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<p>Solid Edge is a <a href="/facts/3D_computer_graphics/zlWW6eaF">3D</a> <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">computer-aided design</a> (CAD), <a href="/facts/Parametric_feature_based_modeler/12J69aud">parametric feature</a> and synchronous technology <a href="/facts/Solid_modeling/12J69aud">solid modeling</a> software. It runs on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> and provides solid modeling, <a href="/facts/Assembly_modelling/Ndk0XCh9">assembly modelling</a> and <a href="/facts/Technical_drawing/WtTmaUwL">2D orthographic view</a> functions for <a href="/facts/Mechanical_engineering/cbId4fye">mechanical</a> designers. Through third party applications it has links to many other <i><a href="/facts/Product_lifecycle/G3U6gtBv">product lifecycle</a> management</i> (PLM) technologies. </p><p>Originally developed and released by <a href="/facts/Intergraph/NzWDnuUK">Intergraph</a> in 1996, using the <a href="/facts/ACIS/245HIIx2">ACIS</a> <a href="/facts/Geometric_modeling_kernel/1Grlk4M6">geometric modeling kernel</a>, it changed to using the <a href="/facts/Parasolid/x5wW0Dlg">Parasolid</a> kernel when it was purchased and further developed by <a href="/facts/UGS_Corp./DtPC6HWh">UGS Corp.</a>, in 1998. In 2007, UGS was acquired by the Automation & Drives Division of <a href="/facts/Siemens/coa80TQn">Siemens</a> AG. UGS company was renamed <a href="/facts/Siemens_Digital_Industries_Software/WakFThme">Siemens Digital Industries Software</a> on October 1, 2007. </p><p>Since September 2006, Siemens has also offered a <a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">freeware</a> 2D version named Solid Edge 2D Drafting. Solid Edge is available in Design and Drafting, Foundation, Classic, or Premium. The Premium package includes all features of Classic plus mechanical and electrical routing software, and engineering simulation abilities for <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_engineering/dAsPLr5Y">computer-aided engineering</a> (CAE). </p><p>Solid Edge is a direct competitor to <a href="/facts/SolidWorks/TunrvoWl">SolidWorks</a>, <a href="/facts/PTC_Creo/QD9EGoHA">Creo</a>, <a href="/facts/Autodesk_Inventor/VsbUFHsP">Inventor</a>, <a href="/facts/IRONCAD/5axlDMvq">IRONCAD</a>, and others. </p>