WHAT'S NEW SOLIDWORKS 2018 Contents Legal Notices..........................................................................................................11 1 Welcome to SOLIDWORKS 2018........................................................................14 Top Enhancements......................................................................................................................14 For More Information....................................................................................................................16 2 User Interface .....................................................................................................17 Auto-Rotate View on Sketch Edit.................................................................................................17 Folder Icons in the FeatureManager Design Tree........................................................................18 Logging into SOLIDWORKS ........................................................................................................19 Measure Tool Enhancements.......................................................................................................20 Mouse Gestures Enhancements ............................................................................................21 Rollback Bar and Freeze Bar User Interface Enhancements.......................................................22 Scaling of Entities on High-resolution Monitors............................................................................22 Show File Names and Descriptions in Design Library ................................................................23 Task Pane Changes.....................................................................................................................23 Touch-based Interactions .......................................................................................................24 Custom Numeric Keypad........................................................................................................24 Magnified Selection.................................................................................................................25 Touch Mode.............................................................................................................................25 Welcome Dialog Box ...............................................................................................................26 Home Tab................................................................................................................................26 Recent Tab..............................................................................................................................28 Learn Tab................................................................................................................................28 Alerts Tab................................................................................................................................29 3 SOLIDWORKS Fundamentals.............................................................................30 Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud Files..........................................................................................30 Application Programming Interface..............................................................................................30 Default Templates for New Documents........................................................................................31 Include or Exclude Suppressed Components in Pack and Go ....................................................32 Rebuild Tools................................................................................................................................32 Selecting Over Geometry.............................................................................................................33 Support for 3D Printing Models Containing Surface Bodies and Graphics Bodies......................34 4 Installation............................................................................................................36 Installing SOLIDWORKS CAM ....................................................................................................36 Installing SOLIDWORKS Manage Professional...........................................................................36 2 Contents Upgrading SOLIDWORKS PCB Services ...................................................................................37 5 Administration......................................................................................................38 Controlling Dismissed Messages ................................................................................................38 Displaying Document Open Time in Windows Explorer ..............................................................39 Specifying a Template for General Tables...................................................................................40 Synchronizing Settings and Options Across Multiple Machines...................................................40 Task Scheduler Supports Additional File Formats ......................................................................41 6 Assemblies...........................................................................................................43 Asset Publisher and Magnetic Mates Enhancements..................................................................43 Changing the Transparency of an Assembly or Multibody Part...................................................44 Check Entity Enhancements........................................................................................................44 Mates............................................................................................................................................45 Perpendicular Mates...............................................................................................................45 Temporarily Hiding Faces When Selecting Mates..................................................................45 Misaligned Mates..........................................................................................................................46 Allowing Misaligned Concentric Mates....................................................................................46 Assemblies System Option for Misaligned Mates...................................................................48 Document Properties - Mates..................................................................................................48 Motion Study Menu Enhancements.............................................................................................48 Pattern Enhancements.................................................................................................................49 Including Material and Visual Properties in a Mirrored Part ...................................................49 Linear Pattern Enhancements.................................................................................................49 Performance Evaluation Enhancements......................................................................................51 Assembly Open Progress Indicator.........................................................................................51 Assembly Visualization Enhancements ..................................................................................52 Performance Evaluation Tool Enhancements.........................................................................52 Smart Explode Lines....................................................................................................................54 Creating and Dissolving Smart Explode Lines........................................................................54 Smart Explode Lines PropertyManager..................................................................................56 SpeedPak ....................................................................................................................................58 Setting a Rebuild on Save Mark on SpeedPak Configurations...............................................58 Updating SpeedPak Configurations Automatically..................................................................58 Treehouse Enhancements...........................................................................................................59 Display Files in a List View......................................................................................................59 Hiding Suppressed Documents...............................................................................................60 Print Options............................................................................................................................61 User Interface..........................................................................................................................61 7 SOLIDWORKS CAM............................................................................................62 Documentation.............................................................................................................................62 Rebranding...................................................................................................................................62 Setting Subroutines for Parts........................................................................................................62 Setting the Toolpath Output Folder..............................................................................................63