The SolidWorks 2016 launch event introduced new features to enhance design, validation, and collaboration processes, focusing on improved user interface, part modeling, and assembly capabilities. Key highlights included enhanced simulation tools, automated steel design, and improved collaboration options with SolidWorks PDM. The event also featured training sessions and local events aimed at educating users on maximizing the new tools and techniques available in SolidWorks 2016.

1. WELCOME
SOLIDWORKS 2016
Launch Event

2.  Javelin Blog
– 32 posts on 2016 release and counting
 Live online launch events (Today!)
 Complimentary update training sessions
– October 30th and November 27th
 Local events in early 2016
– Oakville, Windsor, London, Kitchener, Vaughan, Barrie, Ottawa, Dartmouth, Moncton, Victoria,
Surrey, Kelowna, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg
 MySolidWorks Free Year Subscription until October 31st
NEW 2016 Launch Event Format

3.  9:15am – SOLIDWORKS 2016 Design, Validate and Collaborate
 10:45am – Quick Break
 11:00am – Live Sample Training Session
 11:15am – SOLIDWORKS 2016 and 3D Printing Driving Manufacturing
 11:45am – Wrap Up, Highlights, Prizes
Agenda

4. New Packaging
Waterfall Effect
SOLIDWORKS Premium
SOLIDWORKS Professional
SOLIDWORKS Standard
201520162014

5. SOLUTIONS for every stage of your product lifecycle
PRODUCT
LIFECYCLE
Skills & Productivity
Prototype &
Evaluate
3D Print Tooling
Production
Ideas & Concepts
Design & Develop
Test & Document
Find & Reuse Data
Optimize Workflow
Manage & Collaborate

6. SOLIDWORKS 2016
 Make Great Design Happen
– Design
– Validate
– Collaborate
– Build

7. Focus on your design,
not the software

8. Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016
 User Interface
 Sketching
 Part Modeling
 Assembly Modeling

9. User Interface
 Modernized User Interface
 Breadcrumbs
 Child dependency Visualization
 Lock Command Manager
 New Triad Manipulator
 MySolidWorks Search

10.  Convert Entities handles
internal loops
 Select midpoint directly
 Instant 2D
 Segment Tool with equidistant
relation, add/remove points
 Reverse sketch offset direction
Sketching

11.  Fact
– 29% Faster Hole pattern change with Sketch Segment
– 20% Faster Design Navigation with Breadcrumbs
So what?

12.  New Thread Tool
 Standard and Custom Threads
 Model Threads in one simple to
use command
Part Modeling

13.  Sweep with automatic Circular
Profile
 Sweep in both directions
 Reference curves no longer
absorbed by parent
Part Modeling

14.  Expanded direction options for
Linear Pattern
 Improved Variable Pattern
 Import from Microsoft Excel
Part Modeling

15.  Style Spline with B-Splines
 Enhanced user interface for
Surface Trim and Intersect
 “Convert to Solid” for more
surface operations
 Curvature Continuous Edge Fillets
 Intersect – auto create internal
volume
Consumer Product Design

16.  Temporary Fix Component
 Quick Mate toolbar with Symmetric,
Width, and Profile Center Mate
 Globally replace failed Mate references
 Choose Configuration During Add
Component
 Selection improvements
 Copy Multiple Components and Retain
Mates
 New Component Preview Window
Assembly Modeling

17.  Rename component in Feature Manager
 Remove All Appearances
 Open Sub-Assembly from Graphics Area
 Purge unused Components/Features
Assembly Modeling

18.  Fact
– 29% Faster Assembly Quick Mates & Component Preview
– 89% Faster Duplication with Copy & Paste with Mates
So what?
2015 2016

19. 2016 Advanced Update Course – 2 Day
 Develop a deeper understanding of and take advantage
of the latest tools and super-efficient techniques in
SolidWorks

20.  Add a Favorites Folder to
Toolbox Task Pane
 Replace Toolbox Component by
Fastener Type
 Edit Multiple Toolbox
Components at same time
Toolbox

