Solid Edge
(Latest release - Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology / 2008,
Website - www.solidedge.com)
Solid Edge Originally developed and release by Intergraph in 1996 using the ACIS geometric modeling kernel it later changed to using the Parasolid kernel.
In 1998 it was purchased and further developed by UGS Corp (the purchase date correspond to the kernel swap).
In 2007, UGS was acquired by the Automation & Drives Division of Siemens AG. UGS company was renamed Siemens PLM Software on October 1, 2007.
Since Sep 2006 Siemens also offers a free 2D version called Solid Edge 2D Drafting.
Solid Edge is a 3D CAD parametric feature solid modeling software.
It runs on Microsoft Windows and provides solid modeling, assembly modelling and draftingfunctionality for mechanical engineers.
Through third party applications it has links to many other Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies.
List of Versions:
§ Solid Edge V1 (1995)
§ Solid Edge V2 (1996)
§ Solid Edge V3 (Spring 1997)
§ Solid Edge V3.5 (October 1997 - introduced the sheet metal environment)
§ Solid Edge V4 (1998)
§ Solid Edge V5 (1998 - UGS + switched from ACIS modeling kernel to Parasolid )
§ Solid Edge V6 (1999)
§ Solid Edge V7 (1999)
§ Solid Edge V8 (2000)
§ Solid Edge V9 (2001)
§ Solid Edge V10 (2001)
§ Solid Edge V11 (2002)
§ Solid Edge V12 (2002)
§ Solid Edge V14 (2003 - "Rapid Blue")
§ Solid Edge V15 (2003)
§ Solid Edge V16 (2004)
§ Solid Edge V17 (March 2005)
§ Solid Edge V18 (September 2005)
§ Solid Edge V19 (June 2006)
§ Solid Edge V20 (August 2007)
§ Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology (2008)
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