{"id":3621,"date":"2015-11-02T13:41:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2015-11-03T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T14:30:55","slug":"solidworks-2014-vs-solidworks-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/solidworks-2014-vs-solidworks-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS 2014 vs. SOLIDWORKS 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though Back to the Future predicted the existence of drones, mobile devices, digital payment, hands-free game consoles, Nike self-lacing sneakers, video communication technology, hoverboards, and video glasses, even Doc and Marty McFly couldn\u2019t anticipate the future of CAD. \u00a0You can say \u201cGreat Scott!\u201d again. Thinking about the future of your design process with the new technologies available today, we have greatly enhanced our software since SOLIDWORKS 2014 to allow you to complete your entire ideation, product development, manufacturing and visualization workflow all in one integrated platform.<\/p>\n<p>Today we have entire ecosystem with hundreds of enhancements and new features in each of our products tailored to helping you innovate and create products for the future. \u00a0Beyond CAD, SOLIDWORKS now offers products to help you with Electrical wiring and machinery (SOLIDWORKS Electrical and SOLIDWORKS Routing), high-end renderings and imagery (SOLIDWORKS Visualize), injection mold design and flow (SOLIDWORKS Plastics), data management (SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management), conceptual design (SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer and\u00a0 SOLIDWORKS Conceptual Designer), quality control (SOLIDWORKS Inspection), and paperless drawings (SOLIDWORKS MBD).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"colorbox-27392\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/sw_2016_robotrebuilt_images_ecosystem.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The market today requires that that you create inspiring products that launch at a faster rate. In SOLIDWORKS 2016 we have made the following new improvements to help you achieve your design goals, save time and money, and delight your customers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0File size reduction by 50%<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Component preview window for mate selections<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Track view locations and automated drawing sheet zone annotations<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0New \u201cbreadcrumbs\u201d tracking and selection of items in model hierarchy<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Windows 10 and 4K monitor support<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Print directly to 3D printers<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0New advanced geometry features such as Asymmetric Fillets and Split Surfaces<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Ability to find unconstrained degrees of freedom and toggle constraints on and off in SOLIDWORKS Simulation<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Schematically driven PCB integration with dynamic PCB creation in 3D in SOLIDWORKS Electrical<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0New online learning modules in MySolidWorks added daily<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"colorbox-27392\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/sw_2016_feautres_innovation.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about being left behind in the past, then look forward to the future because where you\u2019re going with SOLIDWORKS, \u201cyou don\u2019t need \u00a0roads,\u201d just robust integrated solutions to help you keep up with current customer needs. Get current with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/support\/products-solidworks-subscription\" target=\"_blank\">Subscription Services<\/a> to get access to these great new features!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/solidworks-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to explore SOLIDWORKS 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make great design happen and innovate on a budget with SOLIDWORKS 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/solidworks-2016\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"colorbox-27392\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/swlaunch16_build_961x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/10\/solidworks-2014-vs-solidworks-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a> by Asya Bashina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though Back to the Future predicted the existence of drones, mobile devices, digital payment, hands-free game consoles, Nike self-lacing sneakers, video communication technology, hoverboards, and video glasses, even Doc and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[67,106,25,105],"class_list":["post-3621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","tag-67","tag-106","tag-solidworks-2","tag-solidworks-2016"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3626,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions\/3626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}