It is a large download (about 6Gb) but it is a completely self contained software CAD package and made no real dent on my PCs 900Gb+ storage : I would therefore strongly recommend that users should download from this Siemens link. So just 'Googling' can lead you astray (as discovered by one user on this Forum recently). This seems to have caused others some problems because there are various free, old and trial versions of Solid Edge still available on various Siemens pages/websites. Where can I get Solid Edge Community Edition Otherwise all the SE basic functionality that normally costs over £2k pa (per seat) is provided by the Community Edition under a free lifetime license. The second is that ‘Draft’ drawings have a ‘SE-CE’ watermark on them. The first is that native SE files created with SE-CE cannot be opened with a commercially licensed SE version (and presumably vice versa). The 'Community Edition' is essentially the same as the commercial SE version with two exceptions. It runs on Microsoft Windows and provides solid modelling, assembly modelling and 2D orthographic view functionality for mechanical designers. Solid Edge is a 2D/3D (hybrid) parametric CAD system, offering ‘Ordered’ (history based) and ‘Synchronous’ modelling technologies. PS I have one SE file per 'Part' and then build 'Assemblies' from them - wouldn't want it otherwise. But for anyone undecided about what 2D/3D CAD to adopt - here is some basic info about Solid Edge (and my reasons for using it) that may be useful to you. I understand perfectly that once you've invested time and effort learning a particular CAD - it requires a very good reason to migrate elsewhere. Been watching the Fusion 'Cloud' thread but instead of adding my two penneth there - I thought I'd simply paste a post I've recently made on another modelling Forum (being a lazy b).
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