Affordable, Easy-to-Use Software for Product Development
Visualize and validate your product's design with fantastic features in Siemens Solid Edge. The next generation 3D CAD technology offers: 2D nesting, augmented reality, model-based definition, expanded validation tools, and enhancements to core CAD capabilities.
Solve today's toughest product development challenges with Solid Edge. Enhance collaboration and fully digitalize the design-to-manufacturing process. With Solid Edge, you can streamline access to the latest manufacturing methods, ensuring your 3D print is right the first time.
Benefits
- Bring ideas to life with augmented reality and validate your digital design in a physical environment
- Realize significant gains in manufacturing productivity by using model-based definition
- Drive downstream validation while minimizing manufacturing errors
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Capabilities
Mechanical Design
Expedite your creative process for machine elements with faster 2D drafting, state of the art sheet metal design, flexible part and assembly modeling, built-in photo-realistic rendering, and unmatched mobility. Solid Edge transforms your workflow with future-ready technology from augmented reality to MBD.
Electrical Design
Shorten development time and create fully functional electromechanical designs with an easy-to-use ECAD-MCAD environment. Automated highlighted changes made in both domains minimize design errors and provide opportunities for smooth collaboration between electrical and mechanical designers.
Manufacturing
Create top-of-the-line parts accurately and affordably using the latest manufacturing techniques from Solid Edge. Utilize access to the latest manufacturing solutions, including CNC machining, nesting, cutting, bending, molding, welding, assembling, and additive manufacturing.
Simulation
Simulation-Reduce the need for costly physical prototypes by digitalizing your entire product development process. With three new levels of simulation capabilities, including Solid Edge Premium, Solid Edge Simulation Standard, and Solid Edge Simulation Advanced, analysis has never been easier.
Technical Publications
Expand your design ideas globally with new and enhanced publishing tools. Import and export Solid Edge section views, publish vector graphics for PDF documents, define proper sizing for illustrations, and produce images or vectors with transparent backgrounds.
Data Management
Manage scalable and searchable data with ease. Search for drawings, parts, and assemblies using file names and standard or custom properties for fast access. Solid Edge's CAD data management solutions meet the needs of all manufacturers, from startups to larger manufacturers with distributed operations.
Collaboration
Get Connected with the Solid Edge cloud-based portal offering secure storage, viewing, markup, and sharing of NX CAD files. You can even share Augmented Reality (AR) experiences securely through the Solid Edge Portal. You can specify the rights that each user has to view and download projects, so you're always in control.
Case Studies

Case Study: Plasser & TheurerLearn how this leading manufacturer produced innovative rail construction infrastructure and maintenance equipment by utilizing a digital twin approach with Solid Edge.

Case Study: ThermoplanOn the quest to create the perfect cup of coffee, this Swiss coffee machine manufacturer optimizes development and production with Solid Edge.
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