Surface design is one of the most unstructured and subjective areas of the product development process. It can be done by industrial designers for product appearance, by engineers interpreting hand sketches, in support of technical surfacing requirements for aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, and turbodynamic applications. Engineers might even try to replicate a shape indicated by generative design processes to be structurally efficient.
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Edit the Wind Turbine in Solid Edge
Download this GeoCAM tutorial to learn how to edit a wind turbine. We're covering assembly, sync edits, surfacing, and engineering principals.
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Building a Front Loader with Parts, Drawings, and Assemblies
Create a simplified front loader with parts, detailed drawings, and assemblies in Solid Edge. The tutorial builds on basic Solid Edge skills with step-by-step instructions for building a simplified model of a skid loader and covers capabilities including: modeling parts, assembly creation, and creating detailed drawings.
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Top Techniques for Creating Production-Ready CAD Drawings
In the engineering world, drawings are king. there's no doubt 3D models may look great, but without technical drawings, any of those fancy of 3D models would be hard to manufacture.
We cover techniques for streamlining production-ready drawings in this paper.
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8 Quick Tips to Improve Your Sheet Metal Technique
When working in sheet metal design, a series of unique challenges are faced. Although parts are typically designed in their formed state, they begin as a flat plate or sheet. As a result, manufacturability becomes a critical aspect of every feature making up the finished part. Add the need to account for material thickness, bend and corner relief, miter deformation features, and critical dimensions, it's easy to see where challenges can arise.
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5 Tips for Large Assembly Performance
As designs become more complex, the number of parts in an assembly often grows. Performance of your CAD tool can suffer as a result – meaning lags or crashes. In this white paper, we examine five top techniques for improving performance when working with large assemblies.