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(continued...) Drawing views can be created showing either pre or post weld states.
Design assistant sensors are used to track design rules and variables such as distances between components as the model develops.
Thermometer style gauges indicate current values and can flag any violations of user defined parameters.
Process specific sensors include sheet metal manufacturability and the surface area sensor can have a negative sense in order to monitor holes in a surface for ventilation calculations for example.
User defined parameters can be used to calculate ongoing part costs based on types and sizes of modelled features.
Support for engineers is provided in the form of an online engineering handbook developed by MechSoft.com Inc, providing both a reference for formulae and calculations of a wide range of engineering scenarios.
Most can then automatically create a parametric part.
The Web Publisher is an interactive wizard module developed by Immersive Design Inc.
to allow Solid Edge data to be published to corporate web sites for access by a wider audience using only Internet Explorer.
The view of published data can be manipulated to aid visualisation and parts can be manually exploded in assemblies.