Today’s previews are not eye popping but they still deserve a mention.  As I stated earlier in this release SolidWorks focus was not on bright and shiny new features but on the little things like cleaning up the code and making the user interaction.

The things that I am going to show today prove that theory because they are not the cool new functions but they are functional enhancements that will help the everyday user tremendously.

Configurations

The process of changing configurations for a drawing view kind of was long winded in previous releases.  RMB click on a drawing view, select Properties, look on the pop up for the configuration section and then pick your desired configuration from the drop down.  Sounds right?  Well in SolidWorks 2010 it will be a lot easier and smoother to do this.  The option to change configurations is at the top of the Drawing View PropertyManager.  You can see it in the screenshot below under the Reference Configuration heading.

Diameter Dimensions

In SolidWorks 2010 when you insert a diameter dimension in a section view you will now see the diameter symbol like you would in a normal drawing view.