{"id":33318,"date":"2006-01-27T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/swcommunity\/solidworks_worl"},"modified":"2006-01-27T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-27T10:54:00","slug":"solidworks_worl-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2006\/01\/solidworks_worl-8.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks World: Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p>Jeff Ray kicked off the morning\u2019s General Session. He showed a hilarious video taken in the arcade at the off-site event of the heads of John McEleney and two others on top of these little cartoon bodies dancing to the Beach Boys tune \u201cFun, Fun, Fun.\u201d I never laughed so hard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5058\/465\/1600\/Dating%20Game.0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;cursor: hand\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5058\/465\/200\/Dating%20Game.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then got a sneak preview of SolidWorks 2007 presented retro-style in a \u201cDating Game\u201d skit delivered with lots of puns and 60\u2019s humor. The new features flowed quickly, but I caught a few of them here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Balloons link to any attribute, not just part numbers.<\/li>\n<li>Sketch blocks allow 2D animation, such as pulleys and CAM systems.<\/li>\n<li>When you add new dimensions to drawings, the dimensions no longer overlap, but space out automatically. And it\u2019s easier to move dimensions.<\/li>\n<li>COSMOSWorks now supports beam elements.<\/li>\n<li>COSMOSXpress calculates minimum factor of safety automatically.<\/li>\n<li>Based on SWIFT technology, TolAnalyst for true tolerance stack up.<\/li>\n<li>Also based on SWIFT, DraftXpert makes it easier to add draft angles.<\/li>\n<li>You can automatically add flanges to the curved edges of a sheet metal part and unfold them.<\/li>\n<li>Multimate command applies mates to multiple components with a common reference.<\/li>\n<li>Freeform feature lets you specify the exact points you want to push and pull to manipulate a part.<\/li>\n<li>Toolbox automatically generates missing components making it easy to share designs.<\/li>\n<li>Copy Design command gathers all the files you need to transmit a design via email.<\/li>\n<li>Belt command automatically wraps belts or chains around pulleys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The focus of SolidWorks 2007 is reducing CAD overhead so designers can focus on making great products with four key themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harness 2D expertise to power your 3D design<\/li>\n<li>Focus on product design, not the design tools<\/li>\n<li>Innovative new design tools<\/li>\n<li>Design new and innovative products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The software ships this summer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5058\/465\/1600\/360grader.3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;cursor: hand\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5058\/465\/200\/360grader.3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Dunne, director of technical marketing, announced the winner of the SolidWorks 2005 design contest: Oslo, Norway-based 360 Grader Produktdesign with its PREMACARE Incubator. The product keeps premature babies safe and warm and gives parents a 360 degree view of the baby under a clear dome cover.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the session, CEO John McEleney came back on stage to thank everyone for coming to the event. \u201cWe\u2019re a different company,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause we focus on our users, and that\u2019s the difference at SolidWorks World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also announced that the next SolidWorks World takes place in New Orleans February 4-7, 2007. See you all there for some gumbo.<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>\nAmy Castor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Ray kicked off the morning\u2019s General Session. 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