There’s something different about SolidWorks 2010.\u00a0 It’s hard to put my finger on it.\u00a0 It just seems to be a little …oh I don’t know… snappier or peppier.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s strange.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, there are obvious improvements in such areas as user interface, reliability and predictable feature results, but there’s something else.<\/p>\n
Well, I lie, I know exactly what is different.\u00a0 SolidWorks has had a tune-up.\u00a0 There’s a ton of really old code in SolidWorks that’s been acting like built-up sludge in an old 4-cylinder 1.0 litre engine that was stuffed into a 1969 Mustang Fastback.\u00a0\u00a0 (I know that the analogy is wrong on so many levels, which is the point.)\u00a0\u00a0 Some of that old code has now been cleaned up.\u00a0 It’s not a magical change in every area.\u00a0 But there is improvement on certain types of solid model features.\u00a0 Due to the code clean up, those features will rebuild (much) faster.\u00a0 This is accomplished without SpeedPak or Lightweight memory hacks, er I mean tricks, er I mean shortcuts, I mean…nevermind.\u00a0 SolidWorks will naturally rebuild models faster now.\u00a0\u00a0 Finally, this is the improvement many of us have been requesting for years!\u00a0 We still have the advantage of SpeedPak and Lightweight, but now the actual features themselves will rebuild faster with more efficient underlying code.\u00a0 To realize the improved rebuilt times, each solid model must be saved as SolidWorks 201o format.\u00a0 (Even SolidWorks 2010 will still rebuild older files inefficiently until that are saved in the current format.)<\/p>\n
I hope to have a list of improved features soon.\u00a0 One feature where I’ve seen significant improvement is Delete Face, which used to be memory intensive with long rebuild times.\u00a0 It now rebuilds much quicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"