3D打印行业recently attended the launch of SOLIDWORKS 2018.
3D设计和工程软件的新版本旨在将设计集成到制造过程中。使用简化的产品开发工作流程，DassaultSystèmes(Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) believes users with be able to innovate faster with improved business outcomes.
为了更好地了解2018年版的SOLIDWORKS我们发送了一位记者，具有6年以上与以前版本的软件一起发表意见的经验。
首选CAD程序
“SOLIDWORKS is my go-to CAD program. However for over the past six or so years of using SOLIDWORKS I have never truly seen a vital necessity to update my program” says mechanical engineer Evan Johannigman. “Coming out from the presentation, it was made absolutely clear to me how this year would have to be why I changed my mindset. SOLIDWORKS 2018 has listened to their user’s thoughts and ideas and has implemented solutions to help save Engineers hours of work while giving full control to the user so that they may continue to have free reign on designing solutions.”
Edson Gebo, Owner, Digital Detail & Design, said, “Lots of designs involve welding plate and sheet metal parts and most people use ‘tab and slot’ techniques for self-fixturing the parts for welding. The new tab and slot feature saves a lot of time versus having to create these features manually. This will really help get designs to the shop faster.”
We understand that Dassault Systèmes will roll out additional new end-to-end process solutions gradually.
约翰尼格曼说，真正印象深刻的主要功能是拓扑优化。“An engineer’s job is not only to provide innovative solutions to problems, but to also make sure they are profitable. This means choosing the correct material, the correct amount of material, and the correct process for it to be made. SOLIDWORKS’ Topology is able to complete two of these three requirements in about an hour.”
SOLIDWORKS CAM
In beta since April, and new for SOLIDWORKS 2018, isSOLIDWORKS CAM。该应用程序通过知识捕获提供基于规则的加工。它旨在允许自动化制造计划。该工具旨在允许设计师和工程师“对他们的设计的制定方式有了更大的了解，做出更明智的决策，并迅速创建原型零件并在内部制造以控制质量，成本和交付。”
SOLIDWORKS CAM can be used by teams to execute new “build to order” strategies with custom parts that are automatically designed and programmed “in seconds rather than hours”.
Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes, said, “A successful consumer experience must have a well-designed product at its core and an efficient way to produce it. SOLIDWORKS 2018 brings more than just a smarter approach to manufacturing parts or products, it helps businesses translate imagination into innovation and build ecosystems.”
What is 3DEXPERIENCE?
这样的生态系统是3Dexperience“投资组合”，它为Solidworks 2018提供了动力。定义3Dexperience并不容易的任务，因为DS的营销信息似乎在翻译中丢失了。参加了DS events in Milan and London this year，我仍然不确定什么是3Dexperience。它似乎是DS提供的软件套件 - 但与高生产价值事件中所设想的可能性相比，这似乎相当简化。
In giving his perspective onthe future of 3D printingStephen Chadwick, Managing Director EuroNorth at Dassault Systèmes, describes how through, “a unified business platform companies will reap the productivity benefits delivered through an end-to-end solution, including all engineering parameters, for the additive manufacturing of parts inclusive of material science, functional specification, generative design, 3D printing optimization, multi-robotic production and certification. When it is run on a seamless unified platform that builds bridges between skills, the advantages and benefits of AM technology are multiplied.”
回到我们的访问工程师并回到实际使用中，Evan Johannigman认为Solidworks 2018为节省时间是升级的最吸引人的理由。特别是对于“任何处理材料设计，动力学相互作用或两者组合的工程师”。
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