WHAT'S NEW SOLIDWORKS 2019

WHAT'S NEW

SOLIDWORKS 2019

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Legal Notices..........................................................................................................11

1 Welcome to SOLIDWORKS 2019........................................................................14

Top Enhancements......................................................................................................................15 Performance Improvements.........................................................................................................16 For More Information....................................................................................................................20

2 User Interface .....................................................................................................22

Breadcrumbs Enhancements.......................................................................................................22 Customizing Task Pane Tabs.......................................................................................................22 Improved Preview for Minimized Documents...............................................................................23 Keyboard Accessibility..................................................................................................................23 Markups for Collaboration............................................................................................................24 Measure Tool ...............................................................................................................................24 Microsoft Surface Dial in SOLIDWORKS.....................................................................................24 Open Dialog Box..........................................................................................................................25 Opening Part Configurations in Quick View Mode ......................................................................25 Recent Documents Improvements...............................................................................................26 Rollback Bar Drag Interaction.......................................................................................................27 Status Feedback...........................................................................................................................27 Touch Mode..................................................................................................................................27

3 SOLIDWORKS Fundamentals.............................................................................28

Application Programming Interface..............................................................................................28 Changes to System Options and Document Properties...............................................................29 Specifying a Default Save Folder ................................................................................................32

4 Installation............................................................................................................33

Faster Download .........................................................................................................................33

5 Administration......................................................................................................34

Admin Portal.................................................................................................................................34 Assign Members to a Product.................................................................................................34 Filter Products and Services...................................................................................................34

Comparing Geometry in the Upgrade Assistant ..........................................................................35 Improved Performance with Pack and Go....................................................................................35 Improved Problem Capture in SOLIDWORKS Rx .......................................................................35 Language Translation for Settings Administrator Tool.................................................................36

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6 Assemblies...........................................................................................................37

Bounding Box in Assemblies .......................................................................................................37 Bounding Box PropertyManager..................................................................................................38 Component Preview Window ......................................................................................................39 Cosmetic Threads........................................................................................................................40 Defeature PropertyManager - Silhouette .....................................................................................40 Defeature - Define Groups...........................................................................................................40 Exploded Views ...........................................................................................................................43 External References ....................................................................................................................43 Large Design Review...................................................................................................................47

Editing Assemblies in Large Design Review...........................................................................47 Large Design Review Mark.....................................................................................................49 Limitations for Tools in Edit Assembly Mode...........................................................................49 Magnetic Mates in Large Design Review................................................................................50 Lightweight Mode.........................................................................................................................50 Mates ............................................................................................................................................51 Automatically Lock Rotation for Concentric Mates to Toolbox Components..........................51 Disabling Automatic Mate Updates in Toolbox .......................................................................52 Grouping Mates and Separating Fasteners............................................................................52 Negative Values for LimitAngle Mates in Mate Controller.......................................................54 Patterns ........................................................................................................................................55 Circular Patterns......................................................................................................................55 Including Custom Properties in a Mirrored Assembly.............................................................55 Linear Patterns........................................................................................................................56 Performance Evaluation...............................................................................................................57 Saving an Assembly as a Part .....................................................................................................57 Assemblies Saved as Parts Export Options............................................................................58 Save Assembly as Part PropertyManager..............................................................................58 Select Identical Components........................................................................................................60 Treehouse ....................................................................................................................................61 Create Custom and Configuration-specific Properties in Treehouse .....................................61 Display in a List View ..............................................................................................................62 Select Multiple Files for Import................................................................................................62 Treehouse Graphics Area Enhancements .............................................................................63 Treehouse Options .................................................................................................................63 Warning When Inserting Complex Components..........................................................................65

7 SOLIDWORKS CAM............................................................................................66

Assign Default Strategies to Machine Types................................................................................66 CNC Compensation for Curve Features......................................................................................66 Corner Slowdown and Arc Feed Rate..........................................................................................66 Improved Chamfer Machining .....................................................................................................66 Improved Toolpath Editing............................................................................................................67 Improvements to Tolerance-based Machining.............................................................................67 More Parameters for Tapered Shanks.........................................................................................67

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8 CircuitWorks.........................................................................................................68

Recognizing Additional SOLIDWORKS Features in CircuitWorks...............................................68

