SolidWorks Drawings
Ever puzzled by all the options and setting to get Solidworks drawings to look like you want them?
SolidWorks Tips
Recent File Access
Accessing recently opened files from within SOLIDWORKS is very easy using the provided “hot key” or “keyboard shortcut”.
Mouse Gestures Enhancements
Mouse gestures are easier to customize in 2018.
Creating Transparent Section Views
While creating section views in assemblies, you can set individual bodies and components as transparent. The transparency helps you see through to the internals of the model.
Comments
In SOLIDWORKS you can add comments to various places to enhance your data about the design or to communicate in more depth to a user.
Thread Enhancements
You can align threads to end faces. A Cut thread is extended and cut to match the end face.
Extrude from: new options
In SOLIDWORKS 2017 you can Extrude from any size planar face.
Enhanced Sweep Feature
In SOLIDWORKS 2017 you can select faces, edges, and curves directly from models as sweep profiles.
SolidWorks Advanced Holes
Solidworks 2017 has introduced many new features. One of those is called Advanced Holes.
SOLIDWORKS Breadcrumbs
When you select an object or part or surface in the SOLIDWORKS graphics area in 2016, a new feature appears in the upper left hand corner of the area.