SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 459 - WN2014 - SolidWorks Plastics & Simulation

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WN2014 - SolidWorks Plastics & Simulation :

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

Chapter 16: SolidWorks Plastics:
- Getting Started Wizard
- Help Updates for Dynamic Advisor
- Injection Location
- Machine Details
- Mold Layout Wizard
- Runner Design Wizard Gate Descriptions

Chapter 19: SolidWorks Simulation:
- Connectors
- Contact
- Materials
- Performance
- Post-Processing
- Importing Results from SolidWorks Plastics

SolidWorks Plastics and Simulation, covering chapter 16 and 19 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 458 - WN2014 - Routing & Sheet Metal

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WN2014 - Routing & Sheet Metal: 

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

Chapter 17: Routing:
- Display Colored Connector Pins
- Edit Connector Tables
- Electrical Flattening Enhancements
- O-let Improvements
- Slope Improvements
- Spool Enhancements
- Support for Assembly Connectors in From-To Lists
- Support for Crimps and Terminals in Connector Library

Chapter: 18: Sheet Metal:
- Adding Sheet Metal Gussets
- Bent Lofted Bends
- Corner Reliefs and Bend Transitions
- Swept Flanges for Conical and Cylindrical Bodies

SolidWorks Routing and Sheet Metal, covering chapter 17 and 18 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

 Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 457 - WN2014 - Parts, Features & Sketching

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WN2014 - Parts, Features & Sketching 

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show: 

 Chapter 15: Parts and Features:
- Conic Fillets
- Extruded Cuts
- Holes
- Mass Properties
- More options for Deleting Features
- Patterns
- Reference Geometry
- Weldments

Chapter 20: Sketching:
- Automatic Tangency for Conics
- Maintaining Proportions in a Sketch Profile
- Path Length Dimension
- Replace Sketch Entities
- Sketch Equations
- Sketch Picture Scale Tool
- Splines
- Using Stick Fonts

SolidWorks Parts, Features and Sketching, covering chapter 15 and 20 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 456 - WN2014 - Electrical, EPDM & Flow Simulation

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WN2014 - Electrical, EPDM & Flow Simulation: 

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

Chapter 12: SolidWorks Electrical:
- Integration with Enterprise PDM
- Replace Microsoft Access with SQLite
- Report Templates for Electrical Calculations
- Support for Mixed Schema
- Additional Features

Chapter 13: SolidWorks Enterprise PDM: 
- Automated Cache Management
- Consolidated Delayed in State Notifications
- Dynamic Notification Recipients Filter
- Extracting Hidden SolidWorks BOMs
- Flexible "Always work with latest version of files" Option
- Flexible Retrieval of Referenced Files During Check Out
- Increased Workflow Performance
- Navigating Tree Structures
- User Defined Custom Columns
- Version Comparison of Referenced Files
- Version Free Variables and Workflow Transitions
- Visibility of Child Quick Information Warnings in Parent Assemblies

Chapter 14: SolidWorks Flow Simulation:
- CircuitWorks and SolidWorks Flow Simulation
- eDrawings Support
- Mesh Control
- Mesh Parallelization
- Parametric Study Mode
- Usability Improvements

SolidWorks Electrical, Enterprise PDM and Flow Simulation, covering chapter 12, 13 and 14 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 455 - WN2014 - Drawings and Detailing

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WN2014 - Drawings and Detailing: 

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

 Chapter 10: Drawings and Detailing:
- Balloons
- Bill of Materials
- Dimensions
- Drawings Views
- Other Annotations
- Sheet Formats
- Automatically Splitting Tables Horizontally at a Row

Chapter 11: eDrawings:
- Viewing 3D ContentCentral on iPad
- Viewing DimXpert Dimensions from SolidWorks Part Files
- Viewing Rotational Exploded Steps
- eDrawings for Android (not mentioned in What's New)

SolidWorks Drawings, Detailing & eDrawings, covering chapter 10 and 11 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 454 - WN2014 - Configs, Composer & Costing

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WN2014 - Configs, Composer & Costing:

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

Chapter 7: Configurations:
- Additional Properties for Toolbox Components
- Applying Configurations to Equations
- Selecting Configurations from the Context Toolbar

