Well another week is upon us which means more SolidWorks 2010 previews coming your way. This week I am going to be focusing on some more detailing and drawing functionality that is changing in the next release of SolidWorks. Like I mentioned last week the detailing and drawings area of SolidWorks received some MAJOR enhancements this time around which was much needed.
Today I wanted to show some of the changes that were made to centermarks, additions to notes and the revamped interface of tables. So let’s get started.
Centermarks
In SolidWorks 2009 when you dimensioned to a diameter or radius it based the dimension extension lines off of the center of the arc but in SolidWorks 2010 it will put a gap in for the centermarks to make a nice and cleaner looking drawing. You can see the changes in the picture below.
Note Borders
Another really cool enhancement coming out in SolidWorks 2010 is the ability to add a border to a specific portion of text in a note. When you add a note you will now see another section in the Note PropertyManager called “Border”. You can select a wide variety of different border shapes and also how much spacing you would like for the text. As you can see in the screenshot below simply highlight the portion of the text you would a border around and set your options.
Tables
HALLELUJAH! If you are anything like me you get used to maneuvering around cells in SolidWorks a certain way and when I go into SolidWorks and create a table it is tough to not be able to maneuver around the same way. That is all changing in SolidWorks 2010 as you will not be able to cruise around in SolidWorks tables the same way you do in an Excel file. This includes but is not limited to Tab, Enter, and Arrow navigation.
Another cool option is the ability to now copy cells in Excel and paste them into your SolidWorks table.
As you can probably tell I am really excited about the updates to the drawing and detailing portion of SolidWorks 2010. Stay tuned this week to find out what else is getting a makeover.
