SolidWorks 2013 includes over 200 new features and enhancements covering the entire range of SolidWorks solutions for 3D design, simulation, technical communication, product data management, and
sustainable design to maximize your productivity.
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SolidWorks Electrical
SolidWorks Electrical 2013 enables quick design of your electrical and
control systems. Single- and multi-line schematics creation, and
integration with your 3D model with real-time bi-directional linking
between 2D schematics and 3D models, automatic wire routing, and
integrated BOMs. Video
Key Benefits:
Simplify and streamline your electrical system design by integrating your mechanical and electrical systems earlier in the process.
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SolidWorks Plastics 2013
SolidWorks Plastics helps you easily identify and address potential
defects in your plastic part or injection mold tool designs early in
the design process. It covers thousands of commercial plastics and
includes analysis for weld lines, sink marks, multi-cavity layouts, and runner balancing. Video
Key Benefits:
Simulate injection processes
during the design phase to isolate
potential issues before moving
to manufacture and risking costly
defects and rework.
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Previous Release Interoperability
Collaborate with customers, suppliers, and internal teams when using a mix of SolidWorks 2013 and SolidWorks 2012 (SP5). Files can be opened directly and associativity is maintained, with no export/import required. Video
Key Benefits:
Work more efficiently and improve collaboration and file exchange between different teams, reducing delays.
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Conics In Sketcher
Feature Freeze lets you control whether specific features in SolidWorks 2013 will rebuild or not. Additional features can be added without having to rebuild earlier ones; at any point,
features can be unfrozen. Video
Key Benefits:
Dramatically speed the design of complex models where rebuilding of specific features is not desired. |
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Intersect Feature
New modeling tools in SolidWorks 2013 enables you to add and remove geometry in one operation. You can intersect solids, surfaces, and planes, as well as merge solids and cap surfaces, to define closed volumes and create multiple geometries simultaneously. Video
Key Benefits:
Quickly and easily create or modify complex designs from intersecting geometry |
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Section View Tool Enhancements
The enhanced Section View tool makes creating section views in drawings faster, with simple drag-and-drop placement. You can click, drag, and jog to modify section profiles on the fly. Video
Key Benefits:
Simplifies and automates the creation of section views by eliminating the need to manually create a section sketch enabling faster drawing creation.
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CAD Administrator Dashboard
Online dashboard tracks performance, hardware status, and SolidWorks 2013 System Options settings for each computer running SolidWorks software at your company, with access from anywhere through the SolidWorks Customer Portal. Video
Key Benefits:
Quickly and easily monitor your SolidWorks workstation status and performance, and keep your design team running smoothly and at peak efficiency. |
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Varying Dimension Pattern Feature
New options in Linear and Circular Pattern features enable you to vary feature dimensions and instance locations incrementally for the entire pattern or individually for each instance. Video
Key Benefits:
Save time creating patterns, increase design flexibility, and reduce the number of features needed for your model.. |
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SolidWorks 2013 Costing Enhancements
Enhanced Lifelike Experience enables you to add part-to-part shadows, ambient occlusion, and shadows to 2D panels with precise control for a more 3D appearance.
A glow effect can also be added to highlight specific areas of interest. Video
Key Benefits:
Automatically cost more types of parts, create more accurate cost estimates, and pass data to manufacturing more easily.
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Sub-Modeling For Simulation
Easily create sub-model studies of your designs to get more accurate results for specific areas, while automatically utilizing loads and boundary conditions applied to the full model. Video
Key Benefits:
Accurately perform precise simulation analysis for specific areas of large and complex models faster and more efficiently. |
