SOLIDWORKS® 2022 improves the
performance of specific tools and workflows.
Some of the highlights for performance and workflow improvements
are:
Import
Performance is improved for importing:
- A large DXF or DWG file into a part sketch.
You can import a large DXF or DWG file
into a part sketch with the Explode
Block option turned off. You no longer need to explode
the blocks to improve import performance.
- STEP files in SOLIDWORKS.
Assemblies
Improved performance when opening, saving, and closing
assemblies.
Model
Display
SOLIDWORKS 2022 offers improved performance for 3D textures and
silhouette edges.
Functionality |
Performance
Improvement |
3D textures |
3D textures accelerate the
process of refining the mesh to better match the detail in the
textural appearance image.
You
can further refine the Maximum
Element Size below its previous limit. |
Silhouette edges |
Performance is improved for
rendering silhouette edges in dynamic mode.
You
can see the silhouette edges in Shaded With Edges mode. |
Drawings
Performance is improved when you print large drawings on paper or to
file. This applies to drawings where you:
- Have at least one drawing view as draft quality
- Specify these options in the Page Setup dialog box:
- High
quality
- Color / Gray
scale
SOLIDWORKS Manage
SOLIDWORKS Manage 2022 offers improved performance for enhancing the
user experience.
Functionality |
Performance Improvement |
Bill of material (BOM)
display |
When specifying the Number of BOM levels to display
options at 1, large BOMs
display up to five times faster. For BOMs with Link to 3rd Party fields
configured, the time required to calculate the values has
decreased. |
Projects |
For projects with a high number
of stages or Tasks, the Gantt chart display is faster than in
previous releases. |
Check out/Check in of SOLIDWORKS
PDM files from SOLIDWORKS Manage |
In previous releases, the
Check Out/Check In operations refreshed the
entire grid in the background. Now, only the individual line item
that last changed refreshes, making performance faster. |
Pack and Go
Pack and Go gathers references faster in 2022 than in previous releases. The time
between initiating Pack and Go for a document and when the Pack and Go dialog box
appears is reduced substantially.
SOLIDWORKS PDM
With SOLIDWORKS PDM 2022, you can experience improved performance of
many file-based operations. You can perform the following actions faster for
database servers with high latency:
- Open files
- Display the Save As
dialog box
- Copy Tree
- Create a document in SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS PDM has improved performance for the following:
- Saving a data card with a large number of file extensions is
faster by 15% to 60%.
- Checking in a drawing with a large SOLIDWORKS bill of materials
(BOM) is significantly quicker.
- Displaying files in the Where
Used tab with the Show
All option and additional custom columns is many times faster
for certain vaults.
- Displaying the Transition
dialog box for dynamic notifications is quicker.
- Loading a Web2 preview is between 1.5 and 2 times faster for
large models.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation
- Saving models that have simulation studies is faster, if at
least one or more simulation studies are not modified.
- Function-based processing for the FFEPlus iterative and
Intel Direct Sparse solvers is extended to simulation studies that include
connectors and other features. The automatic solver selection is extended to
Nonlinear, Frequency, and Buckling studies.
SOLIDWORKS Plastics
The performance of the Cool and Fill analysis modules is improved to
accelerate the overall analysis time.
- For simulations where the Cool analysis takes up a large
proportion of the overall solution time, the overall solution time is
reduced by at least 20% compared to previous releases.
- The performance of the Fill and Pack analyses with the
Direct solver option is
optimized. The overall solution time is reduced by approximately 50%
compared to previous releases. For relatively thick parts that are meshed
with hexahedral elements, the Direct
solver more accurately predicts the inertial effects.