SolidWorks Compatible Alternative, does more, costs less
SolidWorks is built on the Parasolid© graphics kernel that is licensed from Siemens and is also the heart of NX and Solid Edge. Both of these Siemen’s programs do an exceptional job of importing native SolidWorks sldprt & sldasm files with the ability to make significant changes to parts and assemblies.
Solid Edge was birthed in Huntsville, Alabama by a group of guidance software engineers for the Saturn (Apollo) rocket in 1969 and became Intergraph in 1980 and then part of Siemens in 2007. Solid Edge continues to be developed in Huntsville.
Sheet-metal functionality provides a flexible marriage of 2D & 3D not found in other systems
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Proven stability – crash resistant
An easy path from SolidWorks to Solid Edge that covers all the bases:
- Licensing options including perpetual and term, for local as well as cloud connected or enabled
- The ability to import and modify existing SolidWorks, Inventor, and Creo parts & assemblies.
- The difference between fixed and floating licenses is typically about $100 and no need to buy a very expensive network “flex” utility.
- Time to proficiency short with many resources for your team
- Your existing CAD workstation hardware is likely perfect for Solid Edge
- Solid Edge users enjoy a stable and reliable platform.
