SW2018
SOLIDWORKS 2018 Overview
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SOLIDWORKS 2018 Tech Tips

Undo in the Data Card Editor is new for SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018
For all of you who create or edit SOLIDWORKS PDM Data Cards, this may be one of your favorite enhancements, in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018. Yes, you can now UNDO any...

SOLIDWORKS 2018 Automatic Solve and Undo for Sketches
Using Automatic Solve specifies whether SOLIDWORKS should automatically do the computation to solve the sketch geometry of your part as you create it. When you are in the process of changing many...

SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 Plot Callouts
Now in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation 2018 we can show the minimum and maximum values in callouts for cut and surface plots. Plot Callouts: Show Plot Maximum / Minimum...

SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 Improved Pin Connector
SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2018 pin connector has been enhanced. Now you can define a pin connector through more than two cylindrical surfaces in one definition. An improved user interface allows the definition...

SOLIDWORKS 2018 All Uppercase Characters in Tables
SOLIDWORKS 2018 all uppercase characters is a new option that can be applied to tables. All table types have this option. Previously you could only set Note annotations to be 'All Uppercase'....

Merging Branched Files in SOLIDWORKS PDM
In my previous article, we looked at Creating Branches from a Source file, so that we could test different concepts, on these Branches. In this article, we will look at...

How to Branch SOLIDWORKS PDM Files for design conceptualization
This is a continuation of our SOLIDWORKS PDM Branching and Merging series. In this article, we will look at the steps to Branch SOLIDWORKS files. Branching creates copies of a...