

With the introduction to now preserves curves and sketches More functionality looks to have been added to 3D Interconnect. Just a year on after the introduction of 3D Interconnect, see the expansion to supports more file formats STEP, IGES, ACIS, JT.

More keyboard shortcuts! Using the ALT key to hide surfaces during mates. Will the new Support for 12 mouse gestures be too many! I don’t know, but I’m willing to give it a try! I current have mine set for 8 mouse gestures. Combined with multiple keyboard shortcuts (including “S & D” key shortcuts) They are a great reducer of mouse travel. More visual feedback with Assembly Visualization of SOLIDWORKS performance information To go with the Assembly progress bar is an Enhanced Assembly Performance dialogue box Along with some more detail on what is opening Moved from the lower left hand corner to where you can see it.

I participated in a couple of surveys on the subject at least 12 maybe up to 18month ago.Īlso shown was a new Assembly Progress Bar. A central dialogue box to take you back to your most recent documents or directly to the start of something new! This has been in the pipeline for a while. SOLIDWORKS 2018 looks to see some ongoing tinkering with the User Interface. I understand that there are similar existing programs currently available I nfinityDRAW Designer but it is hard to go past a built in feature Then laying the Studio down and sketching out a change. I could see people standing around a desk, discussing a design. I could see it as a handy tool used in conjunction with something like the new Microsoft Surface Studio. Pen Sketching looks to be a great addition especially in a design review or brain storming session. The ability to Draw contours by freehand sketching using a pen or stylus on Windows 10 touch screen devices and have them convert to usable sketch entities. This also includes the ability to mirror both 2D and 3D sketch entities using a plane as the symmetry reference. But there appeared to be a new level of professionalism in this years production!īut we are here for the some previews of the SOLIDWORK 2018 product (as well as the entertainment)Ī very promising sketch enhancement shown was Mirror 3D Sketch Entities – the ability to Mirror a 3D Sketch Sketch Entities using a Sketch Planes as the Symmetry Reference. I don’t know if it was due to the auditorium being “in the round”, the interview style presentation or the use of a professional actor/ entertainer in Tracey B Wilson. This year poked a little fun at the fashion industry and reality TV with …. A little smoke & mirror magic there on stage in plain sight.

The most highly anticipated segment of the General Session at SOLIDWORKS World would have to be the teasers of the next years SOLIDWORKS release! Always entertaining and fast moving! The parody format allows for a glimpse of the new features without having to go into any details.
