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Welcome to Solid Edge University Siemens PLM Software

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Restricted © Siemens AG 2015

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State-of-the-Art Drafting, Made Even Better

• Investing in What You Need

• General Workflow

• Dimension Enhancements

• Annotation Enhancements

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Investing in What You Need

Where do you spend most of your time on drawing creation? Drawing View creation and update? Tables? 2D geometry? No? You tell us that you spend most of your time annotating the drawing! Many resources have been applied to enhancing drawing annotation in ST6, ST7, and ST8. This effort will continue into the future to help make you more productive.

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General Workflow

Empty Text Box and Callout Display Previous display did not show empty Callout and Text Boxes. • Can interfere with locate and other workflows. We started displaying these so you can see them and clean them up. • They do not print or show up in Save as Image or Save as PDF. • My world is falling apart because I don’t understand what this is??????

Added options in Solid Edge Options – General Tab. • Custom error string

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Clean Up a Drawing (Delete everything but Drawing Views) You may not know. Use CTRL+A to select everything. Press Delete Click No to keep Drawing Views

General Workflow

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General Workflow

Fence Selection (Directional) Left to Right Fence • Inside Entire object must be inside fence to select. • Dimensions not selected

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General Workflow

Fence Selection (Directional) Right to Left Fence • Inside and Overlapping Entire object does not need to be inside fence to select. • Dimensions are selected • Drawing View?

• Shift click drawing view • Or click No when prompted

on Delete

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets Collections of dimensions that are aligned (chain and/or stack). Alignment creation can be toggled on/off.

Toggling off does not dissolve any existing dimension alignment sets.

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets Collections of dimensions that are aligned (chain and/or stack). (ST5) Chain Dimensions – Drag as single set (ST5) Stack Dimensions – Drag as single set

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets Collections of dimensions that are aligned (chain and/or stack). (ST6) Combination Chain and Stack Dimensions – Drag as single set • Hybrid Set – Both Chain and Stack

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets Dimension Alignment Indicator Disjoint Chain Set– Create dimension by geometry and then align with existing chain. • Don’t select existing chain first and then select geometry.

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets

Pure Stack – Set with only stacked dimensions. Insert into Pure Stack – Select stack to insert dimension and then select geometry to dimension. Automatically adjusts stack

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Hybrid Set– Take care when working with hybrid sets. Stack dimensions on left and continue with dimensions on right. Symmetry is recognized and will chain with like dimensions.

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets Hybrid Set– Take care when working with hybrid sets. Adding a dimension directly into a Stack Set will stack the dimensions by size. • No symmetry case

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Dimensioning

Dimension Alignment Sets Hybrid Set– Take care when working with hybrid sets. Create the dimension by geometry and then align with the existing set. Don’t select set first and expect proper alignment.

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Split Alignment Set – Split the set at selected dimension. Break Alignment Set – Dissolve the Alignment Set

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Dimensioning


Remove from Alignment Set • Single Dimension • Multiple Dimensions • Creates new set from

selected dimensions

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Dimensioning


Arrange Dimensions

Before

After

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Dimensioning

Dimension Orientation

Trick Question? What is a Smart Dimension? • Anyone?

• There is no such thing as a ‘Smart Dimension’. • Smart Dimension is a command that places many different dimension types

based on the geometry selected.

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Dimensioning


Bringing consistency between Smart Dimension and Distance Between. • Smart Dimension – Enable Orientation Selection

• Use the prompt bar in both commands. • ‘shift’=horizontal/vertical – Toggle between ‘by 2 points’ and

‘horizontal/vertical’ while placing a linear dimension.

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Bringing consistency between Smart Dimension and Distance Between. • Smart Dimension – Enable Orientation Selection

• Status Bar will tell you which dimension type is being placed.

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Dimensioning

Concentric Diameter Alignment

New radial dimension type button on Smart Dimension Command bar • ‘Read the prompt’ • Use ‘d’ to cycle through ‘Radius’, ‘Diameter’, and ‘Concentric Diameter’.

Concentric Diameter Dimension • Forces radial dimensions to concentric diameter. • Enables the creation of alignment sets for concentric diameter dimensions

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Button forces radial dimensions to concentric diameter. Enables the creation of alignment sets for concentric diameter dimensions. Dimensions stack automatically as you go.

