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| Developer(s) | Siemens Digital Industries Software |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1995 |
| Stable release | Solid Edge 2024
/ 11 October 2023[1] |
| Operating system | Windows 10 |
| Type | CAD software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | solidedge |
Solid Edge is a 3D CAD, parametric feature and synchronous technology solid modeling software. It runs on Microsoft Windows and provides solid modeling, assembly modelling and 2D orthographic view functionality for mechanical designers. Through third party applications it has links to many other Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies.
Originally developed and released by Intergraph in 1996 using the ACIS geometric modeling kernel, it changed to using the Parasolid kernel when it was purchased and further developed by UGS Corp in 1998. In 2007, UGS was acquired by the Automation & Drives Division of Siemens AG. UGS company was renamed Siemens Digital Industries Software on October 1, 2007.
Since September 2006, Siemens has also offered a free 2D version called Solid Edge 2D Drafting. Solid Edge is available in Design and Drafting, Foundation, Classic or Premium. The "Premium" package includes all of the features of "Classic" plus mechanical and electrical routing software, and engineering simulation capabilities for Computer Aided Engineering (CAE).[2]
Solid Edge is a direct competitor to SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor, IRONCAD, and others.
- ^ "Introducing Solid Edge 2024".
- ^ "Solid Edge". Structures.Aero. SDA. Retrieved 14 July 2015.