Synchronous Technology » Off Topic http://www.synchronoustechnology.net/blog Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What’s Your Best Tip For Solid Edge http://www.synchronoustechnology.net/blog/580/whats-your-best-tip-for-solid-edge/ http://www.synchronoustechnology.net/blog/580/whats-your-best-tip-for-solid-edge/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:47:55 +0000 Arthur Sexton http://www.synchronoustechnology.net/blog/?p=580 I hate to admit it but I was doing some work with Solid Edge on my laptop the other day and I couldn’t find the model I needed to modify.

I looked at my hard drive. The area where I store my data was 101GB in size containing 4,806 folders and 37,279 files.

It took me over 30 minutes to find the right file, using Windows search and opening and closing files in Solid Edge.

… and actually that’s extremely embarrassing.

You see we have been supporting and educating Solid Edge users since the product was first released in 1996 and I’ve lost count of the number of times we have emphasised the importance of structuring your data and avoiding duplicate files.

I need to practise what I preach but it’s difficult if you don’t have access to Insight or Teamcenter.

Anyway this got me thinking.

All the Solid Edge users out there must have some ideas for managing Solid Edge files.

So please help me with your best tip. I’d also be interested to know if there is anything that could help you with your management of Solid Edge data.

Here’s the details:

Click here to submit your tip

By way of a thank you we will provide you with a complimentary gift.

Not sure what this will be yet but it will be useful for everyone who uses Solid Edge.

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It’s difficult, and competition is fierce so by way of a helping hand here are some suggestions on ways to get on TV:

  1. Apply to be a guest on a top studio based TV show. If successful ensure that you wear the most colourful clothes you can and ideally dye your hair bright pink. Ensure that you record the show and hope that at some point the cameras survey the audience. Replay the recording and with any luck you will have been on TV and stand out enough to show your friends.
  2. Become a TV reporter.
  3. Get up to no good. This needs to be serious no good. One method that has worked recently is to fake your own death, get your next of kin to make a huge insurance claim, and then walk in to a police station five years later. 
  4. Join a parents for justice organisation. Dress as Superman/Superwoman and camp out on the rooftop of the highest profile government official who looks after family affairs. 
  5. Apply to compete on any well known TV reality show. 
  6. Run the London Marathon in fancy dress. Do not move too fast and ensure that you approach and put your arm around any person holding a microphone with a TV camera pointing at them on the edge of the course. 
  7. Become hugely successful at some sport. Ensure that the sport has massive TV exposure and hope for the best at the big tournaments, matches or events. 
  8. Become a politician and latch on to the current most popular debate.
  9. Hold a high profile position in a company that develops a ground breaking software program that will probably revolutionise the way products are designed from now forward.

It is this last highlighted technique that explains how Bruce Boes of Siemens PLM Software, developers of Solid Edge, actually got on TV.

Activate the clip through the image below. Now not everyone who is on TV wants to be a celebrity and I’m sure that is the case with Bruce. The real star of the show is Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology.

My favourite quote from the clip is Randall Newton stating “Today anyone shopping for a new mainstream 3D CAD product would be crazy to ignore Solid Edge”.


 

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I know when I was a kid I used to love these things.

There are fifteen phrases all related to Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology in this word search. The blanks from the phrases are not included so Siemens PLM Software would be SiemensPLMSoftware in this search. Oh, don’t waste you time looking for that phrase, it’s not in the word search.

So here it is to keep you and the family occupied. Print it out using the link at the top of this post.

How many phrases can you find?

Word Search for Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology

If you need a little help these are the phrases that are included:

    Steering Wheel
    Live Rules
    Synchronous Technology
    Solid Edge
    Office Ribbon Bar
    History Free
    Procedural Features
    Synchronous Solve
    ThreeD Dimensions
    Feature Collections
    Region Based Design
    Integrated Sketching
    Parametric Design
    Dimension Driven
    Feature Based

I recently stumbled upon another quiz entitled “How Dumb Are You?”, now you see where I got the title of this post from. Give “How Dumb Are You?” a try you’ll find it here..

Happy holidays.

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