Top Enhancements

The top enhancements for SOLIDWORKS 2018 provide improvements to existing products and innovative new functionality.

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

User Interface	Mouse Gestures Enhancements Touch-based Interactions Welcome Dialog Box
SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect	Additional File Formats Supported Additional Information Supported for Reading from Third-Party Native CAD Files STEP, IGES, and ACIS Files
Model Display	Offloaded Rendering
Parts and Features	Creating a Bounding Box Extracting Geometry from a Corrupted Solid Body
Sheet Metal	Creating Normal Cuts Tab and Slot Three Bend Corner Reliefs
Sketching	Creating Mirrored Entities in 3D Sketch Pen, Touch, and Gesture-based Sketching
SOLIDWORKS PDM	Automated Drawing PDF Creation in SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Data Card Editor Undo Design Branching and Merging Detailed Warning Messages Revision Table Integration SOLIDWORKS PDM Support for Non-SOLIDWORKS CAD File References
SOLIDWORKS Simulation	Mesh Refinement for Stress Singularities Displacement Control for Nonlinear Contact Email Notification for Completed Analyses Factor of Safety Plot for Nonlinear Static Studies Topology Study Improved Pin Connector Import Simulation Study Features into Assemblies Sensor for Simulation Mass Properties
Weldments	Customizing Description for Bounding Box Properties Linking a Cut List Folder to a Cut List Property More Control Over Custom Properties

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


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