Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue

[burhop]

Hi folks,

ST3 was released today. The big news is you no longer have to choose between doing your whole part in either Synchronous or traditional (history). You can now use both at the same time.

Mark

 

[beachcomber]

Mark,
Can you elaborate?
Are you saying you can mix the two methods in the same part file?

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[Raaden]

Yes that's what he's saying.
I recommend reading Deelips excellent 11 part dissection of the new release. Will give you a great understanding of what's going on.

http://www.deelip.com/?p=3618

 

[burhop]

BTW, Ken Grundey is collected some links on ST3 too:

http://grundey.blogspot.com/2010/10/solid-edge-st3-revealed.html

 

[beachcomber]

Some clever stuff on there, BUT I still think there needs to be a way to reference a datum face when moving another face with the steering wheel.
How about this for a workflow -
1) Select face to move, steering wheel is set on that face.
2) RMB and an option to 'Set Distance from Existing Face' appears.
3) Click existing face.
4) The distance between the moving face and the datum face appears in the box in place of the moved distance.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[burhop]

I just tried it by moving the steering wheel to the datum face. You are right. It displays the distance to the cursor, not the total distance to moving face.

Of course, you could just add a smart dimension and use that to move the faces. If that distance is a design parameter, chances are you want it as a dimension anyway (you might even want to lock it).

http://screencast.com/t/LbTPpCXhOY

Mark

 

[beachcomber]

mark,
I know you can put a dimension on the model (and they stay attached to edges much better now) but for quick editing you don't always want to do that - and ST is supposed to be about ease and speed of edits.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[burhop]

I understand. I forwarded your original comment to the product manager that works on the steering wheel. I was just looking for the best solution in todays software.

Mark

 

[beachcomber]

Thanks Mark,

We just got upgraded this week from V20 to ST2.
I've used ST1 before, but this is a great improvement.
Just the ability to customise the QAT properly has a big effect for me, and the reorganisation of the ribbon blocks is very much appreciated.
I still find having to switch tabs annoying, and wondering which tab commands are on, but things are much better now.
It also seems a bit faster than V20.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[burhop]

I wish you could go to ST3. You can customize the whole ribbon. I saw one guy on another news group had almost his entire set of commands on one tab. Plus the radial menu and gestures really cut down the need for going to the ribbon at all.

When I worked on IDEAS Master Series, we used to call them zig-zags (move the mouse here than there then here again). One customer (Japanese I think) used to measure how many of these we did. Anyway, zig-zags are way down since ST1.

Mark