SOLIDWORKS 2021
New Products and Features
Live Virtual Webinars
SOLIDWORKS 2021 enhances the capabilities and workflows you use every day for design, documentation, data management, validation, and more. And it delivers the performance you demand so you can get your work done faster. Our technical team will dive into the details in individual sessions tailored to meet your unique interests. Take a look below and join us for live virtual sessions beginning the week of October 5th to learn more.
VIRTUAL Events
Get a first-hand look at new features in SOLIDWORKS 2021!
SOLIDWORKS CAD
- See performance improvements
- Bring together the team: sketches, parts, assemblies, and drawings
- Improve your project's endgame with Drawings and Detail Mode enhancements
- Defeat slow parts, assemblies, and drawings
SOLIDWORKS 2021 Superpowers
Design Side
- Feature Language
- Command Manager Changes
- Model Display
- Faster Opening
- User Interface Updates
Simulation Side
- Topology
- Pin Connectors
- Hot Spot Diagnostics
- Improved Accuracy of Bonded Contacts and Gaps
- Automatic Creation of Goals
SOLIDWORKS 2021 Performance – Past and Present
- Feature Tree best practices
- Feature Tree management skills
- Knowledge with additional tips & tricks
Branch Out with the Feature Tree in SOLIDWORKS CAD
- Discover automation tools you already have access to: GoAutomate and Design Tables
- Learn about more advanced automation packages: DriveWorks
- Determine which automation tool works best for you
Can SOLIDWORKS Just Do the Work For Me? SOLIDWORKS Automation Techniques
- Best file type for Revit
- What is Revit?
- What to expect inside of Revit
BIM & Mechanical Design? Is it Really Possible?
- Best way to open files
- Powerful tools to reverse engineer your mesh file
- Compare final model to the original mesh file
Do you Mesh Well with Others? Using Mesh Data in SOLIDWORKS
- What's new in 2021
- Edge Flange enhancements
- Advance flattening
- Convert to sheet metal and multibody parts
Sheet Metal - Beyond the Bend
- What’s new in 2021 (+2019, 2020 recap)
- Structural Systems – Advanced weldment environments
- Create new profiles easily and manage them better
- A refresher on cut-list properties
- Stress analysis on structural members using SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Get Weld Soon (Welding Enhancements and Tips)
SIMULATION
- Major functionality increase: Free Surface with Rotating Regions
- Post-processing improvements to capture numerical data efficiently - have you heard of flux plots?
- Pre-processing improvements - more inputs for heat sources, goals, and more.
- Time savings methods and workplace efficiency tips.
Are You Swimming Against the Current? - What's New in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
- Enhanced contact
- Improved performance meshing, solving, and viewing results
Easier, Better, Faster - SOLIDWORKS Simulation
- A new simulation study to compare simulation results against experimental data.
- Redesigned PlasticsManager Tree
- Enhanced modeling of cooling channels, baffles, and bubblers
- Enhanced modeling of sketch-based runners
Improving the Accuracy - SOLIDWORKS Plastics Injection Molding Simulation
- With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SOLIDWORKS users have access to cutting-edge analysis tools from Dassault Systemes SIMULIA. Learn about the technology in SIMULIAworks that enable users to perform advanced structural analysis to validate complex mechanical products.
- Improve analysis productivity with general contact and flexible meshing tools
- Use experimental data to calibrate materials for the simulation
- Speed up analysis with cloud computing
SIMULIAworks - Cutting-Edge Structural Analysis
(session available in 3DEXPERIENCE category as well)
Electrical Design
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Amp up your electrical designs• Terminal strip symbols• Excluding components from BOM• Excel Automation add-in• Environment Archiver• Using splines in routing path
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PCB overview
SOLIDWORKS Electrical: Amp Up Your Electrical Designs
- Getting started with a route
- Powerful tools to create and edit your route
- Using clips and others additional components
Rooting on Your Routing! How to Encourage Your Piping, Tubing and Electrical Route Design
COMMUNICATION
- The last 10% of any project is the most difficult, help tell your story with visualize, sell your hard work with UHD renders!
- 360 renders for the Web
- Wow your customer and boss in one go!
- Composer checkout online for the win (FTW)
What if the Book Just Had a Better Cover? SOLIDWORKS Visualize
DATA MANAGEMENT
- PDM UI enhancements, including Treehouse product visualization
- BOM improvements
- External collaboration and sharing via Web
- Project & task management
Everything’s Under Control: SOLIDWORKS PDM & Manage Enhancements
- Planning and executing dynamic projects
- Collaborating with distributed design teams
- Effectively reviewing designs and communicating with stake holders
Cloud Solutions - Data Management with 3DEXPERIENCE
(session available in 3DEXPERIENCE category as well)
3D PRINTING
- The pursuit of nimbleness in your manufacturing
- Technology advances that are strengthening the case for 3D printing
The Year the World Fell in Love with 3D Printing... Again
CAM
- Programming & cutting your first CNC part using SOLIDWORKS CAM
- Post-processing 101
- 2021 CAM enhancements
C-N-C: It's as Easy as 1-2-3
3DEXPERIENCE
- Anywhere access to design tools and data for the flexible workforce
- Cutting edge subdivision modeling and mechanical design in the cloud
- Connected tools with 'desktop familiarity' that access data seamlessly from the cloud
Clear Skies Ahead – Cloud Solutions for Your Design Challenges
- Planning and executing dynamic projects
- Collaborating with distributed design teams
- Effectively reviewing designs and communicating with stake holders
Cloud Solutions - Data Management with 3DEXPERIENCE
(session available in 3DEXPERIENCE category as well)
- With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SOLIDWORKS users have access to cutting-edge analysis tools from Dassault Systemes SIMULIA. Learn about the technology in SIMULIAworks that enable users to perform advanced structural analysis to validate complex mechanical products.
- Improve analysis productivity with general contact and flexible meshing tools
- Use experimental data to calibrate materials for the simulation
- Speed up analysis with cloud computing
SIMULIAworks - Cutting-Edge Structural Analysis
(session available in Simulation category as well)
Additional Resources
Take Advantage of GoEngineer’s Extensive Knowledge Base and Resources
Find a Solution
Our robust Knowledge Base contains over 12,000 resources to help answer your product design questions. From basic CAD questions to in-depth guides and tutorials, find your solution here. Find a Solution
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Improve your skills with professional training and certifications in SOLIDWORKS, CAM, 3D Printing, and 3D Scanning offered four ways: self-paced, online, on-site, or in-classroom. Certified Training Courses
BLOG
#1 Technical Resource Worldwide - Right at your fingertips. Search or browse through hundreds of SOLIDWORKS tips & tricks, additive manufacturing product developments, announcements, how-to guides, and tutorials. Blog
YouTube Channel
Our YouTube channel hosts hundreds of educational tutorials, product demonstrations, recorded webinars, and best practices for all of our products and services. GoEngineer's YouTube Channel
ONLINE STORE
Order 3D printing materials and consumables, enroll in SOLIDWORKS training classes, and buy official GoEngineer gear directly from our online store. Online Store
FREE SOLIDWORKS Tools
Enjoy this collection of small ‘macros’ that were tailored to help our customers. These free SOLIDWORKS tools are for you to use, review, and modify. SOLIDWORKS Automation Tools
WEBINARS
Our engineering webinars are hosted by some of the top experts in the industry. They are always recorded, always free, and always offer a live Q&A. WEBINARS
3D Printing Services
Need to 3D print a part? Our Additive Manufacturing experts will 3D print your part and deliver it to you using the latest technology on one of our professional FDM, PolyJet, SL, or Metal 3D printers. 3D Printing Services
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