In previous versions, the interface would sometimes appear sluggish and hesitant because of all this overhead. It appears obvious that SolidWorks 99 has focused on making migration to a true 3D production modeling system as painless as possible for traditional 2D users. However, that' s not the only focus for this product. Sheet metal, lighting control, printing control and sub-assembly grouping features have all been improved. Fundamentals A subtle, but meaningful change to the file dialog box allows viewing of all types of SolidWorks files at the same time.
Users can now create an axis normal to and plane tangent to a surface.
I tried this on a fairly exotic surface, and it worked great, as shown in Figure 4. By the same token, you can now create a tangent surface with the same ease. Importing models has become more robust. You can diagnose and repair any gaps or bad faces on imported features. Fixing these will allow SolidWorks 99 to create a solid from an imported file that previous versions might not have been able to do, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.