streamlines product design to lower cost
- 3D visualisation and validation for higher quality
- Integrated with a suite of applications from design through to manufacturing
Core 3D CAD capabilities
- 3D part modelling — fast, flexible modelling of everything from gears, cams and springs to complex stylised surfaces, with a dedicated toolbox for plastic parts and Goal Seek automation for fit and positioning problems.
- Sheet-metal design — the industry’s most widely used sheet-metal system, covering the full design-to-fabrication workflow from model to flat pattern and drawing.
- Drawing & drafting — AI-assisted automatic drawing generation with intelligent view placement, dimensioning and template selection, plus out-of-date view alerts.
- Assembly modelling & management — build and manage even the largest assemblies, with interference checking, in-context modelling and automatic high-performance mode for large designs; AI recognises the right relationships between components.
- Standard part library — define, store, retrieve and position common parts (fasteners, bearings, structural steel, pipes and fittings) from pre-populated libraries, so designers focus on innovation.
- 2.5-axis milling — Solid Edge CAM Pro 2.5 Axis (included with Classic, Foundation and Premium) automates manufacturing with full associativity to design data and toolpath visualisation.