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SolidWorks 2007: Usability Enhancements
And what would Usability Enhancements be? Well, you won’t find this “category” in the What’s New manual. I have grouped together a few enhancements from SolidWorks 2007 which I believe will result in time saved and less mouse clicks for users. The first couple of items on the list involve the User Interface. How many…
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SolidWorks 2007: Drawing Blocks
When SolidWorks 2006 came out last year, one of the coolest new features was without a doubt the addition of Sketch Blocks. For me, the only disappointing part of this new feature set was that it couldn’t be utilized in Drawings. With the introduction of SolidWorks 2007, all of the Sketch Block functionality now works…
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SolidWorks 2007: Splines
Splines in SolidWorks 2007 has received some significant enhancements. There is added functionality as well as changes to existing features that make splines easier to use and control. Let’s start with the changes to the spline handles. First and foremost, splines can now be adjusted asymmetrically as well as symmetrically. Instead of one “Tangent Magnitude”…
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SW2007: Belt/Chain Features
Machine designers will LOVE the new Belt/Chain features in SolidWorks 2007. The days of sketching arcs and lines to simulate a belt could be over for most users with the new features that have been added. Two Belt/Chain Features have been added. One feature allows you to simulate a belt in a 2D sketch environment…
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SW 2007: Boundary Surface
With the public announcement of SolidWorks 2007 last week, several new enhancements related to surfacing were released and demonstrated. This release shows significant improvements in the area of C2 (Curvature Continuous) surfacing tools. One of the tools that provide this functionality is the Boundary Surface command. At first glance, it shares some similarities to the…