SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – BEST 107 NEW FEATURES – #SW2018
SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – BEST 107 NEW FEATURES – #SW2018
The new release of SOLIDWORKS 2018 is now available and the Computer Aided Technology Tech Team is excited for this release and all its new features. At the beginning of September, we started documenting the best new features of SOLIDWORKS 2018 from Part, Assembly, and Drawing tools to the new features in the SOLIDWORKS family of tools like Simulation, EPDM, SOLIDWORKS Electrical, and SOLIDWORKS CAM. We have been sharing them with you and the SOLIDWORKS community thru the CATI Blog. We have since published 107 different articles on SOLIDWORKS 2018 below is a complete list/link to all the articles:
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – BLOG SERIES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – WELCOME DIALOG BOX – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS FLOW SIMULATION – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS COMPOSER – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – MOUSE GESTURES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CIRCUITWORKS OPENING ECAD FILES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CONTROLLING DISMISSED MESSAGES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – OFFLOADED RENDERING – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – EDRAWINGS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018 WHAT’S NEW – EXPORT SEARCH RESULTS FROM EMBEDDED SEARCH – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – PATTERN ENHANCEMENTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CREATING NORMAL CUTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS CAM – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TREEHOUSE ENHANCEMENTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CUSTOMIZING TOLERANCES FOR DIMXPERT – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – PEN, TOUCH, AND GESTURE-BASED SKETCHING – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – LOGGING INTO SOLIDWORKS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE SUPPRESSED COMPONENTS IN PACK AND GO – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CHANGING THE TRANSPARENCY OF AN ASSEMBLY OR MULTIBODY PART – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SHOW FILE NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS IN DESIGN LIBRARY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CREATING A BOUNDING BOX – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018 WHAT’S NEW – ENHANCED PERMISSION CONTROL – UNDO CHECK OUT – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – PLASTICS: CLAMP FORCE IN MACHINE OPENING DIRECTION – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – ASSET PUBLISHER AND MAGNETIC MATES ENHANCEMENTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CUSTOMIZING DESCRIPTION FOR BOUNDING BOX PROPERTIES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CUSTOM CLASSIFICATIONS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – MESH FILES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS SIMULATION ALLOW FOR DISMISSAL OF WARNING MESSAGES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – AUTO-ROTATE VIEW ON SKETCH EDIT – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS INSPECTION ADD-IN – #SW2018
- WHAT’S NEW SOLIDWORKS 2018 – ENHANCEMENTS FOR ADVANCED HOLE WIZARD FEATURES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SIMULATION ANALYSIS EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS– #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SELECT OVER GEOMETRY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TEMPORARILY HIDING FACES WHEN SELECTING MATES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL CONNECTION POINT AND GLOBAL WIRE MARK DISPLAY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – DEFEATURE – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SPEEDPAK UPDATES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – EXCLUDE AREA FROM CLAMP FORCE CALCULATION – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF DIMXPERT ANNOTATIONS FOR FASTENER ASSEMBLIES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CREATING MIRRORED ENTITIES IN 3D SKETCH – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE 2018 NEW USER INTERFACE – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – PATTERNED DATUMS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS MBD – IMPORTING 3D PMI – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – MIRRORING SKETCH ENTITIES ACROSS PLANES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – DETAILED WARNINGS IN SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018 – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – COMPOSER PLAYER – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – DISPLACEMENT CONTROL FOR NONLINEAR CONTACTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – ASSEMBLY OPEN PROGRESS INDICATOR – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – LARGE DESIGN REVIEW – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY? (FLOW SIMULATION FREE SURFACE) – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS COMPOSER SYNC– #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS COSTING – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CIRCUITWORKS – RECOGNIZE SW FEATURES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW: EXTRACTING GEOMETRY FROM CORRUPT FILES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – REBUILD TOOLS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TOOLBOX UPDATES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018 WHAT’S NEW – FOLDER PERMISSION ASSIGNMENT – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CREATING A TAB AND SLOT – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS SHEET METAL THREE BEND CORNER RELIEF – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SHOW LAST OPEN TIMES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – HIDE AND SEEK: DESIGN TREE FOLDERS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – APPLYING LAYERS AND COLORS TO HATCHES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW –AUTO HATCHING IN SECTION VIEWS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – 3D INTERCONNECT ENHANCEMENTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CONTROLLING THE TANGENCY DIRECTION – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – MOVABLE DATUM TARGET – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – BROKEN-OUT SECTION VIEWS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018 WHAT’S NEW – AUTOMATED PDF CREATION FROM DRAWINGS IN PDM STANDARD – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – PLASTICS – DENSITY RESULTS AT END OF PACK ANALYSIS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – NEW GEOMETRIC TOLERANCE OPTIONS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TASK SCHEDULER SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL FILE FORMATS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS SCHEMATIC 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TERMINAL BLOCKS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – MEASURE TOOL – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SHRINKAGE PERCENTAGE IN WARP MEASURE – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – ZEROES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – LINKING A CUT LIST FOLDER TO A CUSTOM PROPERTY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SIMULATION-IMPORT STUDY FEATURES INTO ASSEMBLIES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – ALL UPPERCASE CHARACTERS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS PDM 2018 WHAT’S NEW – PDM REVISION TABLE INTEGRATION – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – HOLE CALLOUTS SUPPORTED IN ADVANCED HOLE TOOL – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL PROJECT LEVEL ATTRIBUTE STYLES, SYMBOL EDITOR – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – INSERTING A 3D VIEW IN A DRAWING – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SECTOR PERIODICITY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SMART EXPLODE LINES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – REVISION TABLE DRIVEN BY SOLIDWORKS PDM – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – VISUALIZE PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL REALITY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – NEW DRAFT SYMBOLS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS MBD: 3D PDF ENHANCEMENTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – NEW HOLE WIZARD OPTIONS TO MATCH SIZE OR PRESERVE OPTIONS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTED MODE – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – FACTOR OF SAFETY PLOT FOR NONLINEAR STATIC STUDIES– #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – CREATE RESULTS PLOTS FROM IMPORTED DATA – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SIMULATION TOPOLOGY STUDY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SETTING DYNAMIC VARIABLE VALUES IN COPY TREE – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – EXPORT DEFORMED GEOMETRY – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL – GLOBAL PROJECT DRAWING STYLES, MULTI-LEVEL TERMINALS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – FLOW SIMULATION PLOT CALLOUTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS 2018 ONLINE TRIAL – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS SIMULATION IMPROVED PIN CONNECTOR – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TEMPERATURE CRITERIA FOR SHORT SHOTS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – MESH REFINEMENT FOR STRESS SINGULARITIES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – TOUCH-BASED INTERACTIONS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL UNUSED WIRE/COMPONENT NUMBERS, USER DATA IN MANUFACTURER PARTS, WIRE NUMBERING – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – FLOW SIMULATION NOISE PREDICTION – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SENSOR FOR SIMULATION MASS PROPERTIES – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL NATURAL SORT OPTIONS FOR MARKS – #SW2018
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 WHAT’S NEW – SOLIDWORKS INSPECTION STANDALONE – #SW2018
You can also browse this series of articles on the CATI blog under the category of SOLIDWORKS What’s New.
I hope this part of the What’s New series gives you a better understanding of the new features and functions of SOLIDWORKS 2018. Please check back to the CATI Blog as the CATI Application Engineers will continue to break down many of the new items in SOLIDWORKS 2018. All of these articles will be stored in the category of “SOLIDWORKS What’s New.” You can also learn more about SOLIDWORKS 2018 by clicking on the image below to register for one of CATI’s Design Innovation Summits.
Josh Altergott
Senior Support Manager