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SolidWorks:Heard! - Episode 246 - Design Studies PDF Print E-mail
Design Automation
Written by Lou Gallo   
Sunday, 01 November 2009 00:00

Design Studies:

This podcast covers the new feature in CORE Solidworks called Design Studies. This feature is a morph of Design Scenarios and Optimization from SolidWorks Simulation's past and has been integrated into SolidWorks for design evaluation.  Topics covered:

- Poll results for SolidWorks 2010 adoption plans

- Introduction to Design Studies in SolidWorks 2010

- Creating Design studies

- Evaluation vs. Optimization (without Simulation)

- Tip to save iterations into SolidWorks Configurations

I am still trying to recover from an extremely busy October and it is still all a blur.  SolidWorks 2010 has now shipped and available for download, most of the VAR rollouts are over around the world and now it is time to dig into the new functionality with a fine tooth comb and actually see how well it all performs!  After a month of events, I have talked with a lot of customers from all walks of design and the feedback is pretty positive to the lack of "new features" and focus on core functionality.

Another area that attracted a lot of attention was the fact that SolidWorks 2010 worked so well on Windows 7.  All of us were running it and nobody crashed running Pre-release 1 and even SP0 during any of the events (It usually happens at least once!) Knowing that SolidWorks is not "officially" supporting it until service pack 1, it is good to see this level of stability now since many customers are anxiously awaiting the upgrade!

Design studies is a great addition to core SolidWorks as well as SolidWorks Simulation and marries the best of Design Scenarios, Sensors and Optimization into one slick interface.  I wanted to talk about this new feature since so many SolidWorks users will think it is part of Simulation only (since the rollout demo focused on that part).  Hopefully many of you will try out the What's New Tutorial on Design Studies and see how it can give you greater design insight.

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SolidWorks:Heard! - Episode 231 - DriveWorks Solo PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Lou Gallo   
Sunday, 20 September 2009 00:00

DriveWorks Solo:

This podcast covers the newly released product from DriveWorks, LTD. called DriveWorks Solo.  DW Solo is a product that fits between the free DriveWorksXPress tool in SolidWorks and DriveWorks Professional packages.  Topics covered:

- NEW DriveWorks Solo website

- Registration on the DriveWorks Solo website

- The "30-day trial" experience and options

- Supported versions of SolidWorks and Operating Systems

- Installation and setup

- Getting started and options

- DriveWorks Solo training materials

- First impressions

Well as you know I was going to begin the What's New Series this weekend, however with the announcement out of the UK from my friends at DriveWorks Limited introducing DriveWorks Solo, I decided to cover this first.  DriveWorks Solo brings the best of the DriveWorks Professional's form navigation and customization tools and blends them seemlessly into the SolidWorks Task Pane. This is an overhauled build of their technology based on the next version of DriveWorks, which is due out in the next few months, that bridges the functionality of DriveWorksXpress to the full DriveWorks Professional offerings.

I wanted to get it downloaded so I could play with this new and shiny technology but also so I could report back my initial thoughts.  One of the features I realy enjoy about the new Solo interface is that I never need to leave the SolidWorks environment, making the experience of design automation more uniform and streamlined.  The new "Preview" option is extremely convenient, especially when specifications are astethic and require a visual preview in order to make the final decision.

The training resources realy make DriveWorks Solo's trial worth it's weight, giving everyone who tries it an assisted walkthrough of what this tool can do instead of assuming everyone will just "get it" at first glance. I installed, setup and am currently testing this on a Windows 7, 64 bit, SolidWorks 2010 system and all works very smooth.  I think this is a great addition to the DriveWorks lineup for 2010! ~Lou

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