Siemens Updates Solid Edge 2022 with Design Automation, More Accessible Part Manufacturing, and Greater Collaboration Capability
Siemens Digital Industries Software (Plano, TX) has released the 2022 version of the company’s Solid Edge® software.
Posted: October 28, 2021
The embedded, rule-based automation has been added by means of Solid Edge Design Configurator. Siemens said the software enables quick customization of products based on design parameters and rules, saving time and enabling the capture and reuse of intellectual property in intelligent models.
Third-party data formats can be inserted via new CAD Direct capabilities. Solid Edge 2022 continues to integrate Siemens’ Convergent modeling technology, allowing users to mix b-rep and mesh geometries in the same model without conversion, making mesh data more useful and reducing product modelling time. Also, full-color, point-cloud data can now be used for visualization purposes directly within Solid Edge. Siemens said that feature is especially useful when retrofitting factories or plants, allowing for the positioning of design equipment in the context of the point clouds.
The new tool for 2.5-axis machining is CAM Pro 2.5 Axis milling, which is now included in Solid Edge Classic, Foundation and Premium for customers with active maintenance. Fully integrated, the software maintains full associativity with design data and provides automated tool path creation combined with machining simulation to help achieve optimized machining operations.
For upfront fluid flow simulation, Solid Edge 2022 introduces Simcenter™ Flomaster™ for Solid Edge. The software permits analysis of fluid and thermal flows in piping systems. Siemens said that 3D models are used for extracting system-level models, reducing preparation time by up to 90 percent. The software includes built-in wizards for new users to help guide them toward successful results, while also retaining advanced capabilities, such as simulation of rapid dynamic events and pressure surge, for experienced users.
Solid Edge 2022 has a new assembly preview mode that reduces the amount of data loaded and has a multi-body assembly modeling mode, a new environment for modelling internal components within an assembly file.
“We have been working with and listening to our customers. And in response, Solid Edge 2022 has been engineered to help them grow their businesses,” said John Miller, senior vice president, mainstream engineering, Siemens. “The enhancements to Solid Edge 2022 better support modern product development and manufacturing processes, allowing our community of users to do more with available resources and to enable new ways of working that will foster greater innovation.”
Solid Edge 2022 is available through Siemens’s Xcelerator as a Service, providing access to Siemens’ next-generation, cloud-based collaboration solution. That includes Xcelerator Share, which brings design-focused capabilities (such as 3D/2D CAD view/markup); augmented reality; and secure, project-based sharing to the Solid Edge community.
Solid Edge is part of Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of products.
