SolidEdge and SolidWorks

Anybody want to hear a blow by blow of somebody learning SolidEdge? I am in
the position of having to teach SE to a group. So I have to learn it real
good, real fast. Would be a good chance to do some feature by feature
comparisons. (BTW, I am going to be pretty impartial either way.)

 

Soooo.... was that a question or a statement?

I think many here would be interested in your comparison.

 

For something entertaining to read I would like to hear it. What
version will your be learning/teaching and I am assuming you will be
comparing it to SW 2005

 

Post it, Paul, if you don't mind writing it. In the least it would be
interesting reading.

 

I will wish you a lot of luck
I have worked with SE from V7 toV15 and it took me a lot of time to get
"used" to SolidWorks.
What will you teach ? Only classic or also Xpress-route and virtual studio ?

Bert

 

I would love to hear what you come up with. As soon as we get some breathing
space we will be trying out SE ourselves. As Sporkman says, rumor has it
that SE has better surfacing and the demo we saw looked promising. I would
be especially interested in your take on that area.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"

 

Sporkman says,

Oops, wrong Mark! Sorry about that.

Jerry Steiger

 

An Amigo anyways. <G>

 

Looks like a go.

SE v14 vs SW 2004. I have to relearn SW2005, but I may throw in a few
comments about 2005 as I go along.

First comment.

SE uses something called a ribbon bar instead of the property manager. It is
more concise than the property manager to the point of being cryptic. And
in general SE toolbar buttons have very little contrast so it is hard to
tell when they are pressed and when they aren't.

 

Comments as you go are ok, because there may be suggestions or questions
from others based on your current observation. But hopefully you are
collecting all of them in one document for the end presentation. This will
be interesting.

WT

 

Yeah, where's PellaKen? 8~)

 

Why do you use V14 ? SE is on V16 now.(shipping)
Its like learning SW 2003.Why not use V15?

With your comment you are right, took me à time to get used to the XP look.

Bert

 

Mark,

I do not use SolidWorks for a long time, so I cannot tell wich one I prefer.
Both have there strong points.
I have worked with SolidEdge for about 3 years (worked for a VAR so I had
to know the package)
I am a Engineer now with a Firm that wanted to go to 3d and that has a BU
that bought SW so we went for the same.
I am working with SW for half a year now.

Solidworks (2004) is IMHO better in:

Designtables
Photoworks (works great, SE has in V16 also a Lightworks solution but i cost
additional)
Toolbox (Like it a lot)
Configurations
programming (VBA)
User community (SE has a closed community)

SE (V15):

2D drafting
Constaints (mates) (Looks like SW2005 has the same solution like SE has for
years)
Ribbon bar (properties) (you do not have dialogboxes that are always on the
wrong spot)
Weldments ( I hate the 3D sketches you have to make in SolidWorks)
Routing (see above)
BOM

We do not a lot off surfacing so I have not looked into that at SW.
But in V14 SE improved it a lot with "blue surf"

They have both a solution for Animations but they a both a 3rd party
solutions (Immersive design)

But I do not like to say which is "better" , I think they look a lot what
the other does and have the same in there next version. That includes
Inventor.

 

Here!

Ken

 

Weldments ( I hate the 3D sketches you have to make in SolidWorks)


fwiw, you do not have to use 3d sketches for creating weldments in sw. 2d
sketches work quite well.

 

Here we go:

http://www.engtran.com/SWvSE

Let me know if there are any glitches. I'm not a web designer by trade.

 

I think I'll add some SW2005 to the mix, but I don't have SE15 or SE14
available. Some may say it isn't fair, but this is working with what I
have. It will certainly show the similarities and differences in software
design philosopy and is not meant to be a marketeering tool.