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June is a great time of year. It marks the beginning of summer (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), backyard barbecues, trips to the beach, the NBA & NHL Finals, and, of course, the start of another SOLIDWORKS Beta Program!<\/p>\n
SOLIDWORKS beta testing takes place during an eleven-week period from late June to early September. During this time, access to the beta software<\/a> is automatically made available to our SOLIDWORKS Subscription Service customers; no sign-up is required! Access to the beta software is an opportunity for you to help fine tune the software before its official launch in September.<\/p>\n The benefit of beta testing SOLIDWORKS is that you get to work as a team with SOLIDWORKS R&D to ensure that we deliver the quality, performance, and user experience that you expect. Sure, we want you to test drive new features to get a first look at what to expect from the next release, but we want more! We want you to stress test the software with your workflows and models to ensure that everything works smoothly for you and your organization. Specifically, we want you to test your production workflows using your largest and most complex models. Yes, there are prizes<\/a> you can win, but what we need<\/strong> most<\/em> from you are your bugs<\/strong>, frustrations<\/strong>, comments<\/strong>, and yes, your irritations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To make it easier for you to give us this valuable feedback, SOLIDWORKS 2017 Beta will introduce a new \u2018Give Beta Feedback\u2019 toolbar. This new toolbar will give you quick access to our problem reporting system and our Beta forum<\/a>. It will also give you the ability to quickly tell us what you like and what you don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n We realize that you may not be able to dedicate a lot of time to beta testing, if at all. That\u2019s OK. Whether you can spend several hours testing, or can only spare a few minutes to browse the Beta forum and give us a quick comment, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n SOLIDWORKS 2017 contains hundreds of new user-driven enhancements. Key focus areas for SOLIDWORKS 2017 include:<\/p>\n For more information on the Beta Program, please visit the Beta website.<\/a> If you have any specific questions, don\u2019t hesitate to email us at beta@solidworks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n By Mario Iocco<\/em> This means that there could be circumstances where the default and derived configurations are out of sync with each other. After the North America SOLIDWORKS Simulation experts introduced themselves and Mike Sande shared best practices with preparing your manufacturing-ready CAD models for Simulation, it\u2019s time to dig in the \u201creal\u201d simulation topics. This month: Contact modeling (parts 1 & 2). Once you start analyzing assemblies (instead of single parts), you must understand the fundamentals and details on contact modeling.![\"SOLIDWORKS](\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/SOLIDWORKS-Beta-216-image2.jpeg\")
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Spotlight on Features: Why is the flat pattern drawing view out of synch with the part?<\/h1>\n
\nUsers often ask: why \u2013at times \u2014 did the flat pattern drawing view not update after changing the part? First, let us recall that flat pattern drawing views are created from a flatten derived configuration. When you create a flat pattern drawing view, the system automatically creates a flatten derived configuration (Fig. 1)<\/p>\n![\"Fig1\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Fig1-2-615x206.png\")
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\nWant to see why? Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\nSimulation Step-Up Series<\/h1>\n
\nRamesh is here to take you through it all!<\/p>\n