Solid Edge
About Solid Edge
Solid Edge Pricing
Monthly and annual subscriptions are available, as well as perpetual licenses. Solid Edge 2D Drafting, Portal, and Viewer are all available for free. Contact Siemens for pricing information.
Starting price:
$75.00 per month
Free trial:
Available
Free version:
Available
Most Helpful Reviews for Solid Edge
1 - 5 of 46 Reviews
Anonymous
501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2022
Best to create engineering designs.
The solid edge helps us to design our products in 2d and 3d. We use solid edge for doing calculations and analysis of the design.
PROSThe solid edge is a engineering design software which helps to create drawings of parts and assemblies for the production. We can create design in 2d and can do analysis of the design to avoid errors during production. They have a great customer support if we hav any issues.
CONSNo issues were found in our use. But the user interface need to be improved.
Vendor Response
Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! It is great to hear that our platform has been so great to help you with your 2D and 3D designing. We will work to continue developing our platform to continue to give you a great experience.
Replied February 2022
Peter
Design, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Great CAD software
I can quickly provide customer solutions, with great quality 2D drawings, 3D models, Video fly-throughs, machine animations, stress and displacement analysis and reverse engineering. This software is critical to my business.
PROSSolid Edge delivers great results quickly and design changes are very simple. The user interface is simple and clean and you do not need to sort through a hundred buttons to find the function you need. The software is great at importing and exporting other CAD formats. The drawing options are very good and quality drafts are produced in very little time. The software is more powerful and stable than some other brands and the support staff in Australia is fantastic.
CONSThe software installation and updates are a big drama and require technical assistance every time. When a new version comes out I need to allow at least a day before I will be operating again.
Reason for choosing Solid Edge
I found at the time of purchase that Solid Edge had the best sheet metal design tools.
Reasons for switching to Solid Edge
User interface and compatibility with other CAD brands.
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed May 2019
Solid Edge ST3 Review
Just being honest with ST3 version, there was just to many bugs. It can’t process to many features or large assemblies. This caused so much lagging. I once waited 10 minutes just to turn a DFT file into a pdf because I wanted color. I shouldn’t have to choose between color and time. Just my opinion. I wouldn’t be to proud of using this software year.
PROSOkay so just to say, this is for the ST3 Version I used to had. Not the new up to date version I now have, ST9. ST3’s strong point was definitely it’s ability to help our manufacturing shop with sheet metal work. I could make a complicated sheet metal part with good accuracy. With sheet metal factors are always causing problems, this software excells in that area.
CONSOkay so, when I used the software, the thing that absolutely really bugged me the worst when I was creating an assembly in the “ordered environment” all my features and assembles were based off my parent sketch. As you know, things changed in designs. Well when I change/update my sketch, my assembly would either not change with it, or more commonly, it would just blow up. This would cause me to seriously have to update it manually, hours of work. This happened with large assemblies. (12 or more parts)
Vendor Response
Hello, sorry to hear about the inconvenience that you are facing. The bugs and your problems should have been resolved with our current version.
Replied July 2021
Ever
Airlines/Aviation, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
Very intuitive and easy to use
The tools are really easy to find and the visual hints helps a lot. The interface is very intuitive
CONSIt uses more computational resources than other applications but it is worth it
Reasons for switching to Solid Edge
Because solid edge it is being used more and more in the industry
Vendor Response
Ever, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! As the industry shifts we are glad that your shift to using our platform has proved beneficial for your creations.
Replied January 2022
Hiran
Verified reviewer
Oil & Energy, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2020
A good mechanical design software tool with 3D Modelling and assembly.
A PLM software where a user can build an accurate CAD models.
PROSThe User is allowed to do geometry constraint while sketching. The measurement standard can be selected before creation of the sketch. Recording option is helpful to make a video of the workspace. 3D drawing is easily done. 3D model drafting into 2D sheets are done easily with all detailed views. Intelligence in selection of line is helpful when there is difficult in selection of line in sketch.
CONSWe need to purchase the software from a reseller. Customer support need to improve problem-solving skill. The software doesn't run smoothly in a low configured workstation. User interface need to be improved. The software should not proceed for next design steps if there is error in sketching.
Vendor Response
Dear Hiran, thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear, that you like the drawing tools within Solid Edge . If your are an active student, we offer a student edition with a license that does not expire as long as you're an active student. Here is the link: https://www.siemens.com/solid-edge-student
Replied July 2021