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Evolve to 3D

Are your projects becoming more complex? Evolve to 3D with Solid Edge

Feeling the pressure to remain competitive?

Growing your company, and your profitability, depends on your ability to innovate well and innovate quickly. Your success is measured by how well – and how quickly – you can design and launch winning products. The design process includes many iterations – as ideas are pursued and discarded. Early recognition of good ideas is critical. However, eliminating unsuccessful ideas (before further time, money and resources are expended) can be just as important.

You recognize that transforming your innovation process means moving to 3D, but you can’t afford to lose time or precious data.

Discover Solid Edge from Siemens PLM Software

While other companies force change, Siemens PLM Sofware enables change with a unique four-step evolution to the productive world of 3D. And Solid Edge’s 3D design process is your stepping stone to the competitive advantages of product lifestyle management, or PLM.

A fundamental component of the Velocity Series portfolio, Solid Edge is the only design system that allows you to expand your skills while maintaining productivity. With Solid Edge and other Velocity Series products, you bring together all members of your value chain, developing a collaborative environment for innovation that puts you on the fast track to PLM.

Why evolve to 3D with velocity?

With Solid Edge, you can evolve from 2D to 3D with minimal disruption to your business. Using Siemens PLM Sotware’s proven “Evolve to 3D” process, you are positioned to respond to emerging risks and opportunities. Convert raw ideas into new business opportunities and increase your top-line revenue, all while decreasing costs through greater productivity, improved collaboration, reduced prototyping and fewer ECOs.

  • Globalization is a reality for manufacturers
  • Small & midsized companies manage multiple, highly competitive supply chains
  • Must manage product development speed, quality, and costs
  • PLM is the answer but to reap the benefits of PLM, you need 3D With Solid Edge, transitioning to 3D does not have to be expensive
  • The road to innovation doesn’t end with 3D
  • Tomorrow’s market leaders recognize 3D is the stepping stone to PLM – your destination for game-changing performance

Automatic 3D components

Once the path is defined, a solid model of the system of tubes or pipes is established along the path segment, creating an accurate virtual mockup. Designers can specify attributes such as size, extents and end treatments via simple dialog boxes. For piping systems, 3D pipes, fittings and components are automatically positioned and correctly oriented upon population. All components are fully associative and update with the parts to which they are connected. When the assembly model is modified, pipes and tubes automatically adapt to design changes.

With Solid Edge, you’re on the fast track to PLM…featuring our unique four-step evolution:

Evolve to 3D with 4 Easy Steps

Benefits of moving to 3D

Solid Edge:

  • Improves communication of design intent throughout the organization and with customers
  • Improves visualization
  • Reduces design errors
  • Reduces or eliminates prototypes
  • Speeds design changes
  • Increases design reuse
  • Accelerates downstream processes such as CAE analysis, tooling design, NC machining, tech pubs

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