Top Enhancements

The top enhancements for SOLIDWORKS 2017 provide improvements to existing products and innovative new functionality.

Throughout this guide, look for the symbol in these areas:

User Interface	Customizing Configuration Sort Order
Assemblies	Distance Mates to Cylindrical Components Facility Layout Assembly Performance Improvements Preserving Drawing References SpeedPak Enhancements Treehouse Improvements
SOLIDWORKS Costing	Common Rules for Sheet Metal and Machining Parts Evaluating the Cost of Assemblies in Nested Tree Mode Feature Recognition for Operations Rules-based Costing for Parts Subassembly Costing Unique Rules for Sheet Metal Templates
DimXpert	Multiple Edge Selection
Drawings and Detailing	Jagged Outlines Linking a Note to a Table Cell Mirror Drawing Views
Import/Export	IFC Entity Classification and Custom Property Export Exporting SOLIDWORKS files as 3MF Files
Model Display	Controlling Decals and Scenes by Display States Creating Transparent Section Views PhotoView 360 Network Rendering Supports Frame-by-Frame Rendering
Parts and Features	Bidirectional Circular Patterns Chamfer Enhancements Converting Features to Bodies and Surfaces Advanced Holes Derived Part References are Retained Sweep Profile Selection of Faces, Edges, and Curves Window Selection for Instances to Skip Wrap Creates Geometry on Any Face
Routing	Enhancements in Edit Flattened Route Securing Distinct Routes Through Clips
Sheet Metal	Creating Three Bend Corner Reliefs
Sketching	Creating Sketch Offsets on 3D Geometry Surfaces Prevention of Accidental Micro Lines Shaded Sketch Contours Extruding Shaded Sketch Contours
SOLIDWORKS MBD	Comparing 3D PMI Between Parts
SOLIDWORKS PDM	Generating SOLIDWORKS MBD 3D PDFs Latest Version Overwrite Rolling Back a File with References SOLIDWORKS PDF Task Add-in SOLIDWORKS PDM Web2 Viewer Enhancements Vault Database Replication
SOLIDWORKS Simulation	Improved Arc Length Control Method for Nonlinear Contact Analysis Editing Multiple Contact Sets Mass Properties in Simulation Offloaded Simulation Remote Loads and Mass for Beams
SOLIDWORKS Toolbox	Purging Inactive Toolbox Configuration Data

All features are available in SOLIDWORKS Standard, SOLIDWORKS Professional, and SOLIDWORKS Premium unless otherwise noted.


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