SOLID Applications Ltd launch new web site

SOLID Applications have launched a new, user friendly, easier to navigate, web site.  Navigation is driven by four drop down menus located on every page. From within these menus you are able to access all you need to know about the products and services offered by SOLID Applications and UGS.

A quick links menu has been added for customers who wish to access' Helpdesk Express' or the 'Helpdesk Web Edition' as well as containing external links to UGS for Service Packs and Graphic Card Certification. Brochures and White Papers from UGS and SOLID Applications ltd are now also collected on a single 'Collateral Library' page and within 'More Links' you will find links to the NVIDIA and ATi Graphics card driver sites.

Training Course schedules can be found under the Services Menu, with our Events Diary, Maps, News and Case Studies all found under 'About Us'.

If you get lost a Site Search function is available from the Menu Bar which also includes the Site Map for text only navigation.

The site can be accessed via www.solidapps.co.uk or www.solidedgeuk.com

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Tip from the Helpdesk 

Redefining Broken or Shifted Dimensions.

From time to time a model edit can cause a dimension to shift or become detached. This is most often the case when the dimension is placed to a keypoint (end of a line) which is subsequently trimmed or consumed by another feature.

Did you know that the tools in Solid Edge which allow you to fix (reconnect) a broken Draft dimension can also be used in a Profile or Sketch to redefine the references of any dimension (broken or not)?

This is particularly useful when the dimension in question has references within Variable Table formulae, so deleting it and adding anew would also mean a great deal of work tidying up the Variable table.

Adding a radius in this profile shortens the line the 'smart dimension' was placed on changing the vertical dimension through the formula.

The workflow (which is also displayed as a tip in the Status Bar when a dimension is selected) to redefine the dimension's handles requires the following steps.

• Select the dimension you want to redefine to display it's 'handles'

• Hold down the 'Alt' key then 'click and hold' on the handle that needs moving.

• Holding the button down drag the handle to the new 'keypoint'

• Let go

Note: In the example below if I had chosen the point at the base of the radius, the dimension would of toggled to a 'by two points' orientation and would not of been correct. To rectify this I relocated both handles to the bottom edge in which the two points remain linear. The equation updates and the profile behaves as required.

Are you up to date?

Solid Edge V18: Update 7 released 31st July 2006
Solid Edge V17: Update 13 released 30th May 2006

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