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Overview

Designcenter Solid Edge

4.4

(52)

Pricing

Starting at $113.09 per month

About Designcenter Solid Edge

Designcenter Solid Edge is an engineering CAD software designed to help businesses design, simulate and assemble products on a unified interface. Key features include 2D drafting, 3D design, data management, technical publications, simulation and product development portfolio.

Designcenter Solid Edge allows teams to automate various aspects of the product development process by connecting digital 3D models, information and processes across a digital thread. Additionally, operators can create 3D models and digital prototypes, simulate the performance of products and assemblies, as well as manage documents, drawings and specifications.

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Designcenter Solid Edge Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $113.09 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Solid Edge Design and Drafting XaaS

$113.09

per month

No plan information available

Solid Edge X Standard

$326.25

per month

No plan information available

Solid Edge X Advanced

$390.00

flat rate, per month

No plan information available

Solid Edge X Premium

$516.25

per month

No plan information available

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Designcenter Solid Edge Features

Popular features found in 3D CAD
2D Drawing
Animation
Bill of Materials Management
Data Import/Export
For 3D Printing
For Architects
For Manufacturers
More features of Designcenter Solid Edge
3D Design & Modeling
3D Imaging
Annotations
API
CAD Tools
Change Management
Collaboration Tools
Compliance Management
Component Library
Continuous Modeling
Data Synchronization
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Direct Manipulation
Document Generation
Document Management
Dynamic Modeling
Electrical
File Sharing
Functions/Calculations
Graphical Data Presentation
Industry Specific Database
Manufacturing Design Data
Mechanical
Mechatronics
MES
Modeling & Simulation
Motion Modeling
Multi-CAD editing
Parts Management
PLC Tools
Presentation Tools
Product Data Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Project Management
Reporting/Analytics
Requirements Management
Reusable Designs
Search/Filter
Symbol Library
System Design Tools
Third-Party Integrations

Designcenter Solid Edge Integrations

Google Drive

Box

Dropbox Business

OneDrive

Designcenter Solid Edge User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

56%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.0

Functionality

4.3

Vaibhav C.

Verified reviewer

Architecture & Planning

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

Makes your modelling work easier

This software allows you to create nice designs only when you know how to operate this software which is not at all an easy task.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Once you are well aware how to operate this software then you can put all your imaginations into this. This software allows you to create beautiful models and designs.

Cons:

The user interface of this software is bit messy which makes its user to get bored soon. The software is very confusing to learn and operate.

Vendor Response

Hello Vaibhav, thanks for the review and for sharing your feedback with us. We are constantly improving our software to better meet the needs of our users. Perhaps our tutorials will offer some help for you, here is the link: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resources/tutorials/ - otherwise feel free to post your questions on our community website under https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/topic/0TO4O000000MihiWAC/solid-edge; our experienced community is probably able to help you.

Replied July 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Construction

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

3D Modeling Application

it can be used as a full solution for modeling and machine design containing modeling, simulation and animation.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

it is very good in 3D modeling for machine design and part drawing. Also it can be used for simulation and stress analysis which is very good feature that add to the value of the application.

Cons:

2D drawing is not good. I think it is specialized in modeling so it is not concerning the civil drawing and 2d drawings.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great that we can assist in the creation of full solutions for modeling and machine design. Please refer to this link for a quick tutorial on 2D drawing that could hopefully improve your experience using it: - https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/data_services/resources/se/107/help/en_US/selfPacedExt/sbddadr/index.html

Replied January 2022

Verified

Reviewer

Design

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Okay 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.

Cons:

Okay 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

Verified

Reviewer

Information Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2019

Useful 3D designing software for basic designing

As a freelancer I have used Solid edge for sheet metal designing and the features are very impressive and helpful. It allowed me to design any given model in no time. Recommended for designs with less designing and simple sheet metal designs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

1. Easy to learn 2. Designer with basic designing knowledge can grasp the features of software quickly 3. Assembly of CAD models is easier and convenient as compared to other softwares 4. Very fast software which helps in quicker designing of models.

Cons:

1.3D to 2D converter is moderate with few features missing in comparison with other softwares of this caliber. 2.Supported file formats are also no great in comparison with other softwares 3. User interface with menus are a little too cramped up and completely user friendly

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review of Solid Edge. We are happy to hear, that Solid Edge is suitable for your sheet metal design efforts. We are working on more features, supported file formats and interface improvements. Check out our latest version, it addresses most of your cons: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/. Perhaps this tutorial helps you convert your 2D drafts into 3D models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwMGdS1SYDg

Replied July 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The 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.

Cons:

No 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

Verified

Reviewer

Automotive

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Another CAD solution for your team.

It was average when comparing to other CAD software, only upside using this software is that if you have all the SIEMENS suite , working in the corporate is pretty easy and useful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

When working on 3D CAD workspace, controls and buttons are the average among other solutions, navigation on workspace is good.

Cons:

The poor compatibility with other software at the time to export and import parts, also cost is a little big high between CAD solutions.

Vendor Response

Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! We are happy to hear that you've had an easy time using the Siemens Suite. We hope in the future we can provide something that exceeds your expectations compared to other platforms.

Replied February 2022

Verified

Reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2021

Solid Edge

Very useful for making 3d parts for another distributions in Engineering.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very useful and good for engineers. Making 2d and 3d drawings.

Cons:

Sometimes few bugs with saving drawing (2d) on pdf.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We´re glad you find it useful. Your comments about the bugs will be communicated to our development team.

Replied January 2022

Mohammad E.

Verified reviewer

Design

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2020

very inclosed software

not good

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

i usually use solidworks for 3d design .. but when i needed to learn cnc the instractor advised to use solid edge ..

Cons:

actually i didn't like it in the 3d design... when i tried it i felt like iam on 1990 or something .. i didn't like it at all

Vendor Response

Hi Mohammad, thanks for bringing your concers about Solid Edge to our attention. Could you please let us know what version you are using at the moment? Maybe it would be worth updating to the current version Solid Edge 2021, soon Solid Edge 2022 is going to be released. Check out our latest version here: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/

Replied July 2021

John T. W.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Simple to use and robust CAD

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Having the choice between direct modeling and ordered is perfect. This is a robust CAD tool with many built-in advantages with their standard license such as: FEA, data management, reverse engineering, generative design and advanced rendering with KeyShot

Cons:

Eventually, I would love this program to be in the cloud. I think that's where it's all going in the future.