Solidworks 2008

Is there a list of new features in SW 2008?

 

Yes.

A great big one.

But I can't tell you here because it's all non-disclosure stuff. Very
hush hush. The competition might learn in advance what has been copied
from them. Actually several things have been shown already at SWWorld.

I can say that at least half of it is crap. Some of it is actually
useful. A good amount of the changes, particularly interface changes,
look like change for change sake. No advantage to the change, but change
is progress!?!?! Right? Some of it is actually old functions warmed over
and called new, even though they're not. I think they have totally
screwed the interface for long-time users. This is going to be the
release to skip if you want to save some subscription money. For
existing users, it's going to take some retraining and a lot of
re-configuring of the interface, as much as they allow. Some of the
interface controls are now gone, including for some functionality which
has changed and taking a screwball approach. Some of the new interface
can be disabled, but some can't and the stuff that can't is totally
disruptive and badly implemented, at least at this point. They may fix
it before sp0, but they don't bother fixing older bugs, so why would
they fix the new bugs?

I am a bit disgusted with it, not that it matters. The effort they put
into the new stuff was for the most part a complete waste of time. There
are some nice things with assemblies and configurations, but the
interface is what you call fukt. Same old bugs and design flaws. Early
stuff was rougher than usual.

 

One of the biggest enhancements is that is is now CRASHPROOF and will
run in Linux. The other biggie is that it's 10X faster than 2007

 

Try this link - it takes a while to download though.
http://img671.libsyn.com/img671/89e7d0d1a4d726a9404a2cec99a1fd3f/4656ce9d/4613/3418/DDI-EP72.pdf

The only points that sound useful for me are:-
- bi-directional link between BOM and file custom properties
- Live Editing (push/pull surfaces, even of imported models)
- copy mates along with parts

I don't understand the excitement about being able to turn an extrude into a
cut - other systems have been able to do this for years!

John H

 

next you're going to tell me that they will have mirrored assemblies
actually working.

 

If you mean having a mirrored look then yep. Right out of the box.

 

One of the biggest enhancements is that is is now CRASHPROOF and will run

Perhaps they are expanding their home license initiative for add-in
products by shipping TWO pads of graph paper with this release.

 

A couple more beverages and it will all look good. Still waiting for
mirrored assemblies that work, mirrored part drawings where the hole
wizard data transfers, assembly performance (always a favorite),
addendum weldment cut lists from weldment parts, weldment sub-weldment
assemblies to higher level assemblies, consistent user interface
between parts, drawings and assemblies, fix all known bugs in the
previous release before moving on to the next (oh, that might keep
some from wanting to upgrade, sorry).

Kman