Dassault Releases SolidWorks 2013

By DE Editors

Dassault Systemes has released SolidWorks 2013 with new design applications to enhance collaboration, speed model creation and simplify the product development process, the company said. The update includes new design tools and drawing capabilities, sub-model simulation, cost estimation, network rendering, and wider sharing and increased connectivity.

"With SolidWorks 2013 we've upheld our tradition of listening to our customers by providing enhancements and functionality to help them simplify their lives and create the best products. The new additions to core geometry and expanded product offerings demonstrate our continuing investment in our flagship product," said Bertrand Sicot, CEO, SolidWorks, Dassault Systemes. "SolidWorks 2013 empowers innovative design with application specific tools that help users quickly define, share and validate the form, fit, and function of their designs."

New features include:

SolidWorks Costing: Allows customers to automatically cost more types of parts, create more accurate quotations, and stay in budget with improved cost data and new APIs.

SolidWorks Sustainability: Quickly compares the financial impact of raw materials and the environmental impact of a design decision during the development process due to new raw material impact tools.

SolidWorks Flow Simulation: Takes the complexity out of flow designs by allowing users to visualize fluid flow around multifaceted geometries and more easily compare analysis results between multiple design configurations.

Other new features help users create and modify complex geometries faster, providing more efficient 3D models and 2D drawings. The Conics in Sketcher provides full control over shapes for smooth transitions between existing geometries. The Intersect feature lets users add or remove a geometry without sketching, while varying dimension patterns allow users to save time, increase design flexibility, and reduce the number of features needed for models.

In addition, a CAD Administrator Dashboard simplifies management and troubleshooting of multiple SolidWorks users within a company from a single aggregated view. Simulation sub-modeling and incremental meshing allows users to more accurately perform precise simulation analysis for specific areas of large and complex models faster and more efficiently.

SolidWorks 2013 optimizes collaboration with improved connectivity, enhanced viewing capabilities, and expanded sharing of designs and data, the company says. Users can also route documents and contact users more efficiently to reduce delays and accelerate time-to-market.

For more information, visit Dassault Systemes.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.