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Jun 29

SolidWorks 2007 Roundup

in Solidworks.
  • Ricky Jordan seemed to be the first to notice the availability of 2007PR1, and has very nice things to say about 07’s CC capabilities.
  • He also found this enticing summary of new features available in PhotoWorks.
  • COSMOWorks now supports beam analysis.
  • Part 1 of MCAD Online’s Comprehensive Review
  • The (Official) SolidWorks Blog is touting new features at regular intervals.
  • SolidWorks has put together a nice set of video demos of the new features in 2007. I continue to be skeptical of the ‘XPerts’. The demos are impressive, but reliance on a wizard to solve problems by inserting feature steps elsewhere in the design tree seems a good way to create headaches down the road and a poor substitute for learning proper modeling practices. It does make for an impressive demo, though.
  • It appears SolidWorks explorer received a much-needed overhaul.

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