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What are your first impressions? I'm not impressed very much with the additions at all. There's a couple of cool features in drawings. It looks like they want us to become "Buyers" with the cost tools. Don't get me wrong, it is nice to get a ballpark price on items, but every supplier will have there cost. I don't know if SW took in account for processing the part ie. paint, anodize, chem film etc...I didn't see it in the demo. I didn't watch all the demos due to lack of interest of the ones i did watch.


Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
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I liked what they did with equations, the feature freeze, the sheet metal improvements. I haven't run it yet, but I'm hoping that the performance/stability improvements live up to what I was told.

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I'll check those demo out.

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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Sheet metal "edge flange" enhancement is very cool.

Can anyone tell me where I can find "SW2012 What's New.pdf"?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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can i get to it from 2010?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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got it

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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Chris,
I just the pdf to your email account. It's about 4mb

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
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nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
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Kevin, I take it you're not impressed one bit?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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I go to the releases each year, too. Though this year, there's really not much for me to see. As I've said elsewhere:

The Parts/Features area of the What’s New document could have easily lost the four extra pages of graphics telling how to explode multi-body parts (since it’s about the same as a regular assembly exploded view), but then we’d have only three or four pages covering new Parts/Features for just under 3% dealing with new geometry issues.
Click to expand...

...And I also don't see any sign of PV 360 at all. Nothing. Did I miss it?



Jeff Mowry
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Jeff,
This is all I saw on page 24:

Documentation
New Tutorials
SolidWorks 2012 includes a new PhotoView 360 and Appearances tutorial and an enhanced
Animation tutorial.
To access these tutorials:
1. Click Help > SolidWorks Tutorials.
2. Click one of the following:
• All SolidWorks Tutorials (Set 1) (Animation Tutorial)
• All SolidWorks Tutorials (Set 2) (PhotoView 360 and Appearances)
3. Select the tutorial from the list.



Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
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nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
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Eltro, Dan

Lookst like they did pretty good:

**#10 Simplify Video Card Requirements – I’m not sure I entirely understand the scope of this request.**
**DONE** Added auto system check to RX so the exact driver is verified and a direct link to the correct driver if it is incorrect. No longer a manual process of verification outside of running RX. (Version 2011)

**#9 Exploded Views for Weldments – Cool.**
**DONE** MultiBody Explode (Version 2012)

#8 Option to Dangle Children Instead of Deleting – This should be much higher on the list, in my opinion.

#7 Graphical Map of Reference – Ok, sure.

**#6 Allow More Types of Assembly Features – Cool.**
**DONE** New assembly level weld feature, Fillet and Chamfer (version 2011)

#5 Better Utilization of Processore Cores – Yes, definately.

**#4 On The Fly Equations in Dialog Boxes – Yes!!!**
**DONE??** Drop down to "add equation and bring up needed dialogs in 2011, New equation editor interface in 2012**

#3 File Compatibility Between Versions – YES!!!

**#2 Increase Stabilty – Yes, but what does this really mean?**
**Will never be "done" but has been focuse of last 3 releases"

**#1 SoldWorks Should Cleanly Uninstall Itself – I agree with this too, but is this really something that affects a lot of people on a daily basis?**
**DONE** Prototype versions in late SPs of 2011, brought to front as visible selection in 2012

===2011===6 out of 10!


1.Angle mates that don’t flip at random??

2.Better utilize processor cores

3.Option to dangle instead of deleting

**4.SolidWorks should cleanly uninstall itself**
**DONE** Late SPs of 2011 (Hidden but there) 2012 fully visible

**5.Freeze Features**
**DONE** Version 2012

**6.Enhanced Equations Input & Editing & Linking**
**DONE** New input interface in 2012

7.Convert a Solid Body into a Surface body without having to delete, offset, or knit faces

8.Make the ideas section (in the forum) available all year, not just for SWW

9.File compatibility between versions

10.Pressing Escape key should immediately return control of the interface

====2012====3 out of 10 so far...maybe more? Unsure on the ideas form request and mate functionality, could be 5 of 10??


Anyone know any other major software companies that meet these numbers for satisfying customer requests?

Cole M
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What is "feature freeze"?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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Very cool, thanks Dan!

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
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