With SOLIDWORKS 2015, users benefit from a wider choice of features (some in cloud mode) to improve their daily productivity, optimize their work processes and reduce operating costs.
SOLIDWORKS 2015 covers all aspects of the product development process within an intuitive and integrated 3D development environment, including 3D design, simulation, electrical design, product data management (PDM), and technical documentation. In addition, with the new Collaborative Sharing function, users can access Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its Cloud functions. Designers and engineers can seamlessly span multiple disciplines by shortening the design cycle, increasing productivity and working together to bring innovative products to market faster.
“We have listened to our users and have found that as a result of their business success, their design needs are rapidly increasing,” said Bertrand Sicot, General Manager of SOLIDWORKS at Dassault Systèmes. “This is why we attach particular importance to their requirements. Over 90% of the features in SOLIDWORKS 2015 were directly suggested by customers. By accessing the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, users will be able to connect their existing SOLIDWORKS desktop applications to the cloud, initiate the development of new business processes, and use next-generation apps based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, such as SOLIDWORKS Industrial Design. Today’s announcement is a testament to our unwavering commitment to our users ”.
In addition to the key enhancements offered by all users, SOLIDWORKS 2015 also includes solutions for a wide variety of markets and industries. For example, users can easily improve the aesthetics of clothing or consumer products, but also simulate public works machinery, construction infrastructure and machine tools, with an unmatched level of quality.
“Given the importance placed on manufacturing processes directly derived from 3D models, it is important that we can focus on the modeled definition in order to shorten our overall design cycle and simplify the way we work,” says Ryan Trulli , mechanical engineer, GE Oil & Gas. “With SOLIDWORKS Model Based Definition, the 3D model contains all of the dimensional data needed to create a part, reducing the number of documents created, emails exchanged, and files to manage after the project is complete.”
Main New Features of SOLIDWORKS 2015
Below are the features, products and enhancements requested by users and included in SOLIDWORKS 2015:
Improve daily productivity
• Focus on design, not modeling with new features that reduce geometric creation steps.
• Share Information Faster – Overall improved performance, faster analytics, and streamlined approaches allow users to quickly access the data they need to make decisions and continue their design activities.
• Improve User Experience – A redesigned graphical interface that presents a clear and precise view of critical data to facilitate design.
• Simulate Multiple Design Scenarios – Quickly assess the effects of different load combinations on a model, with results tracking.
• MySolidWorks Standard— The new Standard and Professional subscriptions of the MySolidWorks program provide over 100 hours of SOLIDWORKS training and online file exchange services.
Optimizing work processes
• Collaborative Sharing – By easily accessing online data management and social collaboration tools on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, users can benefit from accelerated development and make decisions faster.
• SOLIDWORKS Treehouse – Top-down design is facilitated by the visual creation of assemblies, allowing product structures to be managed early on in design projects.
• Web2 for SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM – With the addition of mobile connectivity, users can log into Enterprise PDM at any time.
Reduce operating costs
• SOLIDWORKS Model Based Definition – A new offering that improves communication between design and manufacturing teams by enabling them to exchange product and manufacturing information in 3D.
• SOLIDWORKS Inspection – The document creation process has been simplified to allow users to quickly set up and compare master data and production parts for quality control.
• SOLIDWORKS Electrical – To quickly develop electrical schematics and incorporate them into the 3D model with better integration of wire harnesses and systems.
• Improved Cost Analysis – Users can estimate the cost of many manufacturing processes, including welding parts, plastics, castings, and 3D prints.
Address more design challenges
• Improve manufacturability of products with complex bends – Automatic flattening of 3D models to identify materials and manufacturing issues. This feature is particularly intended for the clothing, footwear and upholstery industries, as well as for shipyards.
• Improve product aesthetics and usability – The ability to create asymmetric fillets for parts, assemblies and surfaces gives users in the high tech, medical and consumer industries greater flexibility to model more ergonomic and stylized designs.
• Accurately simulate machine components – The precise development of construction machinery and machine tools with automatic roller chains ensures optimum operation and ease of use.
For more information on SOLIDWORKS 2015, including viewing video demonstrations, click: www.solidworks.com/launch. SOLIDWORKS 2015 is currently available worldwide from Authorized SOLIDWORKS Resellers. For more information or for pricing from an authorized reseller in your region or country: www.solidworks.com/locateVAR/.
