{"id":2934,"date":"2015-02-12T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:02:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:02:44","slug":"solidworks-conceptual-design-new-name-new-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/02\/solidworks-conceptual-design-new-name-new-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design: New Name, New Innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At all SOLIDWORKS World conferences, we make many significant announcements and this year no different. Last year we announced <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2013\/01\/introducing-solid.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, our first design solution based on the Dassault Syst\u00e8mes 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Today at the event we provided an update on our first conceptual design solution.<\/p>\n<p>Based on feedback from our customers, <strong>SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual<\/strong> has proven to be very effective for much more than just mechanical design. \u00a0With that in mind, we have renamed <strong>SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Conceptual<\/strong> to <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong>. This will also allow us to support a broader workflow.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24512 colorbox-24511\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/1-615x333.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"615\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether you are laying out an entire factory, designing a new robot cell, or validating ideas for a new mountain bike suspension, <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong> provides a wide range of innovative design and collaboration tools, combined with the ease of use that <strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> is known for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Name, New Innovations: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dynamic Motion Simulation<\/li>\n<li>Mechanism Synthesis<\/li>\n<li>History Based Mates<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced Interoperability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dynamic Motion Simulation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design now provides both kinematic and dynamic analysis capabilities. These expanded capabilities allow you to solve both 2D and 3D motion studies, and test the feasibility of your conceptual designs with minimal effort.<\/p>\n<p>You can investigate range of motion, displacement, velocity and acceleration. Dynamic contact can also be simulated for both 2D and 3D studies.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24515 colorbox-24511\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/2-615x333.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"615\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mechanism Synthesis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong> you can now design multi-bar linkages easier and faster than ever before.\u00a0 Simply layout the basic configuration of your links, assign the known dimensional parameters, and let <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong> calculate the unknown values.<\/p>\n<p>Many users prefer to think in terms of the end goal. Users new to mechanism design don\u2019t have to perform detailed math operations to figure out the length links<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>In the open state the horizontal arm should be 35mm above the base pivot point and the closed state is should be perfectly horizontal. By simply specifying your start and end positions, the software tries to capture your thinking and calculate a solution based on your initial design. This greatly reduces the time wasted in iterating the mechanism to achieve your end goal.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24516 colorbox-24511\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/3-615x333.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"615\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>History Based Mates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Capturing design intent is one of the many ways <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design <\/strong>allows you to focus on solving design challenges, not the software.<\/p>\n<p>By applying assembly mates between components one time, your design intent is captured for later re-use.\u00a0 This can result in huge time savings when assembling previously mated components together.<\/p>\n<p>Simply pick a part, point at an adjacent part and the previously used mating schemes are suggested.\u00a0 Accept one of the options presented with a single click, and your components are mated in the correct position.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong> can suggest which components have been mated together previously.\u00a0 No manual searching is required, just right mouse click on a component and the software will provide a list of previously mate components for you to choose from.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zoomLink cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/41.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24517 colorbox-24511\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/41-615x333.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"615\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enhanced Interoperability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design <\/strong>together with <strong>SOLIDWORKS Desktop <\/strong>has never been easier!<\/p>\n<p>Enhanced interoperability capabilities help you leverage your <strong>SOLIDWORKS Desktop<\/strong> designs when starting new projects in <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can now choose to read the mate information from your SOLIDWORKS assemblies when opening them in <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design.\u00a0 <\/strong>This greatly improves the re-use of your legacy design information when exploring new concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Sending your concept designs to <strong>SOLIDWORKS Desktop<\/strong> for further refinement or detailing has received similar attention.\u00a0 We\u2019ve added support for reading assembly mates, sketch entities and geometric and dimensional constraints from your concept designs to help you transition to your detailed design phase quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are going to be situations where your legacy <strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> <strong>Desktop <\/strong>design data needs to be modified to fit the needs of a new project.\u00a0 In addition to the direct editing tools that have been enhanced in the 2015x release, we have also added a new \u2018Edit in SOLIDWORKS\u2019 command.\u00a0 This allows you to directly open your legacy models in <strong>SOLIDWORKS Desktop<\/strong> for editing.\u00a0 Simply save your changes and <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong> will update the referenced component.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This latest version of <strong>SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Design<\/strong> delivers many unique advantages to the concept design process. With its flexible, intuitive, powerful modeling environment, every challenge of conceptual design turns into your business advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted by John Picinich in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/02\/solidworks-conceptual-design-new-name-new-innovations.html\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At all SOLIDWORKS World conferences, we make many significant announcements and this year no different. 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