BI-DIRECTIONAL CIRCULAR PATTERN Circular pattern in both directions MULTI-DISTANCE CHAMFER Multiple sizes in one feature VARIABLE CHAMFER New functionality in a single feature
COMBINE CHAMFER-FILLET FEATURE Both operations now in a single command TRANSPARENT SECTION VIEWS Transparent parts now included in section views THREAD FEATURE LEAD-IN / LEAD-OUT Adding manufacturing options to the Thread Feature introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2016 TREEHOUSE DRAWING IMPORT Treehouse automatically imports associated Drawings TREEHOUSE STRUCTURE PRINT Printing the Treehouse Structure now supported SHADED SKETCH CONTOURS Sketch Contours now shaded for clarity and easier manipulation ADVANCED HOLE WIZARD New Functionality to create multi-step holes SMARTER MATE PLACEMENT Components move closer to their intended location MISALIGNED MATES Concentric faces that won’t align can be overridden without over-defining the assembly SUB-ASSEMBLY SAVED AS A PART NOW MAINTAINS ALL REFERENCES Face ID’s are maintained so mates don’t fail on replace SOLIDWORKS PDM LATEST VERSION OVERWRITE Small changes no longer require a new version LOCK BOM TABLES FROM TEMPLATE Table items locked in the template remained locked when placed in the drawing NOTES CAN REFERENCE BOM CELLS Directly reference BOM Cell items MULTI-SHEET PROPERTY EDITS Make sheet property edits apply to selected sheets EMPHASIZE SECTION OUTLINE Section view outlines can now be outlined for clarity
JAGGED OUTLINE FOR DETAIL VIEWS Detail views can now be shown with jagged lines MIRROR VIEWS Mirror the drawing without creating the 3D Part BASIC DIMENSIONS OF SIZE New functionality in DimXpert 3D DIMENSIONS TO EDGES DimXpert now supports surface and edge selection RE-ORDER 3D VIEWS 3D Views in SOLIDWORKS MBD can now be reordered COMPARE 3D ANNOTATION TOOL Compare different versions of PMI data in SOLIDWORKS MBD HIDE ALL REFERENCE ITEM TYPES New functionality to hide all types with a single command OFFSET CURVE ON SURFACE Offset a 3D Curve on a surface WRAP SKETCHES ONTO ANY SURFACE OR ONTO MULTIPLE SURFACES Wrap sketch now supports any surface and multiple surfaces MAGNETIC MATES Components automatically snap together with predefined references MAGNETIC MATE ASSET PUBLISHER Fast setup for magnetic mates EDRAWINGS OPENS MANY MORE FORMATS eDrawings now supports opening many new file types with measure and markup OPEN AND USE MANY CAD FORMATS Reference other CAD data without importing the geometry MAINTAIN FEATURES AND MATES WHEN CHANGES MADE TO IMPORTED CAD DATA Imported CAD data now maintains feature and mate references when changes are made
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