21.  Cuts in Swept Flanges
 Edge Flange longer than
attachment edge
Sheet Metal

22.  Structural Member size lists
 Structural Member Names by size
and type
 Transfer material properties from
Library Profiles
 Total length of Derived Parts
available in Cut List
 Modify End Caps using Reference
Dimensions
Weldment

23. The Steel Detailer
 Automated steel design
 Columns
 Hand rails
 Stairs
 Conveyors
 STAAD and S-Frame import
 Steel drawing generator
 Automated file structure

24. VALIDATE
Solve complex problems
faster and easier

25.  Mesh Sectioning
 Non Linear Intermittent
Fixtures
 Find Unconstrained Bodies
 Automated Edge Gap Bonding
SOLIDWORKS Simulation

26.  New Mesher
 Distributed Solver
Performance Enhancements
Mesher Used Standard mesh Curvature mesh Alternate curvature mesh
Mesh Control Defined Defined Defined
Element size 6.19713 mm 6.19713 mm 6.19713 mm
Tolerance 0.0337515 mm 0.112505 mm 0.112505 mm
Total nodes 53,115 667,836 109,390
Total elements 32,554 435,733 66,865
Maximum Aspect Ratio 144 59 8,307
% Aspect Ratio < 3 74.1 97.6 93.2
% Aspect Ratio > 10 3.23 0.0179 0.372
% of distorted elements (Jacobian) 0 0 0
Time to complete mesh(hh:mm:ss) 0:00:19 0:00:29 0:00:24

27.  New Solver (CICSAM solver)
 Improved Report Generation
Validate

28.  Symmetric Results
 Improved Transient Solver Speed
– Internally nested iterations
 Improved mesh refinement controls
– Gap filler
 Import Sunlight properties
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
Time step, s Solver Time, h
2015 0.003 36
2016 10 2

29. Streamline your parallel
design processes
COLLABORATE

30.  SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard &
Professional
 SOLIDWORKS Electrical
 Routing
 Mate Controller
 Costing
 eDrawings
 Treehouse
Collaborate with SOLIDWORKS 2016

31. Collaborate with PDM Standard
SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard
 New product offer based on SOLIDWORKS
Enterprise PDM (now PDM Professional)
 Included with SOLIDWORKS Professional and
Premium
 Robust data management capabilities with
an easy upgrade path (no migration)
 Same Windows Explorer interface
 Low learning curve

32. PDM Standard vs PDM Professional
PDM Standard PDM Professional
Revision Control Basic Scheme Unlimited
Process Control 1 Workflow, 10 States Unlimited, Parallel Approval
Searching Basic Search Cards Favourites, Reporting, Content
Automation No Unlimited (ie. PDF Publishing,
BOM Exporting)
Standardization No File and Project Folder
Automation, Serial Numbers
Non SolidWorks Management Check in and out Office Add-in, ACAD Add-in,
Integrated Viewer, SW Electrical
Support
Performance SQL Express, local SQL Standard, Multisite File
Replication

33. Collaborate
 Set Revision - Replaces
Increment Revision
 Expanded Sortable Column
Support
 Resizable Thumbnail Previews
 Quick-info Icon control

34. Collaborate
 Move/Rename Warning in
SOLIDWORKS
– SOLIDWORKS users will now
receive a warning to let them know
if a referenced file has been
renamed or moved by another
user
– Prevents out of date references
from being used.

35. Collaborate
SOLIDWORKS ELECTRICAL 2016
 Simplified User Interface
 Paste Special
 Nodal Indicators
 Project Snapshots
 Formula Manager
 PCB / CircuitWorks Integration
– Copper trace lines as decals
 DraftSight Add-in

37.  Enable Auto-Route for
Rectangular section routing
 Route Wires through Cable
Tray/Electrical Duct
 Rectangular section covering
Routing

38. NEW PCBWorks
 Powerful PCB Design from Altium
– Comprehensive design rule checking
– Up to date vendor libraries with cost
– Interactive router
– Real-Time 3D clearance
 Seamless SolidWorks integration
– Automated 3D updates of circuit board
– Bidirectional real time change management

