Preparation discussion/presentation about Synchronous Technology

[Jan_Bos]

Hi All,

First of all 'Best wishes for 2016 (and beyond)" to all Solid Edge Users/developers and their family.

Since I’m a big fan of Synchronous Technology I have been asked to prepare a presentation  / discussion about Synchronous Technology given to a subsidiary of a big well known technical company in the Netherlands.

I’m looking for the best possible explanation/demo’s available for;

• Synchronous Technology (it history so far)
• Synchronous Technology (in general)
• Live rules (latest ST8 edition)
• Live rules manager
• Selection manager
• Steering Wheel
• Part / face priority

I have collected a lot of information from the Solid Edge Universities, Ally PLM lunch Bytes, Mark Fort etc. but I missed probably a lot, so I’m looking for YouTube , pdf’s, PowerPoints to help me..

Who has useful stuff that I can use and is willing to share? This of share the links to..

Many thanks in advance for your help,

Jan Bos

Geha

The Netherlands

[MLombard]

Jan,

Here is a youtube video that got me started with Synchronous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csjd7pcxLX4

Can you check your private messages? We might be able to help one another out.

[12GAGE]

I will be your sync Grinch. The nay-sayer who is waiting to be proven wrong. When I can directly control the size of a sheet metal flat pattern with Sync in for a part with 9 bends. Or when I can add 2 and 3 way corners in sync! As a sheet metal person I will be completely avoiding Sync until somebody can prove to me I can do everything in sync that I can do in ordered. Until then, it's useless because if I need the feature in ordered, it can't see Sync.

I still have about 30 requests planned for ordered sheet metal!

[bshand]

@12GAGE

"Until then, it's useless because if I need the feature in ordered, it can't see Sync."

It's the other way around. In sync mode you can't see ordered.

[12GAGE]

You are right. And much of the time I need to start in ordered.

[bshand]

Yeah, that is a stumbling block sometimes. Since sync is always a "parent" feature to ordered I wonder if it will ever be possible to model in sync with ordered features visible. Going to sync is like rolling back to earlier features in ordered.

[12GAGE]

My most common need for ordered first is sheet size. Many of my designs are controlled by the flat size of a sheet (relative to the overall size, XYZ). I don't know how to get that done in a way the handles variable thickness and bend radius without using ordered.

For example, I start with a 4' X 8' sheet of 10 Gage, then bend that up a specific way. It would take a lot of math and dimensions to do that in Sync.

[KennyG]

Curious as to why you start with a flat instead of just rendering the flat pattern from a formed piece at the end?

[12GAGE]

So full sheets can be used without trimming. When not using full sheets, I often set up parts to be 1" or an even fraction over one a nominal dimension (XYZ) so the flat nests easier.

Also, when flat patterns require a cham, the flange cham does not work as desired. The flange cham tool makes a flat pattern than is not crisp .....not a single 45 deg corner, but a series of strange increments that make up a 45 deg corner. I want "crisp" flat pattern exports for use in a punch machine.

There are a few other oddities I can't remember off the top of my head, but they all dictate controlling the flat size first.

[Ol]

Hi Jan,

My name's Oliver, and I look after the team here at Siemens that create the Solid Edge product demos. I may be able to help:

• • Synchronous Technology (in general) - The Venn diagram below is great to set the scene, comparing synchronous technology to other modelling methods available on the market. On the furthest left of the green circle, and the furthest right of the orange circle, you have the "not so good" things about History-Based and Direct Modeling - a lot of users have learnt to ignore these things, and just put up with them. However there are also very good things about History-Based and Direct Modeling, listed on the insides of these circles. Siemens introduced synchronous technology to synchronise the best of both worlds...and then some:
  • Live Rules (or now simply called Design Intent), Selection Manager, Steering Wheel, Part/Face Priority - Rather than thinking about capability in terms of feature/functions, it's easier for an audience to understand in terms of benefits/solutions. Under the three top level pillars of synchronous technology below, we created videos to explore what these mean day-to-day, and of course they involve the features/functions you mention:
  1. Accelerated Design - Rapid Initial Product Design in Solid Edge | Precise Direct Modeling with Solid Edge | Assembly Modeling in Solid Edge: One Shot Multi Part Editing
  2. Faster Revisions - Unexpected Design Changes in Solid Edge | Design Intent Recognition in Solid Edge | Preparation of CAD models for Simulation in Solid Edge
  3. Better Reuse - Multi CAD: Editing Imported 3D Data in Solid Edge | Re-use Design Detail from Other 3D CAD Models in Solid Edge

I hope that helps!

Oliver