Solid Edge Synchronous Technology
Synchronous Technology: Deliver innovation faster than ever before!
Synchronous technology from Siemens PLM Software connects everyone in the product lifecycle—and it connects them all without limiting any of them. Connection without limitation. Freedom with coordination. That’s how Synchronous Technology helps you innovate more—and makes your design process up to 100 times faster.
With synchronous technology, you no longer have to choose between constraint-driven or history-free modeling. You no longer have to be a programmer to reuse a model. And you no longer need to worry about using data from multiple CAD systems.
Are you ready for the next big breakthrough in digital product development? Learn more about synchronous technology by watching the videos and exploring the Document links below.
You can find more demo movies on Solid Edge in the Solid Edge Demo Movies page
Synchronous Technology Demonstrations and White Papers.
Synchronous Technology 2 Fact Sheet Synchronous Technology 1 Key Messages and FAQ 10 Reasons to Select Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology Synchronous Technology and Design Freedom |
How can I capture ideas as soon as I think them? |
How can I change my design as fast as I change my mind? |
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“Siemens' synchronous solver overcomes the order dependencies that have plagued history-based CAD programs by solving for the explicit and inferred constraints at the same time. The synchronous solver doesn't use a history tree, but rather holds user-defined constraints in groups associated with the surfaces to which they apply…Ultimately, though, I believe this to be a transformative technology -- one that represents an important inflection point in the CAD industry. If you hear someone say ‘that's nothing new,’ don't believe them. Synchronous Technology is a big deal.” |
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First-Ever History-Free, Feature-Based Modeling
The technology is the first-ever design solution that simultaneously synchronizes geometry and rules through a new decision-making inference engine. It accelerates innovation in four key areas:
- Fast idea capture: Synchronous technology captures ideas as fast as the user thinks them, with up to 100 times faster design experience. Designers can devote more time to innovation with new techniques that provide the efficiency of parametric dimension-driven modeling without the computational overhead of pre-planned dependencies. The technology defines optionally persistent dimensions, parameters and design rules at time of creation or edit, without the overhead of an ordered history.
- Fast design changes: The technology automates the implementation of planned or unplanned design changes to seconds versus hours thorough unparalleled ease of editing, regardless of design origination, with or without the presence of a history tree.
- Improved multi-CAD reuse: The technology allows users to reuse data from other CAD systems without remodeling. Users can succeed in a multi-CAD environment with a fast, flexible system that enables them to edit other CAD system data faster than they can in the original system, regardless of the design methodology. A technique called “suggestive selection” automatically infers the function of various design elements without the need for feature or constraint definitions. This increases design reuse and OEM/supplier efficiency.
- New user experience: The technology provides a new user interaction experience that simplifies CAD and makes 3D as easy to use as 2D. The interaction paradigm merges historically independent 2D and 3D environments, providing the robustness of a mature 3D modeler with the ease of 2D. New inference technology automatically infers common constraints and executes typical commands based on cursor position. This makes design tools simple to learn and use for occasional users, driving downstream use to manufacturing engineering and the shop floor.
“While there have been important advances in 3D design technology over the years, designers have not been able to create persistent features without the computational overhead needed to re-compute models from the construction history,” said Chuck Grindstaff, executive vice president of Products, Siemens PLM Software. “Traditional parametric modeling serially applies rules to geometry, helping to automate planned change but not addressing unanticipated engineering changes. History-less modeling concentrates on geometry in an unconstrained manner, but sacrifices intelligence and intent. Direct editing minimizes the need to understand a complex history but does not address features.
“Our new synchronous technology incorporates the best of constrained and unconstrained techniques to deal with change in an extremely powerful and efficient manner. Applying the right technique to the job at hand, enables dimension-driven modeling to reach its full potential, generating tremendous productivity gains over traditional methods.”
"Synchronous technology breaks through the architectural barrier inherent in a history-based modeling system,” said Dr. Ken Versprille, PLM Research Director, CPDA. “Its ability to recognize current geometry conditions and localize dependencies in real time, allows synchronous technology to solve for model changes without the typical replay of the full construction history from the point of edit. Depending on model complexity and how far back in the history that edit occurs, users will see dramatic performance gains. A 100 times speed improvement could be a conservative estimate.”