40.  Seamlessly control Mates
 Snapshot Positions
 Animate results
 Export to movie or
Animator
Mate Controller

41.  Assembly costing (SW Premium)
 Nesting for sheet metal parts - new
stock size option
 Stock sheet sizes for SM costing
 New UI - Costing
 Rules-based Costing
Costing

42.  Tabbed Documents
 Rotation about point
 3D Views for Assemblies
 Descriptions in Component List
 Slider Explode Tool
 Support for Radial Explode
 Weld feature support
 Model Break View support
 Undo/Redo
eDrawings

43.  Save As New Document
 Remove document from
assembly structure
 Modify configuration
specific properties
 Auto open in SolidWorks
after export
Treehouse

44. Tips and Tricks
Sometimes the best
enhancements are
features you already have

45. Design & Development
Test & Document
Manage & CollaboratePrototype & Evaluation
Launch & Ramp
Production
SOLUTIONS for every stage of your product lifecycle
PRODUCT
LIFECYCLE
Ideas & ConceptsOnboarding, Develop and Retain

46.  Your PEOPLE are your competitive advantage
 How your PEOPLE use the available technology can be the
most critical success factor
 Your PEOPLE have the potential to get a greater return on
your existing investment
At Javelin, we know that…

47. Enhance the Present
– Staff Assessments
– Learning paths &
tailored training
– Certifications for
learning milestones
Solutions to maximize the Investment in your PEOPLE
Build on the Past
– Capture Why and How
– Access past projects
– Incorporate industry
best practices
– Create documentation
& custom courseware
Recruit for the Future
– Sourcing strategies for
new people
– Certification test for
vetting candidates
– Quick start training &
onboarding

48. Interface inyourface
Sometimes the best
enhancements are
features you already have

49. Skills Assessment

50. Fast-Track your Designs
to manufacturing

51.  PhotoView 360
 SOLIDWORKS Visualize
 3D Printing
 Drawings
 Flattening
 Model Based Definition
Build with SOLIDWORKS & Stratasys

52.  Render Annotations and
Dimensions
 Preview Window Pause &
Render Threshold
 Illumination Proof Sheets
 Motion Blur
PhotoView 360

53.  New Tool
 SOLIDWORKS Professional
and Premium addition
SOLIDWORKS Visualize

54.  Flatten Surface
– Support internal cut-outs and additional
2D Geometry
– Support Relief Tears
– Accurate Stretch & Compression
Complex Part Flattening

55.  Link Flag Notes with Balloons
 Allow Stacked Balloons to be
rearranged
 Link notes to properties of
subassemblies
 Change Sheet Scale from Status
Bar
 Automatic Border Wizard
 Drawing Performance Evaluation
Drawings

56.  DimXpert dimensioning
enhancements
 DimXpert for Assemblies
 Enhanced 3D PDF Graphics
 Generic Tables in PDF
 Multiple sheets in 3D PDF
 Multiple views in 3D PDF
Model Based Definition

57. Why MBD?
 Easier to interpret
 Poll question on drawings or poll question on when they
will go to MBD?

58. SolidWorks Inspection
 Zoom to selection in add-in
 Horizontal Excel report templates
 Online Quality systems direct export
– Net-Inspect or QualityXpert
 OCR – custom property information
 Custom Dictionaries – Learn characters

59.  Design
– Focus on your design, not the software
 Validate
– Solve complex problems faster and easier
 Collaborate
– Streamline your parallel design processes
 Build
– Fast-Track your Designs to manufacturing
SOLIDWORKS 2016

60. SolidWorks 2016 – Javelin Top Picks
 Breadcrumbs
 Thread Feature
 Context Mates in pop-up toolbar
 Find unconstrained bodies
 Simulation – Section Mesh
 Mate controller
 PhotoView360 - Motion Blur
 SolidWorks Visualize
 Drawings – Flag Notes
 The “D” Key

61. Can Make Great Design happen with SOLIDWORKS 2016