As promised, I'm back with some additional information about the upcoming release of Solid Edge ST3 (later this year). This post will hit on some of the customer driven enhancements in the Part, Sheet Metal, and Assembly design environments. As a reminder, this is in no way a complete list of enhancements in these areas. New to ST3 Sheet Metal is the Etch feature. It allows text or other sketch elements to be created on sheet metal faces which will then be transformed with the model when flattened. When the Flat Pattern is saved to DXF, text is translated to a "stick" font engraving ready! New Closed Corner types have been added to Sheet Metal such as U & V shaped, Square and Mitred. Tabs and PMI can now be added to the flattened Sheet Metal model and they will not display in the folded model. This flattened model can then be saved to JT. Interpart relations are now shown in Part & Sheet Metal Pathfinder allow...
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