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Automatically inserts into and adjusts the stack as you go.

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Alternating text positions for readability • Automatically adjusts within stack

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Dimensioning

Coordinate Dimensions Improved Creation Workflow • Fewer Clicks for Measure Dimensions • Emphasize Alignment Improved Display Control • Dimension Style and Dimension

Properties • Perpendicular Text (New default) • Allow negative values • Allow origin value change

• Applies change to measure dimensions

Improved Dimension Line Length and Handles • Shortened Dimension Line • Drag Dimension Line to reposition

Improved Jogging • Automatic jog during placement • ALT+Drag text to add jog

• Will also jog adjacent dimensions

Improved Drag Behavior • Drag any dimension line to reposition all

aligned dimension lines

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Dimensioning

Coordinate Dimensions

Dimension style and Properties Lines and Coordinate Tab

Improved Placement Workflow

Place Origin Dimension

Single Click Geometry For

Measure Dimension

Dimension Added and Jogged, No

Second Click

Single Click Geometry For

Measure Dimension

Dimension Added and Jogged, No

Second Click

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Dimensioning

• Set filter for circle center points only. • Select drawing view to find circles. • Cursor position defines dimension

orientation.

Coordinate Dimensions Place many coordinate dimensions at one time.

Automatic Coordinate Dimension Command

• Selection by drawing view or by

geometry • Filter keypoints to dimension

Select by Drawing View

Select by Geometry

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Dimensioning

Dimension Modify Enhancements More Handle Points for Modification • 3 Classes of Handles

• Connect Handles • Modify Handles • Secondary Modify Handles

Terminator Shortcut Menu • Terminator Type • Show Projection Line • Show Dimension Line • Flip Terminator

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Annotations

Annotation Modify Enhancements More Handle Points for Modification Consistent Handle Points • 3 Classes of Handles

• Connect Handles • Modify Handles • Secondary Modify Handles

Terminator Shortcut Menu • Terminator Type

Leader Orientation Snap Lines • 45 and 90 Degree Orientations

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Annotations

Drawing View Annotation Modify Enhancements Drawing View Annotation Modify Improvements • Cutting Plane Line

• More Modify Handles • Flip Direction on Shortcut Menu

• View Plane Line • More Modify Handles • Secondary Modify Handle to Drag Anywhere

• No Keyboard Input Needed • Detail Envelope

• ANSI Style – Text Orientation Snap Lines

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Annotations

Change Leader and Break Line Connect Position (ST5) Leader connect position easily changed

• Use handle at connect position • ‘Read the prompt!’

• “Alt+drag the break line handle point to snap to keypoints." • Lines display snap orientations at each keypoint. • Drop at desired keypoint and orientation.

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Annotations

Reference Text Used to extract text from annotations to be inserted into other annotations.

E.g. Feature Control Frame has a reference text that refers to the Datum Frame text ‘A’. If ‘A’ is changed in Datum Frame, then that Feature Control Frame will update automatically.

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Annotations

Reference Text Can be from following source annotations: • Callout • Balloon • Datum Frame • Datum Target • Drawing View • Drawing View Annotations

Look for the Reference Text button on annotation UI.

E.g. %{Balloon Upper|Ref:A256} means a

reference to the Upper text in a Balloon with an ID of A256.

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Annotations

Annotation Value Formatting Have you ever wondered how to easily find the codes for formatting values in annotations? • Round-off /@2 • No units /NU • Dual Units /DU • Etc. Go to Help and search for ‘format codes’ How can I make this easier?

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Annotations

Annotation Value Formatting Underline and highlight property text and 2-letter codes when cursor is within text.

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Annotations

Annotation Value Formatting Look for the Format button on the available annotations.

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Annotations

Annotation Value Formatting Format the property text through the Format Values dialog. • No Units and Dual Units • Round-off

• Date-time • Text case

• Tolerance UI enabled or disabled based on property selected.

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What’s Next?

Whatever you collectively tell us! Always more to come. Thank You!

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Contact

Ricky Black Product Manager (Drafting and PMI) Solid Edge Planning

675 Discovery Drive Huntsville, Al. 35053

Phone: (256) 705 - 2631 Fax: (256) 705 - 2695

E-mail: [email protected]

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