NEWSUG 12/4/02
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What is new in SW 2003?
Next meeting - Wednesday March
5, 2003
36 people attended
the first meeting of NEWSUG at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
After a short introduction from Mark Achtner from Miller electric, everybody introduced himself or herself. The charter for the group was handed out and any comments suggestions and corrections were and are welcomed. Elections were facilitated, in which Moshe Saraf was elected to be the President of the group. Bob Braun and Mark Achtner were elected to serve as board members.
After a short break,
Greg Jankowski presented “What is new in SW 2003?”. Greg started by recommending all SW users to
subscribe to SW Express, http://www.solidworks.com/swexpress/index.html . During the presentation, SW giveaways were
handed out for every question asked.
Other giveaways were available by CATI and Graphic System. Main notes, questions, and answers are listed
below.
What is new in SW 2003?
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250 enhancements
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More tutorials
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User defined
folders – a folder can be created in the FeatureManager design tree. Group of features or components can be placed
in a folder. Suppress or hide all the
features or components in a folder can be controlled by applying the action
desired to the folder.
·
It is recommended
to name every feature with unique feature name.
To do that, have “Name feature on creation” in the System Options
checked.
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Roll back options
– some of the options are “Roll to previous” and “Roll to end.”
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Configuration
enhancements – bi-directional design
Question: Can you change a dimension name from the design
table?
Answer: No. It
is still not possible.
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Macro function in
feature manager
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Performance
enhancement
Ø
Partition roll back
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Interrupt regeneration (by pressing the escape key)
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Incremental graphics
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Graphics performance
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Large assembly – can rebuild one component only
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Rapid draft/view
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Part sketch enhancements
Ø
Auto dimension
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Multiple solid bodies
Question: How would I know if the part has a disjoint?
Answer: When looking at the top of the tree, check
the number of solid bodies in the solid bodies’ folder.
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Ability to share
sketches between features
Question: Will you see the lines in a part with disjointed
solids (as you would see if you cross section a weldment)?
Answer: Yes
Question: Can you insert another part as a solid into a
disjoint solid?
Answer: Yes.
Question: What will be the mass of two solid bodies in the
Mass Properties?
Answer: The Mass Properties will give you the option on each body
or both.
Question: Is the Mass Properties show
a greater density when the two solids overlay?
Answer: No. The mass properties
will count only one volume out of the two.
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Sheet metal
Ø
Square to round – need to have at least sheet thickness at corners.
Ø
Section should be open at reasonable locations.
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Part
Ø
Full round fillet
Ø
Feature Statistics screen – a summary of the feature and the amount of
resources that they take.
Question: Can you suppress a feature from the Feature Statistics
screen?
Answer: Yes.
Ø
Cancel or stop regeneration by pressing the escape key.
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Surfacing
Ø
Untream
Ø
Fill Surface – a surface can be created by highlighting the surfaces’
edges and selecting Fill Surface.
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Cosmos Express
Ø
Limited to linear and static analysis
Ø
It is not a FEA software, but can give a
designer a quick feedback for material selection, physical constraints, and
loads.
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Supplier
Certified 3-D content – sharing files and reducing remodeling existing
components.
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Assemblies in
pallet part
·
Replacing an
assembly with a part
Question: Can you have assemblies that are flexible (i.e. pneumatic
cylinder) in a pallet parts?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Can you lock some dimensions of a library feature?
Answer: Yes.
·
Simulation – a
simple dynamic simulation that have limited actuation selection
·
Drawing
enhancements
Ø
Symmetrical pattern in center lines
Ø
Drawing view template
Ø
AutoCAD capabilities
Ø
Centerlines are inserted automatically
Question: Do the centerlines show in hidden features?
Answer: Yes.
·
SW Utilities –
can compare between two files of a part (from different revisions)
Question: How much RAM is recommended?
Answer: To check the amount of RAM on Windows XP, open all the
applications that are usually open when SW is used (Outlook, Excel, Word,
Explorer, etc.) and press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. On the Performance tab, check the available
physical memory in the physical memory box (figure 1). Greg noted that buying more RAM memory is a
very small investment that will return itself within days if not hours.
Figure 1: Checking RAM on Windows XP
Tentative
date:
Time:
Tentative
location:
Tentative
agenda: Show and tell
Model mania
Topic
presentation
Open question and answer
discussion – please prepare questions to be answered by attendees.
Submitted
by: Moshe Saraf
Please
send comments to Moshe.Saraf@kcc.com