Watch a recording of our LIVE SOLIDWORKS 2018 Launch Broadcast

SOLIDWORKS 2018 is here! On Monday October 2nd, Javelin’s team of Certified SOLIDWORKS experts unveiled the new software in a live broadcast; with technical demonstrations to show off the performance improvements, quality enhancements and new capabilities that will help take your product from design through manufacturing faster to improve your productivity.

Watch a recording of the SOLIDWORKS 2018 Launch Broadcast below:

Featured in the SOLIDWORKS 2018 Launch Broadcast

Demonstrations of the top ten features in SOLIDWORKS 2018:

1. INNOVATIVE NEW USER EXPERIENCE: Faster, more intuitive ways to interact with SOLIDWORKS®.
   • Freehand sketching with pen or touch on compatible devices
   • Touch and stylus support for many design tasks
   • Mirror in 3D sketches
   • Enhanced Mouse gestures and user interface customization
2. MORE POWERFUL SOLIDWORKS 3D INTERCONNECT: Work seamlessly with more file types and incorporate design changes dramatically faster.
   • Work with ACIS, STEP, and IGES and update changes when newer versions are received.
   • Access more internal properties from 3D Interconnect supported files.
3. CLOUD CONNECTED SOLIDWORKS: The power of desktop with the convenience of the cloud.
   • SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing makes using your license on multiple machines effortless.
   • SOLIDWORKS Login moves customized content and settings to any machine on which SOLIDWORKS is installed.
   • SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal allows easier management of SOLIDWORKS products and services.
4. WORK DIRECTLY WITH MESH DATA: Work directly with mesh data with no need to convert to surfaces.
   • Use mesh data like it is surface or solid geometry.
   • Convert solid or surface geometry to mesh.
   • Perform operations directly on mesh such as Cut, Cut with Surface, Interference Check, Combine, Intersect, Split, Move/Copy, and others.
5. SHEET METAL FEATURES THAT IMPROVE MANUFACTURABILITY: Innovative new features improve sheet metal manufacturing processes.
   • Tab and slot feature for self-fixturing of parts for welding
   • Normal cut feature ensures clearance included for manufacturing.
     Corners that include three bends can be easily created and flattened.
6. ENHANCED DRAWING CAPABILITIES: Comprehensive capabilities for high-quality engineering drawings.
   • Has support for Advanced Hole Wizard callouts.
   • Broken-out section can be added to detail, alternate position, and section views.
   • Apply hatches to specific layers—inherits properties of the layer.
7. ENHANCED DESIGN COMMUNICATION WITH EDRAWINGS: Simpler, faster, and secure design communication with eDrawings®.
   • Include decals without the need to send a separate decal file.
   • Streamlined workflow for setting options and password protection.
   • Display all MBD generated 3D Views across multiple configurations of a model.
8. FULLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE: Immerse yourself into any 3D scene and experience exploring and reviewing your design at 1:1 scale, including animations.
   • Create panoramic Virtual Reality (VR) content.
   • Support for 360 stereo animations.
   • Sun studies, camera fly’s, exploded views, and part animations.
9. ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS: Much more flexibility designing assemblies.
   • Concentric holes no longer need to be perfectly in-line to be used for assembly mates.
   • Large Assembly Performance Evaluation Tool.
   • Temporarily hide faces when mating using ALT key for faster assembly of components.
10. PART FEATURES THAT STREAMLINE MANUFACTURING: Speed downstream operations by automatically including more information needed for manufacturing.
    • Include a customizable bounding box description for weldment cut lists.
    • Link cut list folder names to cut list properties for faster detailing of weldments.
    • Automatic bounding box creation for entire part—includes bounding box properties.

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