“You have to see this!”

May 25, 2009 - 03:14 PM

When you become an adult, kids’ toys always seem so engaging. Did you ever wonder how some of the toys are made? We’ve recently had an opportunity to interview Bob Hadley at Razor Scooter. If your kid doesn’t have one, consider it for his or her next birthday. Bob’s story of how he moved from using AutoCAD to 3D with

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology is a fun one. Basically, a friend told him on Friday, “Come down to my office, you have to see this!” At the end of the two hour presentation, he made the decision to purchase Solid Edge. By Monday, he was using it. Now, the name Razor is to scooters as Kleenex is to tissues!

Not only do you need to see the Razor Scooter video and hear the whole story, you also need to

watch the synchronous technology for Part & Assembly to learn more how the new version allows:

• 2D dimensions migrate from drawings to become 3D driving dimensions
• Live sections for editing of 3D models using 2D cross sections
• History-free, sketch-based edits to helix features, blend reordering and more.

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In my discussion with industry analysts, beta users, and customers, all are very exciting about our ability to turn imported 2D drawings into editable 3D models. A few points to note are that models created in Synchronous Technology don’t need to be planned out so it really doesn’t matter what order you start dragging 2D sketch regions into 3D shapes. And, during the modeling process, any “dumb” 2D dimensions will become editable 3D dimensions. Most people expect to be able to turn 2D into 3D, but few are aware that edits using the original intent defined in 2D can be done.
If you haven’t watched the demo, give it a look. Just watch the first demo at link called “Synchronous Technology for Part & Assembly”

Kris

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