solidworks

Welcome to SOLIDWORKS 2020
• Workflow. Refinements in design, simulation, manufacturing, and collaboration permit new
workflows that improve time to market and product quality, and reduce manufacturing
costs.
• Performance. Improvements in drawings and assemblies significantly speed up large
assembly design and detailing.
• Direct connection to the 3DEXPERIENCE ® Platform. Seamless integration with 3DEXPERIENCE
applications provides scalability and flexibility to dramatically improve the way you develop
concepts, design, and collaborate.
Top Enhancements
The top enhancements for SOLIDWORKS ® 2020 provide improvements to existing products
and innovative new functionality.
Throughout this guide, look for the
symbol in these areas:
Assemblies • Create and Edit Component Patterns in Large Design
Review on page 54
• Create Mates to Reference Geometry in Large Design
Review on page 55
• Envelope Publisher on page 44
• Flexible Components on page 50
Detailing and
Drawings
• Adding Hole Callouts in Section Views on page 74
• Chain Dimensions on page 78
• Detailing Mode on page 86
• Render Pipeline in Drawings on page 89
Fundamentals • Improved Performance When Opening and Saving Files
from a Previous Version on page 32
Model Display • Body Compare on page 121
Parts and Features • Creating an Offset Surface Without Failed Faces on page
137
• Repairing Missing References for Fillets and Chamfers on
page 135
• Expanded Support for Mesh BREP Bodies in Features on
page 134
• Decimating a Graphics Mesh Body on page 127
Routing • Create Multiple Connection Points on page 172
• Minimum Bend Radius on page 174
• Reimport Electrical Data on page 175
Sketching • Applying Torsion Continuity Relations on page 189
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