WHAT’S NEW SOLIDWORKS 2018 Group Session - Cambridge
WHAT’S NEW SOLIDWORKS-2018
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION:
3D INTERCONNECT – IMPORT CAD DATA FROM OTHER PROGRAMS
• SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect now supports STEP, IGES, and ACIS file formats
• Now gathers additional information from third-party native CAD files: Assembly cut features, Custom Properties, Material properties, Unconsumed sketches and curves, Reference axes from CATIA®V5 files only
ENHANCEMENTS TO THE SOLIDWORKS USER INTERFACE
• Auto-rotate View on Sketch Edit
• Folder Icons in the Feature Manager Design Tree now indicate the state of items in the folders Login to
• Measure tool can now select up to six items
• Mouse gestures – allow 2,3,4,8, or 12 gestures
• Welcome Dialog box – quicker way to open New part or assembly or browse recent documents/folders, easy access to learning and training resources
• SolidWorks Login – new Online Licensing
ENHANCEMENTS TO PART MODELLING FUNCTIONALITIES – SKETCH AND FEATURE CREATION
• Create Mirrored entities in a 3D sketch
• Create normal cuts on sheet metal parts
• Tab and slot Feature
• Three Bend Corner Reliefs
• Control the Tangency direction for curved sketches
• Instances limit removed for circular sketch patterns
• Mirroring entities using reference planes and planar faces in a sketch
EHANCEMENTS TO ASSEMBLY MODELLING
• Change transparency of an assembly or multibody part
• Perpendicular mates, temporarily hide faces when selecting mates
• Misaligned and Magnetic mates
• Pattern Enhancements
• Performance evaluation enhancements – Assembly open progress indicator, Assembly visualization enhancements, Performance Evaluation tool enhancements
• Smart Explode Line
• SpeedPak – Setting a Rebuild on Save Mark on SpeedPak Configurations, Updating SpeedPak Configurations Automatically
• Treehouse enhancements – different UI, Print options, hiding supressed documents, display files in a list view
ENHANCEMENTS TO SOLIDWORKS DRAWINGS
• Auto hatching in Section Views - randomize scale
• Create a horizontal movable / rotational movable Datum Target
• New draft symbols in the Symbol Library• Add Broken-out Section View to Alternate Position Views, Detail Views, and Section Views
ENHANCEMENTS TO SOLIDWORKS SIMULATION
• Topology studies allow the designer to explore design iterations of a component that can satisfy a given optimization goal
• Email notifications for completed analyses in System Options
• Import simulation study features into assemblies from parts or sub-assemblies
• Create a Simulation mass property sensor
ENHANCEMENTS TO SOLIDWORKS PDM
• Automated Drawing PDF creation in SolidWorks PDM Standard using the convert task
• Data card editor undo command has been added
• Revision table integration – PDM can read and write values from or to a revision table
ENHANCED CREATION OF PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERINGS USING SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE
• Use the SolidWorks visualize add-in to export SolidWorks models directly from SolidWorks to visualize with the click of a button
• Import animations you create in SolidWorks (motion studies) into visualize for rendering
• You can now import Solidworks Cameras, custom views, and lights from your SolidWorks model into SolidWorks Visualize
• Visualize 2018 now has a Dark and Light theme for the User Interface
ELECTRONICS DESIGN – SOLIDWORKS PCB
• Continuous improvements to integrating ECAD with MCAD
EVALUATE MACHINING PROCESSES – SOLIDWORKS CAM
• CAM Standard comes with SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service
• CAM Professional separate
• Quickly create tool paths and CAM data to help manufacture your model, getting it out the door faster
• Inspection Add-In used to generate inspection reports for parts and assemblies
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