solidworks

Contents
Legal Notices..........................................................................................................10
1 Welcome to SOLIDWORKS 2020........................................................................13
Top Enhancements......................................................................................................................14
Performance Improvements.........................................................................................................15
For More Information....................................................................................................................17
2 User Interface .....................................................................................................19
Changes to the CommandManager Menu...................................................................................19
Display Feature Names in a Different Language ........................................................................20
Drag Multiple Contiguous Features to a Folder............................................................................20
Enhanced Large Tooltips for Toolbars ........................................................................................21
File Types List..............................................................................................................................21
Markups........................................................................................................................................22
Drawing Markups with a Mouse .............................................................................................23
Exporting Multiple Markups ....................................................................................................23
Markup Previews ....................................................................................................................24
Searching for Materials ................................................................................................................24
Touch Mode .................................................................................................................................25
Troubleshooting Enhancements...................................................................................................25
Updated Help Menu......................................................................................................................26
View Recent Files.........................................................................................................................27
Welcome Dialog Box....................................................................................................................27
3 SOLIDWORKS Fundamentals.............................................................................28
Application Programming Interface..............................................................................................28
Changes to System Options and Document Properties...............................................................29
Checking the 3D Printer Size ......................................................................................................31
Closing a Document When Saving a Copy..................................................................................32
Opening Documents.....................................................................................................................32
Improved Performance When Opening and Saving Files from a Previous Version ..........32
Open Modes from File Explorer or PDM Vault View ..............................................................33
Simplified Open Options..........................................................................................................33
Selection Sets...............................................................................................................................34
Adding a Selection to a Selection Set ....................................................................................34
Updating Entities in a Selection Set .......................................................................................35
Slicing Data for 3MF Export .........................................................................................................35
Specifying the Up Axis for View Orientation.................................................................................37
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