What’s New

Where can I find the latest release of SOLIDWORKS What’s New documentation?

SOLIDWORKS What's New documentation

The SOLIDWORKS what’s new documentation is an infinitely popular request during each product release season, Aside from some light bedtime reading, most SOLIDWORKS users are searching for this guide in order to explore or validate if their organization should update to the latest release of…

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SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020 Web2 Download with References

SOLIDWORKS PDM 2020 Web2 Download with References list

The need to access data online continues to increase. The Web2 client of SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional 2020 delivers expanded capabilities to answer this growing need. When you want to download any PDM data, a new Download with References page provides options to help ensure you’re…

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Enhance your SOLIDWORKS Cut List by including Custom Folder Names

A great new enhancement for SOLIDWORKS 2018 is the ability to make SOLIDWORKS cut list folder names a custom property! If you’ve taken the time to re-name your cut list folders for added clarity in your design, the ability to bring those custom names into…

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SOLIDWORKS 2018 Smart Explode Lines

SOLIDWORKS Smart Explode Lines

Finally! The only boring part of making an exploded view (connecting all of the parts with explode lines) has been automated with SOLIDWORKS 2018! No longer will time be spent connecting each bolt to each nut in your exploded view. The new ‘insert/edit smart explode…

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How to customize SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager Context Sensitive Popup Menus [VIDEO]

SOLIDWORKS Pop-up Menu

With every release of SOLIDWORKS, we gain new methods of customizing the user interface to our specific needs. As a follow up to my earlier article on Customizing Context Sensitive Popup Menus within the Graphics Area. The following video will demonstrate how this customization works for…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 Dimensioning Pre-Selected Entities [TUTORIAL]

This is the third article from the “What’s Really New in SOLIDWORKS 2016” series, where we continue to extensively test the new functionality introduced by the latest version of SOLIDWORKS. I always tell my students that the most productive way to use SOLIDWORKS is to…

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SOLIDWORKS 2016 New “Equal Curve Length” Sketch Relation [TUTORIAL]

This is the second article from the “What’s Really New in SOLIDWORKS 2016” series, where we continue to extensively test the new functionality introduced in the latest version of SOLIDWORKS. For the first time in 10 years, SOLIDWORKS added a new relation to the sketch environment…

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Testing SOLIDWORKS 2016 Video Series #1 Convert Entities Tool

By now you have probably already read the What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2016 document, have watched the official launch videos and maybe even attended a Javelin Launch Event. You are probably intrigued about the new functionality and cannot wait to try it on your own….

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SOLIDWORKS EPDM 2015 Parallel Approval Mapping

Parallel Approval Mapping now captures transition data for each approver. Prior to SOLIDWORKS Enterprise EPDM 2015, only the data from the last user was copied. In the Transition Action dialog box, you can specify which approver(s) is used to set the variable value.

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