Most of us know the benefits of a 3D CAD strategy – reduced rework, shortened time-to-market, improved product features, and more. But smart companies succeed because they make smart decisions. They know not all CAD systems are created equal.

If you want your company to be a market leader, you need to innovate. Today's most forward-thinking companies are continuously improving their products and processes—and organizing their value chain so that innovation can flourish. Solid Edge is the most cost effective, complete and open solution for 2D and 3D design and collaboration, helping you meet these key business requirements:

• Accelerate top-line growth

• Contain costs

• Reduce time-to-market

• Optimize resources

• Leverage globalization

Solid Edge is what it says - Technologically superior 3D CAD, smart service and support that’s always there, and a product architecture that’s designed to take your design into the future.

Explore 10 solid reasons why more and more smart companies are selecting Solid Edge to meet the 5 key business requirements listed above by downloading the Top 10 Reasons to Select Solid Edge white paper - your best option for gaining a competitive edge in product design.

1. Unique Paradigm for Fast/ Flexible Modeling

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology is the most complete feature based 2D/3D CAD system available on the market today. It combines the speed and flexibility of direct modeling with precise control of dimension-driven design to provide the fastest, most flexible design experience possible.

2. Superior Transition from 2D to 3D

Solid Edge’s 4-step evolve to 3D process lets you move from 2D to 3D at a pace that makes sense for your business, without losing the investment you have made in 2D data.

3. Complete Product Modeling Toolset

Solid Edge boosts design productivity with specialized commands and environments to help you design much more quickly than with general-purpose CAD modeling tools. Fully tailored environments use standard terminologies and streamlined modeling commands to accelerate the design of plastic parts, frames, weldments, sheet metal, tubing, piping, and wiring, plus rendered images.

4. Best Sheet Metal Modeling in Its Class

Process specific features and workflows provide users with a competitive advantage by significantly enhancing productivity from sheet metal component design through documentation and manufacture.

5. Optimal Performance and Management of Massive Assemblies

Solid Edge customers are creating assemblies well in excess of 100,000 parts. Optimal performance is essential to be able to work interactively with assemblies of this magnitude.

6. Production Proven 2D Drafting

Solid Edge leads the market in drawing creation productivity with a focus on the four key components that affect the time required to progress from design to print, namely layout, performance, annotation and revision. Start in 2D or finish in 2D.

7. Scalable Design and Failure Analysis

Solid Edge is able to take advantage of Siemens PLM Software's unique position with Femap to offer two complementary methods for design analysis and validation. Both solutions also utilize well-proven Nastran solver technology for accurate and repeatable results

8. Collaboration Throughout the Supply Chain

Communicating with customers and suppliers using easy-to-visualize, accurate and up-to date information reduces misinterpretation as designs pass through supply chain.

9. Animated and Dynamic Documentation

Solid Edge takes your designs to the next level – with motion simulation tools for evaluating prototypes, advanced capabilities for showing assembly and disassembly sequences, and an advanced rendering environment for creating realistic scenes that simulate the environment in which your products will be used.

10. The Velocity Series

Solid Edge is the core design component of the Velocity Series - a comprehensive family of modular, yet integrated solutions addressing the product lifecycle management (PLM) needs of the mid-market. Consisting of a preconfigured family of digital product design, analysis, NC programming and data management software offerings, the Velocity Series leverages the industry’s best practices to provide significant breakthroughs in ease-of-use and deployment.

• Solid Edge is the foundation of the Velocity Series. Solid Edge software is technically robust 3D CAD software and the premier design-centric solution in the CAD industry.
• Teamcenter Express provides collaboration across multiple departments and over multiple sites, support for multiple CAD systems and additional workflow capabilities to manage product release and ECOs
• FEMAP software, a pre and post processor finite element modeling application known for its tight integration with Nastran, the most extensive and reputable CAE solver in the industry.
• CAM Express software extends design productivity and efficiency into manufacturing. NX CAM Express provides a dynamic link to product models for accurate and timely production tooling, molds, dies and work holding jigs and fixture.