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Why Designcenter X Solid Edge?

Flexible, AI-powered CAD for engineering teams

Designcenter X Solid Edge combines the power of professional 3D CAD with AI-powered features and the flexibility of a secure SaaS environment—helping engineering teams move faster, reduce costs, and bring better products to market.

Design, simulate, and collaborate in one integrated platform with built-in CAD, CAM, and CAE tools. With cloud delivery, your team gets automatic updates, built-in data management, and the ability to work from anywhere—without the overhead of traditional CAD infrastructure.

Extend the power of Designcenter X Solid Edge

For a limited time, every seat of Designcenter X Solid Edge includes a free license of Designcenter X NX Essentials, bringing powerful, web-based CAD, CAM, and CAE capabilities right to your fingertips. Quickly capture concepts while away from your desk, collaborating with customers and partners, and perform analysis without expensive software packages – all while keeping Designcenter X Solid Edge as your foundation for product design.

Faster design iteration

Make changes without rebuilding features and accelerate product development cycles.

Lower total cost of ownership

Flexible cloud-based access reduces IT overhead and long-term licensing costs.

Integrated simulation

Test and validate designs early and reduce rework with built-in tools for simulation analysis.

Seamless manufacturing handoff

Move from design to production with confidence using connected CAD/CAM workflows.

Multi-CAD flexibility

Seamlessly import and work with data from other CAD systems and file formats.

Secure collaboration

Share files, manage design data, and collaborate from anywhere in real-time.

What's included?

This all-encompassing 3D CAD package is design to facilitate advanced product development. Combining powerful design tools with an intuitive user interface, Designcenter X Solid Edge Advanced helps designers and engineers accelerate innovation and bring product concepts to life.

  • Integrated cloud-based data management with built-in PDM
  • AI-powered part and assembly design
  • Dynamic 3D visualization
  • Intelligent search and markup
  • Design-for-cost
  • Generative design
  • Subdivision modeling
  • Reverse engineering
  • Cloud collaboration and file sharing from any device*
  • Synchronous technology
  • CAD direct
  • Mesh modeling (convergent technology)
  • Sheet metal design
  • Frame and weldments
  • Simulation for parts
  • Import/export to popular 2D/3D formats
  • Bulk migrators

Streamline product design with next-gen collaboration

Work together in real-time with colleagues, partners and customers with Teamcenter Share — Siemens’ next-generation collaboration solution, included with your Designcenter X Solid Edge subscription. Share files with internal teams or external stakeholders with a centralized workspace complete with secure cloud storage and file sharing, version control, and AR/VR capabilities for design visualization.

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