# Page 2 | Designcenter Solid Edge Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Designcenter Solid Edge the right 3D CAD solution for you? Explore 54 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/179964/Solid-Edge/reviews --- Designcenter Solid Edge 4.4 (54) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/179964/Solid-Edge/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Designcenter Solid Edge ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 54 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use JR Jeisson R. engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Solid Edge Review" January 23, 2023 5.0 in general, the design process with solid edge is faster and efficient. so it helps to improve the company in many areas Pros the syncronous module is the best. the design process is faster Cons Maybe, Solid edge is the most complex software to use compared to its competition Alternatives considered [Inventor](https://www.capterra.com/p/236745/Inventor/)[CATIA](https://www.capterra.com/p/100453/CATIA/) Review Source Response from Siemens April 7, 2023 Jeisson, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great to hear Solid Edge's efficiency has helped improve your company. VR Verified Reviewer Mechanical Designer Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid Edge ST3 Review" May 19, 2019 2.0 Just being honest with ST3 version, there was just to many bugs. It can’t process to many features or large assemblies. This caused so much lagging. I once waited 10 minutes just to turn a DFT file into a pdf because I wanted color. I shouldn’t have to choose between color and time. Just my opinion. I wouldn’t be to proud of using this software year. Pros Okay so just to say, this is for the ST3 Version I used to had. Not the new up to date version I now have, ST9. ST3’s strong point was definitely it’s ability to help our manufacturing shop with sheet metal work. I could make a complicated sheet metal part with good accuracy. With sheet metal factors are always causing problems, this software excells in that area. Cons Okay so, when I used the software, the thing that absolutely really bugged me the worst when I was creating an assembly in the “ordered environment” all my features and assembles were based off my parent sketch. As you know, things changed in designs. Well when I change/update my sketch, my assembly would either not change with it, or more commonly, it would just blow up. This would cause me to seriously have to update it manually, hours of work. This happened with large assemblies. (12 or more parts) Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Hello, sorry to hear about the inconvenience that you are facing. The bugs and your problems should have been resolved with our current version. TK Tomasz K. Industry Engneer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Delaval user-Production engineer" February 15, 2023 5.0 I use it every day. So far, I have not encountered any serious problems in operation. Pros The software is easy to use, very intuitive, even if you switch from another programming. A lot of options that facilitate fast drawing. Cons Some options could work better. For example, cutting several shapes at once in the model - when using the cut tool. Maybe I don't like it because I used to work with other software before and it worked differently. Review Source Response from Siemens April 7, 2023 Tomasz, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We're glad to hear that your switch to Solid Edge has been an easy transition for you. VR Verified Reviewer QA Engineer Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Useful 3D designing software for basic designing" April 14, 2019 4.0 As a freelancer I have used Solid edge for sheet metal designing and the features are very impressive and helpful. It allowed me to design any given model in no time. Recommended for designs with less designing and simple sheet metal designs. Pros 1\. Easy to learn 2. Designer with basic designing knowledge can grasp the features of software quickly 3. Assembly of CAD models is easier and convenient as compared to other softwares 4. Very fast software which helps in quicker designing of models. Cons 1.3D to 2D converter is moderate with few features missing in comparison with other softwares of this caliber. 2.Supported file formats are also no great in comparison with other softwares 3. User interface with menus are a little too cramped up and completely user friendly Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Thank you for your review of Solid Edge. We are happy to hear, that Solid Edge is suitable for your sheet metal design efforts. We are working on more features, supported file formats and interface improvements. Check out our latest version, it addresses most of your cons: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/. Perhaps this tutorial helps you convert your 2D drafts into 3D models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwMGdS1SYDg VR Verified Reviewer Mechanical engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best to create engineering designs." February 15, 2022 5.0 The solid edge helps us to design our products in 2d and 3d. We use solid edge for doing calculations and analysis of the design. Pros The solid edge is a engineering design software which helps to