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#Solidworks 2019 manual upgrade
This means you can upgrade to Composer 2019 right away–even if you’re required to stay on a prior version of SOLIDWORKS. If you’re an existing Composer user, remember, there are no backward compatibility issues between SOLIDWORKS and Composer. Every enhancement to Composer is customer driven, and for 2019, we think we’ve delivered something for everyone.” The result has been quicker and more focused development. SOLIDWORKS users have different needs and expectations, so we addressed that by adding experts to the team specializing in User Experience, R&D, Quality and Localization. “When I took over Product Management for SOLIDWORKS Composer in 2017, one of the first things I noticed was that SOLIDWORKS Composer and CATIA Composer were being developed as if they were the same product, but that’s just not the case. This is the initial rollout of a large development project, so expect more PDM functionality to be added in future releases.Īll this recent development attention in SOLIDWORKS Composer is thanks to Product Manager, Mohit Daga. The new Select Adjacent Parts command speeds up the process of picking parts that are connected to each other…like this group of components that need to explode together.Īnother nice convenience: the Status Bar now lists how many items are selected.Ĭomposer 2019 also works great with PDM Professional, with a new dedicated tab in the ribbon bar for common data management tasks such as searching, check in, check out and changing state. It’s right across the top of the menu bar, so even a casual user has a quick way to locate less-frequently used commands.Īccidental updates are no longer an issue with the Lock Views command. Also, Command Search is no longer buried in the user preferences. Everything in the command ribbon is still in the same place. Existing users don’t need to worry though. The user interface in Composer 2019 has been modernized to be consistent with other SOLIDWORKS products and to support future scalability of high-res monitors. This means manufacturing intent is preserved directly from the source CAD model where it belongs. All the DimXpert dimensions, annotation views and 3D views carry right over, and no longer have to be recreated in Composer. Users now have the option to include model based Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) when exporting from SOLIDWORKS or importing to Composer. Key dimensions and manufacturing information often need to be displayed even in technical illustrations. For all the technical documentation you need to create, such as illustrations, work instructions, product manuals, or even interactive online content, Composer 2019 has many exciting enhancements to help you delight your customers. By default, all parameters in the child configuration are linked. It’s easy to use and produces spectacular content that you really can’t–and shouldn’t try to do in CAD. Derived configurations allow you to create a parent-child relationship within a configuration.
To do them right requires the proper tool–that’s SOLIDWORKS Composer.