Chapter 8: SolidWorks Composer :
- Automatically Hiding Annotations
- Composer API
- Coordinate Labels
- Wrapping Annotation Text

Chapter 9: SolidWorks Costing:
- Converting Circular Cut Paths to Drilled Holes
- Costing Options
- Costing Reports
- Creating a Limited-access Costing Template
- Custom Properties in Costing
- Generating Costing BOMs
- Including Precent Scrap in Sheet Metal Costing
- Modifying Machined Part Setup
- Adding Template Comments to Drill, Mill, or Turn Operations
- Organization of the Setup Folder
- Setting Model Materials
- Simplifying Cost Estimates
- Updating Template Material Cost Data
- Using Multibody Parts to Define Removed Material
- Volume Features

SolidWorks Configurations, Composer and Costing, covering chapter 7, 8 and 9 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 453 - WN2014 - Assemblies & CircuitWorks

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WN2014 - Assemblies & CircuitWorks:  

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

Chapter 5: Assemblies:
- FeatureManager Structure for Large Assembly Review
- Including Rotations in Exploded Views
- Mates
- Mirroring Asymmetric Components
- Multiple Configuration Updates
- Patterns
- Selecting Components by Size
- Selecting Configurations from the Context Toolbar
- Shortcuts for Suppressing Items in Design Tables
- Toggling Between Flexible and Rigid States
- Updating Assembly Graphics

Chapter 6: CircuitWorks:
- Associating CircuitWorks Components with SolidWorks Models
- CircuitWorks and SolidWorks Flow Simulation
- CircuitWorks Library Components Wizard
- CircuitWorks Setup Wizard
- Exporting from SolidWorks to CircuitWorks
- Importing Properties fro ECAD Files
- Syncing Selected ProStep EDMD Changes
- Specifying Component Names in the CircuitWorks Tree
- Support for ProStep EDMD Files
- User Interface

SolidWorks Assemblies and CircuitWorks, covering chapter 5 and 6 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 452 - WN2014 - Fundamentals & Installation

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WN2014 - Fundamentals & Installation:

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

 Chapter 3: SolidWorks Fundamentals:
- Accessing Recent Features Through History
- Application Programming Interface
- Equations
- Dismissing All Prompts for Missing Components (Yeah!)
- Graphics
- Updating Assembly Graphics
- Opening Document Copies
- Pack and Go Toolbox Option
- Recent Documents
- Version Support for DXF and DWG Files
- Saving SolidWorks Files as Portable Network Graphics Files

Chapter 4: Installation:
- Installing SolidWorks Electrical
- Support for Environment Variables in the Options Editor

SolidWorks Fundamentals and Installation, covering chapter 3 and 4 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.

SolidWorks:HEARD! - Episode 451 - WN2014 - Release Notes, Intro & UI

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WN2014 - Release Notes, Intro & UI:

This series of podcasts dissects the What's New PDF, outlining all the new functionality in SolidWorks 2014 with tips, tricks and insights into the new major release of SolidWorks' product line.  Topics covered in this show:

Release Notes: 
- System Requirements
- Installation
- Technical Alerts
- Functionality 
- Documentation

 Chapter 1: Introduction:
- Highlights
- Top Enhancements
- For More Information

Chapter 2: User Interface 
- Accessibility
- Applying Standard Mates from a Context Toolbar
- FeatureManager Design Tree Response to Selections
- Including SmartMates in the CommandManager
- Selecting Items by Lasso
- Sticky Settings
- Text and Button Sizes

Introduction and User Interface covering chapter 1 and 2 of the What's New PDF,  outline changes/enhancements to the SolidWorks product line since the previous release.  If you have not done so, please download this PDF and walk through the areas that are most important to you.

The goal of this series is to provide a portable, audio version of the 2014 What's New, providing an efficient way to evaluate new features that have been changed/added/removed in the SolidWorks product line.  We all fall victim to the "ruts" of using SolidWorks from release to release and knowing what's to come brings awareness early.

I will be releasing an additional show a week as well as the usual monthly Tech News shows (up to 3 a week) in order to cover the entire What's New PDF before FCS (First Customer Ship). Between the podcast, blog and other posts around the web, there will be no shortage of SolidWorks 2013 content to come!

Check out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter and  Facebook.