This guest post comes courtesy of Mark Burhop, Social Media aficionado and Director of 3rd party Ecosystems at Siemens PLM. You can find Mark on Twitter, LinkedIn and near any coffee machine with the majority of components developed using Solid Edge.
Hide your spouses. Get your kids under the bed. Solid Edge ST4 is out and it means business. This is not your grandmother’s CAD. Not by a long shot. But before I go too far, I’m must tell you. I’m not Josh Mings. Rumor has it he off in the remote Texas wilderness setting up peace treaties between Jeff Mirisola and packs of angry squirrels. Yeah, that was an inside CAD industry joke, but no worries. My name is Mark Burhop, Director of 3rd party Ecosystems at Siemens PLM. I’ve studied Josh for a long time and I think I can channel his brilliance for a few paragraphs. Are you ready?
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