WHAT’S NEW IN SOLIDWORKS 2016
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WHAT’S NEW IN SOLIDWORKS 2016 - 1

SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE–BRING YOUR DESIGNS TO LIFE • Improved functionality for media-ready images, movies and immersive content • Use both CPU and GPU to speed up rendering — less time to quality result • Included with SOLIDWORKS 2016 Professional and Premium More realistic photoquality rendering in less time. ENHANCED PART MODELING CAPABILITIES Thread Wizard tool to create internal and external threads Bi-directional sweep and curvature continuous edge fillets Flatten surface includes flattening of curves Sheet Metal allows cuts in the bend area of swept flange and edge flanges can now be longer than the attachment edge STREAMLINED ASSEMBLY DEVELOPMENT • • • • Component preview window for mate selections Mate Controller for fast capture and recall of mate positions Replace multiple failed mate references in one step Copy multiple components and retain mates Expanded modeling capabilities improve accuracy and speed design. Benefits Reduced time to create assemblies. FASTER 2D DRAWING CREATION • Automatic Border tool controls sheet format border • New model Break View tool • Turn off view scale for center marks and other detailing improvements Simplified creation of drawings. “DRAWINGLESS” MANUFACTURING ENHANCED • Create DimXpert dimensions in Assembly • Display and associate model coordinate systems automatically • Publish and print multiple sheets, tables, and viewports in 3D PDF Faster creation of 3D dimensions and tolerances, as well as streamlined downstream manufacturing functions. IMPROVED ELECTRICAL DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION • Streamlined workflow with contextual information display • SOLIDWORKS Electrical for DraftSight® add-in with real-time redline, annotation, a

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MAKING DESIGN EASIER • New “breadcrumbs” tracking/selection of items in model hierarchy Reduced “picks and • Better support for high-resolution monitors and expandable clicks” for functionality Property Manager input panels you use most often. • Sketch: dynamically manipulate dimensioned sketch entities • My.SolidWorks: Search function available inside SOLIDWORKS 2016 SIMPLIFYING DESIGN VALIDATION • Simulation: Find unconstrained degrees of freedom, turn constraints on and off, and perform mesh sectioning • Plastics: Enhanced Solver performance and improved indirect flow front tracking •...

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