SOLIDWORKS had been working hard
over the last year to bring you
some brilliant new functionality
and performance enhancements
making this latest release The
best yet.
Let's take a look at a small
selection of what to expect from
SOLIDWORKS 2021 when designing
new products.
Your designs should be in the
front seat and that's why in
SOLIDWORKS 2021 the user
interface has been given some
great new enhancements so you
can focus on your design.
The Command Manager can now be
collapsed allowing for more
working screen area as well as a
new option for the positioning
of the quick access tools.
Cleaning up the Main Toolbar so
you can easily interpret file
information. Customizing the 'S'
Key and all of the menus can now
be achieved smoothly and easily
using the new search command
within the Customize options
followed by simply dragging and
dropping the desired command
onto the relevant menu. In sheet
metal
you now have the ability to add
edge flanges to curved edges
such as those in a bend region
and as you would expect this new
feature type can be flattened
and ready for detailing or
export to DXF.
When working with Weldments
corner intersections between
different member types and sizes
can often require manual
trimming in SOLIDWORKS 2021
however there's a brand new
option to accommodate the
situation.
Simply select flush miter from
within the trim command
properties and your corner
treatment will be taken care of.
Custom properties are a great
way to store model and design
information and now in
SOLIDWORKS 2021 equations are
supported in custom properties
and cut lists. Working with
configurations is now quicker
than ever with switching between
and creating new configurations
being significantly faster than
before.
There are also some powerful new
options when using configurable
parts within an assembly pattern
too with the ability to
synchronize all pattern
configurations ensuring that any
changes to the seed component
are correctly propagated.
When checking for interferences
in SOLIDWORKS 2021 there is now
the ability to save this
information to a spreadsheet
creating a structured method to
review and evaluate the design.
Opening times resolved and
lightweight assemblies has been
significantly improved in
SOLIDWORKS 2021 and a more
streamlined approach has been
introduced to access the
assembly and feature information
of a lightweight component. When
compared side by side to
SOLIDWORKS 2020 drawings in
SOLIDWORKS 2021 will pan zoom
and scroll more smoothly with
noticeably less latency meaning
that your drawings keep pace
with your mouse movements.
Introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2020
detailing modes available
functionality has been expanded
in SOLIDWORKS 2021 to support
the addition and editing of all
annotation types, including
ordenate dimensions, hole call
outs and tolerance and precision
broken views crop views and even
detailed views can also be
added. EDrawings is an essential
tool for sharing design data
with both colleagues and
clients.
SolidWorks 2021 introduces
several improvements to
EDrawings the measure command
has been significantly improved
with the ability to view minimum
and maximum distances when two
circular or cylindrical objects
are selected as well as full
support for measure within a web
browser
when publishing drawings to
HTML. Custom and configuration
specific properties can now be
viewed directly inside EDrawings
as well as the new ability to
move and rotate the bodies
making it easier than ever to
interrogate large projects.
When importing models to
SOLIDWORKS visualize all
configurations are now
available.
Meaning you don't have to worry
about what the last save
configuration inside SOLIDWORKS
was set to new options have been
added within displacement maps,
section cuts and camera filters
in order for you to achieve the
exact look and feel needed for
your renders. In SOLIDWORKS 2021
the setup meshing and running of
simulation studies is quicker
than ever thanks to a host of
new and improved tools.
When working with meshes a new
diagnostics tool helps to
isolate poor quality mesh areas
making them quick and easy to
find.
The new mesh helper can then be
used to automate the required
mesh refinement.
The automatic solver selection
has been optimized giving you
the most suitable choice for
your study and computer.
But for those more experienced
users you can still choose your
solver manually. SOLIDWORKS PDM
2021 adds a number of
enhancements to improve the user
experience.
Administrators have been given
more control and the interfaces
for defining workflows and
viewing where used and contains
information has been drastically
improved. For administrators
the new and updated icons for
states and transitions in PDM in
2021 will help to illustrate
each step and add some color.
When building workflows for
users the new treehouse view
available in the way used and
containeds tabs gives an
incredible visual reference for
project structure that can be
viewed printed or exported to an
excel file with embedded
thumbnails. SOLIDWORKS manage
and powerful project process and
item management capabilities to
SOLIDWORKS PDM and Professional.
Enhancement
in this latest release include
project lists task visualization
support for the preview of
SOLIDWORKS CAD data using the
Web Two interface and the
ability to share information
with clients using a unique
protected link.
The 3D experience platform is a
cloud based tool that brings
together all areas of your
business with tools that enable
the sharing review and
collaboration of your SOLIDWORKS
data as well as dedicated web
based apps for Design,
Simulation, Rendering and Data
Management.
Take your designs to the next
level with the powerful new
tools available in SOLIDWORKS
2021.