SolidWorks 
2009
SolidWorks 2009 is up to 65% faster, which gives you more time to design better products – every day. With over 250 enhancements, great speed and groundbreaking performance, SolidWorks 2009 will change your sense of time. Here are just a few of the exciting new features.
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Large Assembly Handling Improvements
SolidWorks 2009 performance has been improved for very large and complex assemblies. Commands with improved performance include: Window selection; copying, adding, saving, and deleting subassemblies; and adding and editing mates.
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SpeedPak Technology
SpeedPak is a new technology that creates a simplified version of a complex assembly without losing references. The result is a significant performance enhancement for both large assemblies and drawings.
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Simulation Advisor
A Simulation Advisor has been added to many of the model setup menus to provide expert advice at nearly every stage of the simulation. With an intuitive question-and-answer workflow, you are prompted to choose more efficient and accurate techniques that might not have been obvious at the start of the project.
Apply Filters and Sort BOM by Column
SolidWorks 2009 lets you apply filters to a BOM based on the variables displayed within the BOM itself. You can easily sort columns within a BOM by clicking on the column heading.
Sensors
Sensors monitor selected properties in parts and assemblies and alert you when values deviate from the user-specified limits. Sensor types include mass properties, measurement, interference, and SolidWorks Simulation data. The Sensor tool in SolidWorks Simulation allows you to set their design goals like allowable stress, displacement, or even part weight. The sensors will monitor results across multiple studies and alert you when any design goal has been violated.
IDF Import/Export and PADS ASCII Import
CircuitWorks can automatically build accurate SolidWorks assemblies of circuit boards and their components, showing outlines, keep-outs, regions, and annotations in the assembly if required. Since CircuitWorks is a bi-directional system, SolidWorks parts and assemblies can be exported in the IDF file format using CircuitWorks so they can be imported back into an ECAD system. You can then place the remaining electrical components and interconnecting traces.
Support for SolidWorks Drawing and Assembly BOM
SolidWorks Enterprise PDM now displays BOM tables that were created in SolidWorks assembly and drawing files. Edits made in the SolidWorks 2009 BOM table are automatically reflected in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM.
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Pass/Fail Indicators for Bolt Connectors
SolidWorks 2009 allows you to understand if a bolt connector will withstand stress. If the stress in a Bolt Connector exceeds the bolt’s strength, the connector turns red and the forces are displayed to ease redesign of the fastener.
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Electrical Component Library
The components that CircuitWorks builds can be replaced with more complex models, which SolidWorks 2009 will use in subsequent boards. The CircuitWorks Library allows you to define which part or assembly to use to represent a component.
Additional Drawing Enhancements
SolidWorks has made many enhancements to drawings, including: support for customized drawing standards, extensive BOM editing on a drawing, improved detail positioning control, new print options, custom line thicknesses and styles, and detailing for sketch slots.
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Title Block Wizard
The Title Block Wizard streamlines the creation and editing of title block information.
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Dimension Jog
SolidWorks 2009 enables you to jog an extension line for a dimension that is very close to a corresponding extension line.
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Convert Solid-to-Sheet Metal
Engineers frequently create rough solid designs that will be manufactured as a sheet metal part. SolidWorks 2009 automates this process. You can design a solid part to fit the space required, then specify the material thickness, bend edges, and the required rips. SolidWorks automatically converts the part to sheet metal.
Plastic Part Design Features—Lip and Groove and Rib with Draft
New capabilities enable the automated creation of lip and groove fastening features to align and assemble plastic parts. When applying draft to a rib feature, you can specify the thickness of the rib at the intersection with the rest of the part.
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Drawing Sheet Quick View and Load Sheet
Quick View enables you to preview a drawing before opening it. Load Sheet enables you to open the drawing by loading only one sheet into memory.
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Assembly Clearance Verification
Clearance verification enables you to check the spacing between selected components in an assembly and report clearances that fail to meet the minimum value specified. This capability complements the Interference Detection, also included in SolidWorks 2009.
Cut Lists and Weldment BOMs
You can display a cut list or a weldment bill of materials (BOM) for a multi-body part using the new BOM types feature within the Administration tool. These BOMs appear in the BOM tab and are selected via a drop down list.
3DVIA Composer
New to the SolidWorks family of products, 3DVIA Composer is an easy to use application that enables you to utilize 3D data to produce technical publications, user manuals, catalogs, and rich animations. You can easily manipulate models into any desired orientation, and create with many different line styles. If the 3D CAD model updated, all deliverables created in 3DVIA Composer automatically update.
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