9 SOLIDWORKS Composer...................................................................................69

SOLIDWORKS Composer............................................................................................................69 Animation Library Workshop and Timeline Enhancements.....................................................69 Defining Custom Import Profiles..............................................................................................70 Importing Assembly Envelopes Option...................................................................................70 Importing PMI Data..................................................................................................................70 Markup Properties...................................................................................................................71 Measurement Properties.........................................................................................................71 Number of Selected Actors Appears in the Status Bar...........................................................72 Search for Collaborative Actors...............................................................................................72 Search for Commands in the Ribbon......................................................................................72 Select Adjacent Parts..............................................................................................................72 SOLIDWORKS PDM Integration.............................................................................................72 Undefined Color Properties in Animation Library....................................................................73 User Experience Enhancements for SOLIDWORKS Composer.............................................73 Versioning of Backup Files......................................................................................................74 Working with Views.................................................................................................................74

SOLIDWORKS Composer Sync...................................................................................................74 Conversion Properties - Occlusion Options............................................................................74 Importing Assembly Envelopes Option...................................................................................75 Importing PMI Data..................................................................................................................75 Remove Empty Groups After Occlusion..................................................................................76

10 DimXpert............................................................................................................77

Copying DimXpert Schemes to Derived Parts.............................................................................77 DimXpert Features.......................................................................................................................77 DimXpert for Assemblies..............................................................................................................77 MBD Dimension............................................................................................................................77

11 Detailing and Drawings......................................................................................78

Automatic View Updates and Exclusions.....................................................................................78 Configuring the Precision of Dimensions and Tolerances............................................................79 Displaying Scrollbars....................................................................................................................80 Drawing Open Progress Indicator ...............................................................................................80 ISO Tolerance-Modifying Symbols...............................................................................................81 Performance Improvements - Detailing and Drawings.................................................................84 Removed Section Views...............................................................................................................84 Tables ...........................................................................................................................................86

Changing Cell Border Thickness ............................................................................................86 Custom Properties in Lightweight BOMs.................................................................................87 Customizing Quantity Column Headers in BOMs...................................................................88 Hole Table Tags - Prefixes, Numbers, and Order...................................................................89

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Including Thumbnails in BOMs Exported to Microsoft Excel...................................................89

12 eDrawings..........................................................................................................91

Configurations in SOLIDWORKS Parts .......................................................................................91 Configurations in SOLIDWORKS Assemblies .............................................................................91 eDrawings Performance...............................................................................................................91 eDrawings Professional Features ...............................................................................................92 Perspective Views........................................................................................................................92 Using Ambient Occlusion ............................................................................................................92 Save As Web HTML ....................................................................................................................92 Supported File Types in eDrawings ............................................................................................93

13 SOLIDWORKS Electrical...................................................................................95

Black Box Terminals.....................................................................................................................96 Cable Cores..................................................................................................................................96 Connector Graphical Representation ..........................................................................................96 Conversion to Mixed Scheme Drawing........................................................................................96 End Terminations.........................................................................................................................96 Input/Output Symbol.....................................................................................................................97 Links in Report Drawings .............................................................................................................97 Macro Tool....................................................................................................................................98 Option for Dimension Units ..........................................................................................................98 Reach a Drawing Dialog Box........................................................................................................98 Renumber Components Feature..................................................................................................98 Revisions Management................................................................................................................98 Saving Symbols as Palettes.........................................................................................................98 Wire Cabling Order Dialog Box....................................................................................................98 Improved Performance in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D..............................................................98

14 SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation......................................................................100

Associated Goals........................................................................................................................100 Customized Visualization Parameters........................................................................................100 Edit a Two-resistor from Component Explorer...........................................................................101 Flux Measure on Semitransparent Surfaces..............................................................................101 Flux Plot......................................................................................................................................101 Project Parameters.....................................................................................................................101 Surface Parameters in Sections.................................................................................................101

15 Import/Export...................................................................................................102

Exporting to the PLY File Format...............................................................................................102 Exporting Using Extended Reality..............................................................................................102 Reading Tessellation Data from Foreign CAD Files ..................................................................103

16 SOLIDWORKS Inspection...............................................................................104

SOLIDWORKS Inspection Add-in..............................................................................................104 Bill of Characteristics.............................................................................................................104

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