Sneak Peek: 15 Features coming in SOLIDWORKS 2015

Each year SOLIDWORKS releases a new version of its flagship product. This year, during the 15 days prior to the release of SOLIDWORKS 2015, we’re taking a look at 15 new tools coming in this feature-packed release. To learn more about SOLIDWORKS 2015, you can click the banner above and bookmark the launch page for when it goes live on September 9th, 2014.

Profile Center Mate, one of the new features in SOLIDWORKS 2015 is sure to be a favorite of any user who creates Assemblies on a regular basis. The Profile Center Mate locates the centers of two items to each other regardless of their size or shape. A few options for the new mate include an offset and the ability to change the orientation in 90 degree increments. The best part about this mate is, if the size or location of the selection is changed, the Profile Center mate maintains the intelligence to keep them centered on one another!

The Profile Center Mate can also be used to fully locate round items such as screws. The mate locks two circular profiles to each other and their rotation can be locked at the same time as well. This means it only requires a single mate to fully locate a screw now. This is a huge time saver and can help to minimize the number of mates in an assembly, and I look forward to using it regularly myself.

If you want to see more of the 15 Features coming in SOLIDWORKS 2015 blog series, check in on the announcement post from August 22, 2014 where we will be updating and adding links to each feature post as they go live.

Finally, if you would like to learn more about SOLIDWORKS 2015, you can fill out the information below to have a SOLIDWORKS employee contact you.