create drawings of parts and assemblies for the production. We can create design in 2d and can do analysis of the design to avoid errors during production. They have a great customer support if we hav any issues. Cons No issues were found in our use. But the user interface need to be improved. Review Source Response from Siemens February 22, 2022 Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! It is great to hear that our platform has been so great to help you with your 2D and 3D designing. We will work to continue developing our platform to continue to give you a great experience. KA Khaled A. Cnc Workshop Department manager Plastics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "easiest 2D 3D CAD , assembly and standard parts program " July 3, 2023 5.0 I used solid Edge for more 15 years it is best CAD Drawing software Pros what is best and easy i like it in solid Edge is 2D drawing cad tools , 3D tools , Selecting plane and surface and assembling Cons I dislike error message without troubleshooting or giving more information to solve Reason for choosing Designcenter Solid Edge because it is easy Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Design Engineer Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Another CAD solution for your team." February 16, 2022 4.0 It was average when comparing to other CAD software, only upside using this software is that if you have all the SIEMENS suite , working in the corporate is pretty easy and useful. Pros When working on 3D CAD workspace, controls and buttons are the average among other solutions, navigation on workspace is good. Cons The poor compatibility with other software at the time to export and import parts, also cost is a little big high between CAD solutions. Review Source Response from Siemens February 22, 2022 Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! We are happy to hear that you've had an easy time using the Siemens Suite. We hope in the future we can provide something that exceeds your expectations compared to other platforms. AA Alaa A. CAD CAD Designer Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very good 3D model from great Company" July 14, 2023 5.0 Solid Edge is the best solution for those who use Siemens devices. Pros Solid Edge has many good things like user-friendly and having a wide range of functions, but it actually I most liked was the integration with Siemens peripheral tools Cons Solid Edge has a limitation with file types. Review Source SS Sudipto S. Product Manager Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good CAD tool" December 29, 2022 5.0 Pros •This application has a very good user interface, regardless of whether it is used in a classic or order environment.•Geometric tolerances and symbols can be assigned to any dimension in 2D or drafting. It is possible to choose from a variety of options.•In other applications, you can easily open .stp files and convert files into step files.•A 2D drawing can be modified after a 3D drawing has been converted to 2D. Detailed views and cross-sections can also be added.•There is no need to create holes in order to make threads. Cons •Directly creating holes in the curved and cylindrical surface is not possible. For this first, we have to create a plane, then we can create holes.•If you create a drawing in synchronous mode, extrude it, and then alter the drawing later, no modifications will be made to the extruded parts.•They have a somewhat complex pattern command. Review Source Response from Siemens April 7, 2023 Sudipto, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We're so happy to hear that you've enjoyed the user interface and all of it's features! As for creating holes, maybe this link here: community.sw.siemens.com/s/question/0D54O000061xcZaSAI/creating-positioned-holes-through-a-cylinders-mantle VR Verified Reviewer NDT Specialist Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid Edge" January 13, 2021 5.0 Very useful for making 3d parts for another distributions in Engineering. Pros Very useful and good for engineers. Making 2d and 3d drawings. Cons Sometimes few bugs with saving drawing (2d) on pdf. Review Source Response from Siemens January 18, 2022 Thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We´re glad you find it useful. Your comments about the bugs will be communicated to our development team. RV Ramon V. Financial Specialist Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great starter CAD program" August 8, 2020 4.0 It was my first step into CAD, and while it was tough to do anything at first, I came away from it with the ability to make all sorts of ideas come to life on my screen. This is a good tool for anyone who needs to get into CAD. Pros You can create custom parts in solid edge and have them made and shipped to you with all sorts of different materials to choose from. If you know what you are doing, you can design things of incredible complexity by stringing together part files. Cons There is definitely a learning curve, as with any CAD program, and it is going to take time for a beginner to learn how to manipulate things the way that they want to. For example, it took me a long time to figure out how to make a wire that corkscrews around a curved line, and none of my teachers knew how to so I ended up getting somewhere close to what I wanted after watching countless videos on it. Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Dear Ramon, thank you for choosing Solid Edge as your first CAD tool. Our Tutorials might help you to move forward using Solid Edge and to learn about all the integrated features. I have included the link in here: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resources/tutorials/ Vaibhav C. Designer Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Makes your modelling work easier " April 28, 2020 4.0 This software allows you to create nice designs only when you know how to operate this software which is not at all an easy task. Pros Once you are well aware how to operate this software then you can put all your imaginations into this. This software allows you to create beautiful models and designs. Cons The user interface of this software is bit messy which makes its user to get bored soon. The software is very confusing to learn and operate. Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Hello Vaibhav, thanks for the review and for sharing your feedback with us. We are constantly improving our software to better meet the needs of our users. Perhaps our tutorials will offer some help for you, here is the link: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resources/tutorials/ - otherwise feel free to post your questions on our community website under https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/topic/0TO4O000000MihiWAC/solid-edge; our experienced community is probably able to help you. GAK Godwin Appiah K. mechanical engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### " Best value for money CAD softwares." April 15, 2021 5.0 Solid Edge is one of the best CAD softwares. Pros It is easy to understand, the user interface is wonderful and is very easy to use. It gives an in depth knowledge of designing of products. It helps to render products in real time manner. The ease of modifying parts and the interface Cons It is respond slower as compare to solidworks Review Source Response from Siemens January 18, 2022 Hi Godwin Appiah, we´re glad to read that your experience with Solid Edge has been great! Our newest version has more than 500 enhancements delivering a faster response. Thank you for your review! VR Verified Reviewer Mechanical engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Friendly and useful software" January 10, 2019 4.0 Pros Friendly and easy to use for beginners. It has many tools for desing, drawing and somes for modeling. Cons I think this software can be used by beginners and not by professional engineers or designers. Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Hello there, thanks a lot for your kind words. We strive to include features for beginners as well as advanced features for professionals. It would be very helpful if you could send us a message with detailed information about the challenges you are facing. SR SHAIK R. Student Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Review " October 30, 2023 5.0 Overall good for for learning and experience the 3D design Pros It is easy to use and futures are good to experience Cons It should be more effective in visualization and graphicaly Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "A well Advanced solid modeling software" December 3, 2019 4.0 The experience with Solid edge was very at a level of complete satisfaction. Once I got familiarised with this it was very easy to do whatever I want. Pros The designing capasity of this software is incredible. The ability to do modifications even afterthe complete 3D model is a really plus point of Solid Edge. Solid Edge is the most suitable software go complete a task at the professional industrial level. Cons As a beginner it was little bit hard to go with but still it was manageble for me. At some times I wander here and there searching for some command buttons; familiarising was not much easy to me. Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Hi, thanks for letting us know about your feedback. Good or bad, we want to hear everything so we can continue to optimize and improve. If you are facing difficulties using the software you can check out our tutorials: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/resources/tutorials/ Additionally here you can find all the keyboard shortcuts in the Solid Edge Interface: https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/solidedge/keyboard-shortcuts-in-the-solid-edge-interface/ KO Kemal O. Engineering Manager Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A Good 3D Design Tool" August 2, 2019 5.0 Pros It has a user friendly interface that doesn't harm your eyes. Cons Some command buttons can't be find easily, you have to dig into to find the hidden buttons Alternatives considered [CATIA](https://www.capterra.com/p/100453/CATIA/) Reason for choosing Designcenter Solid Edge Cost advantage Review Source AR Alejandro R. Engineer Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Its a great CAD CAM software" August 5, 2021 5.0 I learned to 3d do 3D modelling by using SolidEdge, so this is the first CAD-CAM software Ive ever used, so this is the reason I find SolidEdge as a very friendly software to learn modelling. Pros It is very usefull and easy to learn for mechanical design. I used to use it for elaboration of blueprints and its great. Cons I think its not