01-04-2016 06:36 AM
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;
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
01-04-2016 12:23 PM
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.
01-04-2016 03:33 PM
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!
01-04-2016 04:13 PM
"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.
01-04-2016 04:24 PM
You are right. And much of the time I need to start in ordered.
01-04-2016 04:51 PM
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.
01-04-2016 05:18 PM
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.
01-04-2016 06:20 PM
Curious as to why you start with a flat instead of just rendering the flat pattern from a formed piece at the end?
01-05-2016 09:31 AM
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.
01-05-2016 05:03 PM
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:
I hope that helps!
Oliver