I'm sure they were informed many years ago, it's 2012 and as late as Nov 2011 SW spokes people say they will not produce a timeline and they say that they will not have anything to show for a few more years. Question: Why did SW not produce a timeline and a basic plan for migration as soon as they realized that Synchronous Tech would not be included in the ParaSolid kernel? But due to the issues facing SW and there state of transition they are in, and with SW lack of defining any direction or giving users any idea of what's going on is unacceptable. I can attest 1st hand that Solid Edge offers 1st class customer support!!! See the comments on Matt's blog here: īest of luck in your decision should you choose Solid Edge I look forward to seeing you in the community at large and will gladly do what I can to aid in your transition.įor those who say Solid Edge cannot render and that it is useless see this link.Īt this time you should go with Solid Edge. I want to strongly encourage you to check out recent discussion on Matt Lombard's new blog related to doing business with Solid Edge. I know there are other Solid Edge users who do rendering so I'm hoping they will chime in for you. I dabble in rendering just to make a "pretty picture" for the boss but not enough to truly give a critique. Regarding rendering, I know that Solid Edge ST4 had some specific product enhancements to this environment. I do not have 1st hand experience in Works but from the other engineers and designers I have worked with I hear that Solid Edge's Drafting and Sheet Metal environments are clear winners compared to the competition. As a design tooI find Solid Edge to have a very intuitive in workflow.
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You have that choice to so let the capabilities of the software determine the choice and not VAR's posting their opinions or people quoting market share.īunkshot I am told is a fine rendering program and all you will need is $495.00.Īs a 10yr+ yrs Solid Edge user I have nothing but good things to say about Solid Edge! I have worked with Solid Edge in a small "Ma&Pa" company where I was the only user and also in environments with over 100 seats of Solid Edge installed. They get real quite when I take the files they created and import them and work on them quicker.īut then you see I had a choice to pick what was best in my eyes and not what others were using just becuase most of them were for better or worse. I still hear from some of my friends flack about how I did not pick SW which has more users more seats yada yada. Take the time to evaluate both and do not be swayed by advocates of either until you know what each has to offer. The ability to import files from SW and edit their files quicker than the authors can is of course quite valuable. That was almost four years ago and the ability to quickly edit my parts for family of parts or just because capricious customers change their minds is key to me. When ST came out this was the final decider.
The underlying logic of SE was to me a lot better.
I had allready looked into SE V20 which was a straight parametric modeler like SW still is today. Then Solid Edge ST1 came out and I went to see a demo. It never really clicked well with me either time. I went to two Demo days for SW because they had the most seats biggest market share etc. Since I was the one who was going to do this I got to choose what was most effective for me and not pick what had largest market share. I also design most of what I build and the rest is of course imports from others primarily Solid Works. I am a one man shop so you don't get smaller. I can however reflect upon the choices a small company makes. I can'y help you on the rendering as my business does not require it.