Would You Trust Your Life to SOLIDWORKS?
The Magic of Design at SOLIDWORKS World 2017
SOLIDWORKS World is where the magic happens. This year, that magic was literal as the conference kicked off in Los Angeles with death-defying illusions. The magic continued throughout the three day conference with innovations from SOLIDWORKS, their partners, and their customers that surprised and delighted the 5000 attendees.

2017’s SOLIDWORKS World kicked off with Illusion Projects INC partners Justin Flom and Tim Clothier challenging Gian Paolo Bassi, “would you trust your life to SOLIDWORKS?” Bassi put his head …

Wednesday is my favorite day of SolidWorks World, as that is the day that they publicly show some of the new features of the upcoming release of SolidWorks.
This year, they unveiled some pretty cool features, including some surfacing improvements!
Here they are, in no particular order:
 
 

Hide/Show Main Planes
Select Sketch Mid Point Without Right Mouse Button
Sketch Context Toolbar Stays Available
Plane For Pattern Direction
Convert Entities – Grab All Internal Loops
Degree Style Spline (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and Bezier Curves
C2 Edge Blend
Hide/Show Bodies With Tab Key
Bi-directional Sweep
Assembly Mate Controller
Simulation – Mesh Sectioning
Simulation – Release Prescribed …

SolidWorks World 2014 kicked of on Monday morning with a lot of excitement!  eatArt’s Mondo Spider walked out on stage ahead of DS SolidWorks CEO, Bertrand Sicot.  It was an awesome sight, and a sign of things to come!
Sicot announced over 5000 attendees were here in San Diego.  He then mentioned the new offerings that have come out this year: SolidWorks Plastics, SolidWorks Electrical (2D and 3D), eDrawings on Android, and DraftSight Professional.  Then we were told of some upcoming products: SolidWorks Inspection, SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual, and SolidWorks Industrial Conceptual.
Sicot …