Dassault Systems, France, has launched the new version of SolidWorks, a 3D design software used for 3D design, simulation, and electrical design.
SolidWorks 2015, covers all comprehensive aspects of the product development process. It is a portfolio of 3D design software application that allows users to benefit from cloud computing. It lets users connect their existing SolidWorks desktop applications to the cloud and begin developing new business processes.
The latest release has what is called the 3D Experience platform. The platform has an intuitive, integrated 3D development environment. It makes collaboration effective and delivers innovative products to market faster, by shortening the design cycle.
SolidWorks 2015 delivers solutions for a wide array of industries and markets. Users can easily enhance the aesthetics of consumer products and apparel, and simulate construction machinery, building infrastructure and machine tools better than ever before.
Currently, SolidWorks is used by over 2 million engineers and designers at more than 165,000 companies worldwide. The primary reason for its popularity is the ability it gives users to design a product using parameters.
Parameters could be numbers that denote the length of a line or a diameter of a circle or it could be a geometrical element such as a tangent and parallel. Building a model in SolidWorks usually starts with a 2D sketch. The sketch consists of geometry such as points, lines, arcs, conics, and splines.
Dimensions are added to the sketch to define the size and location of the geometry. Relations are used to define attributes such as tangency, parallelism, perpendicularity, and concentricity. The parametric nature of SolidWorks means that the dimensions and relations drive the geometry, not the other way around. The dimensions in the sketch can be controlled independently, or by relationships to other parameters. This parametric modeling helps designers to maintain the design intent.
SolidWorks is perhaps the first CAD software to function on Windows Operating System. The features of SolidWorks 2015 vastly improves productivity, work processes, and reduce operating costs. To know more about SolidWorks and the courses available, contact your nearest CADD Centre.