SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016
The enhanced SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 Assign Component is a time saving feature that will put a smile on your face as it reduces the number of clicks required to assign component to multiple symbols. Historically you would right-click each symbol to associate them to the same component….
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 Limiting User Rights on Project Data
With SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 we can now limit the access to project documents by using specific project books! We can group users based on specific profiles, and associate each profile to apply rights for each user group. First we must define the different working groups and users…
A new and improved interface to manage attributes and settings directly from the symbol in the graphics area has been added in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016. When right-clicking on a symbol within your project we have the option to edit attributes as we always have, however…
One of my personal favorite enhancements in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 is the addition of the Project Macro functionality. The project macro allows a user to save a project or a part of a project for re-use within another project. New for SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 is the…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical has always had the ability to assign the correct wire order when multiple wires intersected or connected. Users were able to change this sequence using the from to list for the wire cabling order. In SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016, they added nodal indicators as shown in the…
In SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2015 we needed to make multiple copies of projects through the Project Manager. This created confusion when testing different design scenarios or if a user needed to modify the design based on a change request. In order to make it simpler for users, SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 has…
One of the greatest enhancements in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 is the addition of a new side panel display on the right side of the user interface to help users find information faster and more efficiently. This will also improve ease of use and productivity by reducing…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 Title Block Attribute Management
One of the most useful features added to the SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 Title Block is the ability to apply multiple attributes while in edit mode. Previously such a feature and ribbon was only available while creating symbols. Just like normal symbols, you can select multiple attributes, already…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 link enhancements for Enterprise PDM
To improve the integration of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 with the rest of the SOLIDWORKS product portfolio there are now more options for linking with SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. SOLIDWORKS Electrical users can select which BOM reports they wish to export and also define the target subfolder where the files will…