that commercial as NX, Solidworks or Inventor, but I feel that SolidEdge could be a good replace for these. Review Source Response from Siemens January 19, 2022 Alejandro, thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! We're glad that Solid Edge has been very user friendly in your learning of 3D modeling and hope to continue to improve the software to continue giving you a great user experience. RM Raúl M. Mechanical Designer Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Basic 3d mechanical" August 4, 2022 4.0 It's complete but almost basic Pros The integration and the easy way to import and export 3d models with a commom extensions. Cons There aren't easy to draw and turn the views to rotate and turn off the components Review Source Response from Siemens August 10, 2022 Raul, thanks so much for your honest review of your experience with Solid Edge! We're happy to hear that you've enjoyed using our integration processing thus far. Mohammad E. engineer Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "very inclosed software" July 17, 2020 2.0 not good Pros i usually use solidworks for 3d design .. but when i needed to learn cnc the instractor advised to use solid edge .. Cons actually i didn't like it in the 3d design... when i tried it i felt like iam on 1990 or something .. i didn't like it at all Review Source Response from Siemens July 9, 2021 Hi Mohammad, thanks for bringing your concers about Solid Edge to our attention. Could you please let us know what version you are using at the moment? Maybe it would be worth updating to the current version Solid Edge 2021, soon Solid Edge 2022 is going to be released. Check out our latest version here: https://solidedge.siemens.com/en/ JTW John T. W. Director of Engineering Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple to use and robust CAD" May 14, 2019 5.0 Pros Having the choice between direct modeling and ordered is perfect. This is a robust CAD tool with many built-in advantages with their standard license such as: FEA, data management, reverse engineering, generative design and advanced rendering with KeyShot Cons Eventually, I would love this program to be in the cloud. I think that's where it's all going in the future. Review Source JH Jack H. Senior Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Not bad once you get used to it..." January 6, 2021 3.0 We have since switched to alternative software that was more intuitive to use, this is I feel the main drawback of Solid Edge and the only reason we switched. Pros The program offers many of the features you would expect and want from a 3D modelling package, models of some complexity can be constructed and assemblies created to give an overview of a project or design before having to physically create it. Cons Solid Edge is far from the most intuitive software to learn and takes some time to get to grips with, not ideal for CAD beginners. Review Source Response from Siemens January 13, 2021 Dear Mr. Howell, Thank you for reviewing our software! Your opinion is very important to us. We would be glad if you could specify the features/functionalities you found unintuitive, so we could forward your feedback to our development team. Best, Solid Edge Team VR Verified Reviewer Project Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review: Solid Edge" February 20, 2023 5.0 Pros 1\. The drawing tools are very good and quality drafts are produced in less time.2. The interface is very user-friendly and easy to learn. Cons With some complex designs, one can experience too much lag. Review Source Response from Siemens April 7, 2023 Thank you so much for your honest review of your Solid Edge experience! It is great that you've been able to reduce your design time in Solid Edge. SA Sergio A. Process Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Progettazione 3d alla portata di tutti" March 27, 2022 4.0 Integrazione di più parti che venivano disegnate singolarmente nell' assieme finale. In questo modo diventano evidenti le migliorie da apportare durante la prima progettazione Pros Questo programma con le relative macro aiuta molto durante la progettazione dei singoli elementi e la creazione degli assiemi tra più parti evitando l' esecuzione di errori di quotatura che, gestendo le singole parti sarebbe facile commettere. Cons Non ci sono aspetti che non mi hanno soddisfatto, ovviamente bisogna prendere confidenza con le varie selezioni dei comandi per ottenere quanto desiderato Review Source Response from Siemens April 5, 2022 Thanks so much for your honest review on your experience with Solid Edge! Sergio, it is so wonderful to hear that our free trial offered such a great experience with creating assemblies for you. We will continue to innovate so that we can continue to provide a useful platform for you. TD Tharaka D. Student Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "It's all about designing" November 12, 2020 5.0 I strongly recommend this software for the mechanical design engineering undergraduates and the professionals. Pros As an design engineering undergraduate, Solid Edge is the best designing software for part designings and the assemblies. Cons It's bit confusing for the fresh users to identify the commands for the first time. There are very few video tutorials available for this software. Review Source Similar Products Featured