{"id":4055,"date":"2016-02-04T08:52:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T08:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2016-02-04T08:52:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T08:52:33","slug":"previewing-solidworks-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/previewing-solidworks-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Previewing SOLIDWORKS 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year at SOLIDWORKS WORLD, the Product Introduction Team delivers a Technology Preview to show off some of the new functionality that is under development for SOLIDWORKS Desktop products. The Day 3 Skit the team produces has become one of the most highly anticipated events for our user community, and the 2016 version continued our long-standing tradition of having great fun and not taking ourselves too seriously, while showing off a host of enhancements \u2013 both big and small\u2014that our development team has been working hard to produce for the next release.<\/p>\n

While we normally haven\u2019t shared a significant recap of the presentation outside of the live social media stream, we know you\u2019ll love to have a single place where you can get a quick recap of what we shared. As a reminder, this IS a TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW<\/strong> and features \/ functionality are always changing until fully vetted and not guaranteed to be in the next release.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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BI-DIRECTIONAL CIRCULAR PATTERN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Circular pattern in both directions<\/p>\n

\"circular_patterns\"<\/p>\n

MULTI-DISTANCE CHAMFER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Multiple sizes in one feature<\/p>\n

\"MULTI-DISTANCE<\/p>\n

VARIABLE CHAMFER<\/strong><\/p>\n

New functionality in a single feature<\/p>\n

\"VARIABLE<\/p>\n

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COMBINE CHAMFER-FILLET FEATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both operations now in a single command<\/p>\n

\"COMBINE<\/p>\n

TRANSPARENT SECTION VIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transparent parts now included in section views<\/p>\n

\"TRANSPARENT<\/p>\n

THREAD FEATURE LEAD-IN \/ LEAD-OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adding manufacturing options to the Thread Feature introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2016<\/p>\n

\"THREAD<\/p>\n

TREEHOUSE DRAWING IMPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Treehouse automatically imports associated Drawings<\/p>\n

\"TREEHOUSE<\/p>\n

TREEHOUSE STRUCTURE PRINT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Printing the Treehouse Structure now supported<\/p>\n

\"TREEHOUSE<\/p>\n

SHADED SKETCH CONTOURS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sketch Contours now shaded for clarity and easier manipulation<\/p>\n

\"SHADED<\/p>\n

ADVANCED HOLE WIZARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Functionality to create multi-step holes<\/p>\n

\"ADVANCED<\/p>\n

SMARTER MATE PLACEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Components move closer to their intended location<\/p>\n

\"SMARTER<\/p>\n

MISALIGNED MATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concentric faces that won\u2019t align can be overridden without over-defining the assembly<\/p>\n

\"MISALIGNED<\/p>\n

SUB-ASSEMBLY SAVED AS A PART NOW MAINTAINS ALL REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Face ID\u2019s are maintained so mates don\u2019t fail on replace<\/p>\n

\"SUB-ASSEMBLY<\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS PDM LATEST VERSION OVERWRITE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Small changes no longer require a new version<\/p>\n

\"SOLIDWORKS<\/p>\n

LOCK BOM TABLES FROM TEMPLATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Table items locked in the template remained locked when placed in the drawing<\/p>\n

\"LOCK<\/p>\n

NOTES CAN REFERENCE BOM CELLS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directly reference BOM Cell items<\/p>\n

\"NOTES<\/p>\n

MULTI-SHEET PROPERTY EDITS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make sheet property edits apply to selected sheets<\/p>\n

\"MULTI-SHEET<\/p>\n

EMPHASIZE SECTION OUTLINE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section view outlines can now be outlined for clarity<\/p>\n

\"EMPHASIZE<\/p>\n

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JAGGED OUTLINE FOR DETAIL VIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Detail views can now be shown with jagged lines<\/p>\n

\"JAGGED<\/p>\n

MIRROR VIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mirror the drawing without creating the 3D Part<\/p>\n

\"MIRROR<\/p>\n

BASIC DIMENSIONS OF SIZE<\/strong><\/p>\n

New functionality in DimXpert<\/p>\n

\"BASIC<\/p>\n

3D DIMENSIONS TO EDGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

DimXpert now supports surface and edge selection<\/p>\n

\"3D<\/p>\n

RE-ORDER 3D VIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

3D Views in SOLIDWORKS MBD can now be reordered<\/p>\n

\"RE-ORDER<\/p>\n

COMPARE 3D ANNOTATION TOOL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compare different versions of PMI data in SOLIDWORKS MBD<\/p>\n

\"COMPARE<\/p>\n

HIDE ALL REFERENCE ITEM TYPES<\/strong><\/p>\n

New functionality to hide all types with a single command<\/p>\n

\"HIDE<\/p>\n

OFFSET CURVE ON SURFACE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offset a 3D Curve on a surface<\/p>\n

\"OFFSET<\/p>\n

WRAP SKETCHES ONTO ANY SURFACE OR ONTO MULTIPLE SURFACES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrap sketch now supports any surface and multiple surfaces<\/p>\n

\"WRAP<\/p>\n

MAGNETIC MATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Components automatically snap together with predefined references<\/p>\n

\"MAGNETIC<\/p>\n

MAGNETIC MATE ASSET PUBLISHER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fast setup for magnetic mates<\/p>\n

\"MAGNETIC<\/p>\n

EDRAWINGS OPENS MANY MORE FORMATS<\/strong><\/p>\n

eDrawings now supports opening many new file types with measure and markup<\/p>\n

\"EDRAWINGS<\/p>\n

OPEN AND USE MANY CAD FORMATS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reference other CAD data without importing the geometry<\/p>\n

\"OPEN<\/p>\n

MAINTAIN FEATURES AND MATES WHEN CHANGES MADE TO IMPORTED CAD DATA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imported CAD data now maintains feature and mate references when changes are made<\/p>\n

\"Maintain_Features_whenchanges\"<\/p>\n

Originally posted in the SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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