{"id":4946,"date":"2017-02-07T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T10:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2017-08-17T15:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:21:31","slug":"solidworks-world-2017-day-one-recap-experience-the-new-the-next-and-the-never-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/02\/solidworks-world-2017-day-one-recap-experience-the-new-the-next-and-the-never-before\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS World 2017 Day One Recap: Experience the New, the Next, and the Never Before"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1999, SOLIDWORKS World has been an experience. The event itself has always been a mashup of personal and professional. It\u2019s learning about what\u2019s new, next and never before from not only technological perspectives, but also from connecting with peers, who feel more like family. In both cases, the goal is to learn how to tackle challenges with new approaches to design and engineering.<\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS World 2017 kicked off in Los Angeles with a fitting tribute to the city\u2019s status as the entertainment capital of the world. Magician Justin Flom<\/a> and Tim Clothier, CEO and founder of Illusion Projects<\/a>, joined SOLIDWORKS CEO Gian Paolo Bassi on stage to show how they use SOLIDWORKS to literally make magic happen. During the discussion, Flom shared his experience of working with David Copperfield to iterate on projects in eDrawings and the importance of mixing engineering and artistry to make the impossible possible.<\/p>\n

Talking about magic is interesting, but it\u2019s really better to experience. Tim and Justin did not disappoint. With the help of their \u201cbeautiful\u201d assistant, Gian Paolo, the duo debuted a new illusion: a 26-inch, track-mounted buzzsaw with a snug stock for Gian Paolo to insert his head. The saw was built in SOLIDWORKS using weldments, sheet metal, and mechanical mates \u2013 to name a few features. The machine has tight tolerances and everything needs to line up, otherwise, the brave assistant with emerge a head shorter.\u00a0 The only question that remained: would Gian Paolo entrust his life to a SOLIDWORKS design? I think you know answer, but here\u2019s a picture to illustrate:<\/p>\n

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Tim and Justin\u2019s story is one about passion. They live and breathe magic and use SOLIDWORKS to make it real. After Gian Paolo emerged unscathed, he stressed that the audience has the same opportunity to bring even the most imaginative ideas to reality in their professions, \u201cEach of you has the imagination and knowledge to create something new, innovative and has never been created before,\u201d Gian Paolo said. \u201cYou do great things every day, and it\u2019s our job to give you the tools and resources to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

What followed was a rundown of amazing projects conducted by JPL and the Space X Hyperloop project. JPL is using SOLIDWORKS to engineer its Athlete robot; an agile machine designed to be the workhorse for planetary colonization. The Athlete can roll at 10 KM per hour and climb up to 35 degree slopes while carrying a half-ton payload.<\/p>\n

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JPL is working to keep Armageddon from happening, and yes, I mean both the movie and the extinction-level event. JPL\u2019s robotic arm gripper can grab and remove a 15-ton boulder from the surface of an asteroid to alter its orbit and avoid collision with the Earth.<\/p>\n

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The Space X Hyperloop project is a program aiming to revolutionize transportation. 100+ teams from around the world are competing to build a train that can travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes. Using SOLIDWORKS, the MIT Hyperloop team earned the best overall design in 2016. In 2017, the team from Delft University took top honors. Both designs will be tested in California later this year. Colonizing planets, saving the earth, and traveling at 700 MPH are experiences the world is ready for and SOLIDWORKS is ready to help make those things happen.<\/p>\n

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SOLIDWORKS is a tool to make these moonshot projects a reality today, but it\u2019s continuing to evolve to meet future design needs. This starts with SOLIDWORKS desktop. Gian Paolo expressed the need to protect users\u2019 investment in desktop and covered recent upgrades to UI, interoperability and the graphics engine. \u201cWe are in desktop for the long run,\u201d Gian Paolo said. The only constant in life is change and SOLIDWORKS will continue to adapt its software to meet these needs.<\/p>\n

Gian Paolo went on to demonstrate a cool new augmented reality (AR) approach to design with the help of SOLIDWORKS user and partner, Meta. The Company creates a headset enabling you to experience your design in AR. Finally anyone can be Tony Stark. The technology was elegantly displayed by giving the audience a look under the hood of the SOLIDWORKS-designed Italian sportscar, the Effeffe Berlinetta (you can learn more about the car\u2019s design in this blog post). Gian Paolo went behind the Meta headset and shared his view of the Effeffe Berlinetta to see how the design could be examined and manipulated in an AR environment.<\/p>\n

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Change is also coming to the relationship between design and manufacturing. Complex micro structures are limiting the traditional sketch-and-extrude approach. A transition needs to be made from design and validate to optimize and manufacture. SOLIDWORKS is working to facilitate this transition by developing topology optimization in collaboration with world-class SIMULIA engineers. Topology optimization is a technology that creates a close connection between simulation and geometry generation. Gian Paolo explained that topology optimization will help you anticipate how to optimally reach engineering goals, then 3D print intricate micro structures with SOLIDWORKS partner nTopology.<\/p>\n

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Over the last several years SOLIDWORKS has introduced a number of products to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing. These products include MBD, Inspection, Costing, Plastics Injection Sim, DFM, and Composer. Now SOLIDWORKS is ready to create a more integrated approach to design and manufacturing called Smart Manufacturing.<\/p>\n

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Gian Paolo explained that the foundation of smart manufacturing is the ability use all content in 3D models that are necessary to achieve any engineering goal including capabilities to:<\/p>\n