A sneak peek into SolidWorks 2014 software

ORLANDO, USA: One thing the 4,000 plus attendees at the SolidWorks 2013 World event here were looking forward to was the preview of SolidWorks 2014 software. And SolidWorks did not disappoint them by releasing a pretty good list of features on its new software.

Here is a sneak peek into the enhancements coming with SolidWorks 2014, scheduled for release in few months.

Quick Mate Context Menu: With SolidWorks 2014, context menu in assemblies has the ability to display Quick Mate icons based upon your selections. The Quick Mate context menu displays the most common mate types based upon your model entity selections.

With this tool you can quickly mate components together without even entering the Mate command.

Replace View Model: The new SolidWorks 2014 will carry a new Replace View Model that allows users to replace the reference for a given view or views inside a Drawing.

Split Table by Row Count: In SolidWorks 2014 you will be able to split a Bill of Materials in a drawing by row count. When you add components to an assembly, the setting is retained and the BOM will continue to split based on the number of rows you set.

Sunlight and Sunlight Animations: Sunlight is a new lighting option in the Appearances tab. It allows you to enter your location, date, and time of day to get the accurate sunlight settings. The feature allows you to PhotoView 360 to animate the changes in sunlight position.

Network Rendering Animations: You can now use Network Rendering (which was introduced in SolidWorks 2013 for still images) in rendering animations.

Feature Driven Component Pattern: You can now base new component patterns on the existing component patterns in the assembly.

 

(SOURCE: SolidWorks Presentation)