New features include major improvements to the SOLIDWORKS Electrical interface:
- The commands for the Drawing menu have been reorganized to two tabs. You can use the Draw tab to create and dimension drawings and the Modify tab to edit drawings.
- A new Filter tab in the Manager makes it easier to filter properties and content for symbols, 2D footprints, title blocks, and macros.
When you filter a field, it will be highlighted in yellow for easy detection. You can click Remove filters at the top of the tab to reset filters to their default status.
- You can display properties for elements such as symbols, 2D footprints, title blocks, macros, cables and manufacturer parts.
- You can display cross references in table format by selecting . This interface makes it easier to read symbols.
- You can manage marks from the Mark tab under Project Configuration.
- You can display the line style and color of cable cores in the project configuration with a new Cable Cores style option.
- The Macros Manager includes a checkbox that can prevent the dialog box from closing when opening a macro.
- If you try to archive an open project that is in use by another user, a message will display telling you that it cannot be archived.