SOLIDWORKS CAD: Top 10 Features: Part 2
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Here is Part 2 of our top 10 new features for SOLIDWORKS CAD 2020:
5. Faster Calculations and Improved Accuracy for Simulation
Run faster calculations and better simulations that test out real-world behavior.
- Speed and Accuracy: Speed up analysis and improve accuracy by combining linear and quadratic elements in the same simulation study.
- Pin and Bolt Connectors: Deform faces attached to Pin and Bolt connectors.
- Beam Models: Import temperatures to perform a stress analysis after running a thermal analysis on a model with beams.
4. Faster Sketching
Create robust sketches faster.
- Silhouette Entities: Create multiple sketch entities by projecting the outline of component bodies onto a parallel sketch plane.
- Torsion Continuity Relation: Achieve G3 curvature between sketched curves, thereby allowing a seamless transition.
3. Flexible Components
Create assembly designs faster while maintaining an accurate bill of materials.
- 聽Make Part Flexible: Display the same part in different conditions in the same assembly. For example, show a spring compressed and at full length in the same assembly.
2. Faster Assembly Design
Speed up assembly design and reduce visual clutter.
- Envelope Publisher: Include components from a top-level assembly as envelopes in a subassembly.
- Large Design Review: Create mates to the reference geometry of components, create and edit linear and circular component patterns, edit pattern-driven and sketch-driven component patterns.
1. Large Assembly Drawings for Working Faster
Work faster on drawings with many sheets, configurations, and resource-intensive views.
- Detailing Mode: Open drawings in a matter of seconds while maintaining the ability to add and edit annotations
- Graphics Acceleration for Drawings: Improve frame rates when panning and zooming within drawings with hardware-accelerated rendering.
This wraps up our top 10 features in SOLIDWORKS CAD 2020, but this is only the beginning!聽聽The SOLIDWORKS 2020 release delivers improved performance, streamlined workflows and support for a connected design ecosystem in the cloud.聽聽For a list of all your Subscription Service benefits, Click here.
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