Synchronous Technology Intorduction_en

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology

Introduce yourself to synchronous modeling

Working sequence

Orient part

Display reference planes

CTRL + J to align the view

Hide reference planes

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Change auto-dimension settings

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Create part profile

Select «Rectangle»

Keying value for:

Width Height Angle

Use F3 to lock working plane

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Create part profile

Place rectangle corner so Coordinate system fit inside

Click to place rectangle

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Create part profile

Select Horizontal/Vertical to help you center the rectangle

Hover the mouse on the horizontal line then click « M » to lock

midpoint

Click on the origin point

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Create part profile

Repeat for the vertical line

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Create initial part volume

« ESC » Will cancel the active command

Move mouse over the region then click

Make sure Quickbar setting match

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Create initial part volume

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Hide unnecessary information

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Place hole

Set key point filter on « QuickBar » so multiple points could be recognize

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Place hole

Define hole options

20 mm

50mm

Working sequence

Place hole

•Move mouse on end surface

•Use B or N key to orient the green line (x axis)

•Use F3 to lock working plane

•Localize midpoint by hover the mouse on vertical and horizontal line

•Dash line indicate alignment is recognize

•Click to position the hole

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Congratulation, you have complete the first step of our introduction toSolid Edge with Synchronous Technology

Choose the select tool to end active command

Steering wheel

Explorer the steering wheel

Origin

Principal axis

Secondary axis

Steering wheel

Steering wheel plane

Secondary knob

Principal knob

Steering wheel

Initiate translation

To initiate a translation along the principal axis, click on it

Steering wheel

Translation move

Initiate a translation along the secondary axis, click on it

To change the orientation of the secondary axis, click on

the seconday knob.

Steering wheel

Activate the steering wheel

Select one face of our model using the select tool

Steering wheel

Translation move

Select Hole from the «Pathfinder»

Steering wheel

Orient steering wheel

Once you click the principal knob, glide the mouse cursor over an element to align the principal axist.

On a surface On a edge On a vertex/point

Click to lock orientation

Steering wheel

Position the steering wheel

Once you click the principal knob with the «SHIFT» key, glide the mouse over an element and click to lock position

A point in space A vertex/point

Steering wheel

Position the steering wheel

Once you click on one of the axis with the «SHIFT» key. Keying the value of the offset.

Steering wheel

Rotation move

Rotation is around the principal axis by default once you click on the steering wheel.

Steering wheel

Position steering wheel

Once you click on the steering wheel with the «SHIFT» keying the offset angle value <180.

Visualization

Visualization tool

SHIFT + RMB drag = Dynamic rotation

CTRL + RMB drag = Dynamic Zoom

SHIFT + CTRL + RMB drag = Pan

ALT + RMB click = Fit

ALT + RMB drag = Zoom Window

CTRL + T, F, L, R, K, B, = Orthogonal views

CTL + I, J, M = Iso, Dimétrique, Trimétrique

Rotation

Look at

Sketches

Add lines to the 3D model

Select line tool

Glide the mouse over the surface who will receive the line, adjust the orientation using N or B.

SketchesAdd lines to the 3D model

Click to set the first point of the lineIf need use the F3 or the lock icon to to lock plane and orientation

Then the second point

Sketches

Add lines to the 3D model

Clikc «A» to switch from line to arc

Sketches

Display the geometric constraint

Sketches

Center elements

Hover the mouse on the arc then press «C» »

Hove the mouse on the edge then press «M»

Sketches

Regions

Region are delimited by a close boundary

Sketches

Regions

Region can serve to add or remove material

Sketches

Regions

Region can be extrude or revolve

Select tool

Introduction

Select tool

Select elements using the mouse

Four selection mode are available

Use space bar to change mode

Top right corner

Head up display is use to know witch one is active

Select tool

Select elements using the mouse

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

One a face is select and a move is initiate, Live rules analyse the model to keep its integrity

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Keep concentric while rotate

Keep concentric while translate

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Coplanar

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Tangent + Keep radius Tangent

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Tangence + Touching

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Parallele

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Perpendicular/Parallel

Live rules

Manage 3D relation (something I refer to geometric tolerance)

Coplanar

CoplanarSymmetry

Selection manager

Tool to help select faces with common relationship

Connect

Selection manager

Tool to help select faces with common relationship

Tangent Faces

Selection manager

Tool to help select faces with common relationship

Tangent chain

Selection manager

Tool to help select faces with common relationship

Along XAlong Y

Custom

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