Technical Update from SolidWorks World 2010
Michael LaFleche
Regional Technical Manager
Computer-Aided Products [CAPINC]
Partner Pavillion
Technical Sessions
Technology Preview
Recommendations
Manufacturing
Data Management
Automation
Analysis
CAM
Many CAM Partners are now embedded
OEM Versions and Add-On Versions
17 CAM Partners at Event
Systems Layout
Zuken, IGE+ZAO, Altium, Trace
Zuken has integrated SolidWorks Solutions
Zuken also introduced new technology 
Zuken works with SolidWorks Routing
Users can import wire list information via simple XML transfer
New SolidWorks 2010 P&ID import file can be made in Zuken software!

Sigmanest had good tools for doing sheet metal nested layout
Logopress and 3DQuickPress were there.  In an informal survey, Logopress seems to be in use by more of our customers than 3DQuickpress
15 PDM/PLM partners represented
Many solutions are geographic in nature
Most interesting solution was Extensible CAD Technologies
Extensible CAD Technologies
Develops Office2PDM and InspectionXpert
Hosted training class on the first day of SolidWorks World
Founded by former Tri-Mech employees
Office2PDM
Maked SolidWorks EPDM work Microsoft Office Applications
Enable Check in and Check out inside of MS Office
Task Pane Interface like SolidWorks Add-In
Dashboard interface for Microsoft Outlook
InspectionXpert
Quality control oriented platform used to quickly and accurately generate quality inspection report forms and ballooned inspection drawings directly from SolidWorks
Most QA departments have a manual process for annotating prints for inspection dimensions
Works with Native CAD, of DXF/DWG, PDF, Tiff with Optical Character Recognition
Many Design Automation tools are availible for SolidWorks!
5 Partners including DriveWorks, Citius, Configure One, Power2, Tacton
DriveWorks hosted their annual DriveWorks World Session

DriveWorks 7 ready to go
New admin interface is easier and works like DriveWorks Solo
DriveWorks Xpress has great samples on website
DriveWorks posts our webinars through their blog
FEA, CFD and Plastic Filling tools availible
Great tools from National Instruments and Rockwell Automation 
Rockwell Automation toola are free!
They work with SolidWorks Event Based Simulation
Specs Out Allen Bradley Controllers

Technical Sessions
CAPINC gave 6 presentations to the user community
SolidWorks tech sessions were solid
AE Workshop showcased several tips and tricks
Presentaiton on delivering better web demos was A #1.  Jason to elaborate later on web demo topic...
Technology Preview
Dassault Systemes made their presence known
Great story on the founding of the company
SolidWorks is working on being in the cloud
SolidWorks PLM ready for later this year, cloud based
SolidWorks 2011 will feature time saving tools.
SolidWorks 2011 main features:
Revolve up to Surface
15 years later and you can finally revolve a tube into another tube or a model of your face, without trimming it at the surface.

Defeature
It would be like your innards turning to a solid mass of skin… except this is for models.

Custom Realview
Easier controls and custom settings come in as Photoworks gets booted to the curb in 2011.

Photoview 360 integration
Photoview 360 pop-up with live rendering and motion. fun.

Planar Simulation
SolidWorks now does it by slicing and simulating FEA, then transferring it to the 3D solid.

Dimension Layout
You will beat you dimension into submission with the push of a couple buttons. Lines them, stacks them, spaces them. Nice.

Dual Dimension Hole Tables
For those who speak english and metric, you can now create tables without screaming racial unit slurs.

Enterprise PDM Design Checker
For those that make design mistakes and also use EPDM. Design checker is now integrated.

Assembly Features
If Welds, Sweeps, Fillets and Chamfers were pure emotion, 2011 assemblies will be a modern dance of angst and rebellion.

Weld Tables
I’m sure this will come in handy, even if you use a 1/4 fillet weld on everything.

Piping Enhancements
Add trim and gaps on your piping automagically. You’ll probably still have to add a trim note.

Walkthroughs
When you’re up for a little jaunt through your model.

Feature Lock
Keep the model (and yourself) from choking at a certain feature on rebuild.