As many of you know, the Wednesday General Session at SolidWorks WORLD is one of the most anticipated sessions every year because you get to see a sneak peak at the next major release of the software. This year, like many others did not disappoint. Below you can find a list of the enhancements that were shown at SolidWorks WORLD 2010 for the SolidWorks 2011 release. Here are some of the top enhancements that I am looking forward to it SolidWorks 2011.
Memory Usage Enhancements
As has been the theme the last couple of years it looks like once again the developers have put a focus on making the product better and not just about adding new features. The graph the was shown showed around a 460MB usage savings on a model between SolidWorks 2010 and SolidWorks 2011.
Reliability Enhancements
As with memory usage, it looks like reliability was thankfully taken serious again this year at SolidWorks Corp. as the chart showed almost a double in reliability from SolidWorks 2010 to SolidWorks 2011.
Feature Lock
This is no doubt my front runner for most anticipated NEW feature in SolidWorks 2011. This feature will allow the user to place a lock in his/her feature tree and none of the features listed above the lock will be rebuilt until the lock is moved or removed.
Cut Sweep in Assembly
I can imagine some great opportunities to use the new feature in my daily design. In previous releases you could mainly only do an extruded or revolved cut. In 2011 you can add a cut sweep to that as well.
Extrude Revolve Up to Surface
How many times have you done this. Create an extrude revolve and then have to thumb wheel your preview until you get up to a surface. I have and starting in SolidWorks 2011 you will be able to just select “Up to Surface” as your end condition and be done with it.
Thumb Wheel to Change Spacing of Dimensions
I am always a sucker for making this quicker to access so I enjoy seeing the ability to change the spacing between your dimensions with the thumb wheel on your mouse.
De-feature to Remove Internal Features of a Part in Assemblies
De-feature, huh? This will allow you to “dumb” down your design before you send it off to a customer in order to protect your data and I am sure make the file size smaller. You can select certain features or outside faces and let SolidWorks “dumb” down the rest of your model before you publish it to the world.
Walk Thru Functionality in Assemblies
Not sure this is something I will use but I think it is cool to have the ability to do it anyways. If nothing else, it will be fun to play with for me. This new feature allows you to walk through your design similar to the way you would in a video game.
Dual Dimensions Allowed in Hole Table
You can never have to much information right. In SolidWorks 2011 you will be able to show dual dimensions in your hole tables.
PhotoView 360 Preview Inside SolidWorks
ALT-Tab, ALT-Tab, ALT-Tab…no more. No longer will you need to switch back and forth as much between windows when working on a rendering. PhotoView 360 will have a preview window right inside SolidWorks beginning in SolidWorks 2011.
The Rest of the Enhancements Previewed
Display Manager
Customizable real view
Pre rendered animations
Planar simulation
Chamfers and fillets for weld prep
Weld gaps with actual geometry
Multiple piping enhancements
Dimensions spaced evenly and in the right view (on new views, or to correct existing views)
Weld tables in drawings
Automatic weld callouts
Now keep in mind, these are just a preview of some of the enhancements. There will be many more coming August/September when the NDA is lifted.
Taken from rocksolidperspective
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