Solid Edge or Solid Works 2

[markgidney]

Hi
Totally new to all this...my company has asked me to learn Solid Edge but I can not find many books on the subject if I read up on Solid Works will this help me at all ? How similar are the two products / Do they cross over ? or am I wasting my time??

Thanks

 

[ctopher]

Some similarities, but not the same. If you want to learn SolidWorks...learn SolidWorks. There are lots of online help.
I suggest Matt's book:

http://dezignstuff.com/blog/solidworks-2007-bible/

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

SE and SW are similar in their capabilities but quite different in operation. They use different terms, (e.g. protrusion vs extrusion) and have different workflow methods.

Learning one program will NOT help you learn the other, in fact it will probably hinder the process.

 

[draftsman2008]

Searching with google is wonderful:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...&ct=result&cd=1&q=SOLID+EDGE+TRAINING&spell=1

try this link

B. Long
Dell Optiplex 745
2 gig Ram
Solidworks 2007
AutoCAD Mechanical 2005
Springfield, Mo User Group

 

[PatCouture]

As usual start with the tutorial, and read those little tips on the start screen you may discovers a lot of tricks.

Patrick

 

[draftsman2008]

or this one:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Soli...-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

B. Long
Dell Optiplex 745
2 gig Ram
Solidworks 2007
AutoCAD Mechanical 2005
Springfield, Mo User Group

 

[FACS]

I learned Solid Edge from the tutorial

I learned Solid Works from the Tutorial



Charlie

http://www.facsco.com

 

[jistre]

Hey, one more for the "me too" chorus. Don't bother with the printed word when dealing with these packages. I'm sure that like most of the others speaking up, the ten minutes I spent trying to read the books were worthless. The first few hours going through the on-screen tutorials actually building simple models is where you'll learn the basics that will really set you on the path with whatever program you're using. After the fundamentals are down, you'll learn the other features by doing, either because you stumble on a new feature and go 'hey, that's cool' or have to do something you've never done before, so you go looking for a way to do it and learn something new.

Even with several thousand hours of experience with SolidWorks, I'd learn neat new ways to do things from time to time just piddling around.

Learn by doing with these software packages. They're massive, they're feature laden, and I really believe the school of hard knocks is your best teacher in this case.

 

[jpankask]

Ditto jistre's post. Go through the tutorials.

 

[PatCouture]

In Solid Edge you also have a file in the help menu showing "What's new" for each new version dating back to V18, You have to know the basics before getting into this but you may find some new ways to accomplish your work with it.

Patrick

 

[KENAT]

Apart from some 3D basics which are common to all the 3D CAD I've seen then I'd say they aren't similar enough to spend a lot of time on SW and think it will help with SE.

forum562 has had posts from new beginners etc so I'd look/ask there.

The SE tutorials aren't bad, do them. We are having our interns do "I get it" online training software for Solid Edge.

It's pretty cheap so you may want to take a look, I'm not yet totally sure how much better than just the tutorials it is but your bosses may like it as it gives reports on how you're doing.

Also, I don't know if it's just because of how long I've been using it but I find SE help pretty good, bettern than any MS Office packages.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[csd72]

What use is solidworks to a computer engineer?