This document provides general information about Dassault Syst�mes SolidWorks Corporation releases. Refer to What's New, available from the Help menu, for descriptions of new functionality.
For a list of fixed SPRs, click here.
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To ensure successful installation and optimum performance, see System Requirements and Windows 7 advantages.
For optimum performance of RealView graphics in SolidWorks 2011 software, see Graphics Card Drivers for the recommended graphics cards and drivers displayed with the gold RealView icon.
Some antivirus software prevents proper installation of the SolidWorks software. For additional information, see the Antivirus section of the Support Web site.
In the SolidWorks Installation Manager product summary, you can use
the Languages specification to
limit the languages that are installed for the SolidWorks product only.
Other product installations are not affected by this specification. For
example, SolidWorks eDrawings
Technical Alerts (Updated)
Following Microsoft�s retirement of the Windows� XP operating system in April of 2009, SolidWorks 2013 and Enterprise PDM 2013 will not install on Windows XP. See System Requirements for more information.
Dassault Syst�mes SolidWorks Corporation will offer alternative, higher value offerings to replace 3D Instant Website. DS SolidWorks will:
Discontinue hosting customer websites created using 3D Instant Website starting December 31, 2010.
Retire 3D Instant Website after the service pack cycle of SolidWorks 2011.
After December 31, 2010, new and existing customers will still be able to create custom websites, but for local hosting only. Notification of DS SolidWorks intent to discontinue the hosting of customer websites will appear on the 3D Instant Website web page immediately.
To better align with the Dassault Syst�mes new 2D product - DraftSight
Dassault Syst�mes now offers DraftSight, which is available via download to everyone. DraftSight features an open, global online community that facilitates a collaborative, design-focused atmosphere where the community of CAD users can expand their knowledge, open new possibilities, and communicate with each other to find the answers they need.
To get started with DraftSight, visit www.draftsight.com and follow the download instructions.
To access the community, visit swym.3ds.com and create a DS Passport that grants access to community services.
If you use Windows
Changes in the SolidWorks Workgroup PDM 2011 add-in prevent it from loading in SolidWorks 2010 or earlier. To ensure uninterrupted access to Workgroup PDM data, upgrade both SolidWorks and Workgroup PDM at the same time.
SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2011 supports SolidWorks 2011 and two previous versions. The combination of a newer version of SolidWorks and an older version of Enterprise PDM is not supported.
SolidWorks 2011 supports Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007.
An issue with the solver for symmetry mates is fixed. In previous releases, some symmetry mates were incorrectly reported as solving without error. They are now correctly reported as failing to solve. To fix affected mates, flip the mate alignment (Aligned/Anti-Aligned).
The limitation of a single weldment cut list in a drawing sheet is removed. You can include multiple cut lists in a drawing sheet.
PhotoView 360 now provides two ways to preview a rendering:
To preview in the SolidWorks graphics area, click Integrated Preview (Render Tools toolbar) or PhotoView 360 > Integrated Preview.
To preview in a separate window, click Preview Window (Render Tools toolbar) or PhotoView 360 > Preview Window.
If you are installing SolidWorks 2011 for the first time, the new Integrated Preview options are available when you start SolidWorks.
If you installed SolidWorks 2011 Beta, enable the Integrated Preview toolbar button:
Display the Render Tools toolbar.
In a toolbar area, right-click and click Customize.
In the dialog box, on the Commands tab, select Render Tools.
Drag the Integrated Preview button to the Render Tools toolbar.
The default settings for SolidWorks Motion plots have changed. SolidWorks Motion uses the dyndes.ini file for plot defaults. If you install the complete SolidWorks 2011 product, you will automatically get the new plot settings. If you upgrade from a previous version of SolidWorks, first decide if you want to preserve any plot customizations. If you want to preserve plot customizations, leave your dyndes.ini file as is. If you do not want to preserve any plot customizations, copy the contents of the swmotiondefaults.ini file to dyndes.ini. This overwrites any previous plot customizations, so you might want to make a backup copy of the dyndes.ini file before modifying it. The plot settings files are located in install_dir\lang\language.
The CATIA
The help topic "Example - Orientation of Mirrored Instances" contains some inaccuracies. It should state the following:
For one orientation, the mirrored component is positioned based on the seed component's bounding box. That is, for both components, the center of the bounding box is the same distance from the mirror plane, and three virtual axes in the space (axes in the directions of components� axes and with the origin at the bounding box center) are at mirrored positions. To achieve the other orientations, the software flips the mirrored instance about its bounding box center in the x, y, or both the x and y directions.
The following are available in Turkish:
Introducing SolidWorks
SolidWorks Help
SolidWorks Installation and Administration Help
SolidWorks Installation Manager Help
What's New
After specific XP security updates are applied, SolidWorks compiled help files (.chm) cannot be accessed over a network (although they can be accessed from a disk or local installation). The Microsoft Knowledge Base article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054/ includes a resolution to this problem.
In Service Pack 5.0, top-level transparency overrides now work properly. Previously, if a component was set to transparent at the subassembly level, and then in a top-level assembly you tried to make it nontransparent, the override failed and the component continued to be shown as transparent. This incorrect behavior only occurred if the top-level assembly was first created in SolidWorks 2010 or SolidWorks 2011. In Service Pack 5.0, components that previously displayed as transparent might now be displayed as nontransparent because the top-level transparency override is being properly evaluated.
SolidWorks 2011 Service Pack 4.0 supports Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
SolidWorks 2011 Service Pack 4.0 supports Internet Explorer 9.
By default, the SolidWorks software now automatically releases GDI resources when closing a part or subassembly graphics window. This change should reduce problems that occur when the GDI handle limit is reached. In some cases, third party add-ins or custom macros may be affected. Refer to Knowledge Base Solution S-054963 "How do I control if SolidWorks releases GDI resources when closing a document window in SolidWorks 2011 SP4" for additional information.
The Find Custom Manufacturers search in the Online Resources section of the SolidWorks Resources tab of the Task Pane has been removed because the Supplier Source service is no longer available.
In Tools > Options > System Options > Drawings, the option Disable note merging when dragging disables the merging of two notes or a note and a dimension when they are dragged to one another. Select the option to disable merging; clear the option to enable merging. A new shortcut menu item, Merge Annotations, appears when you select two notes or a note and a dimension, and right click.
The SolidWorks Flow Simulation user interface and online help are localized in French and German.
In cases of bonding contact between sheet metal parts with other surfaces (solids or shells), the bonding algorithm can enforce over-stiffening due to the gap between the mid-surface mesh and the contact surface geometry. The over-stiffening of the bonding contact alters the calculation of the rigid body modes. The program will calculate all rigid modes (with frequency values close to 0) if you eliminate the gap by offsetting the mesh of the sheet metal parts from the mid-surfaces to the contact surface geometry.
Integrated Preview is more interactive. During view dynamics (rotating/zooming), Integrated Preview limits refinement until view dynamics are complete, resulting in better coordination between the preview and mouse movement.
Dimensions
In Tools > Options > Document Properties > Dimensions > Hole Callout, Count delimiter lets you select the standard to use in callouts, either the document standard or the hole standard.
FeatureManager
In Tools > Options > System Options > FeatureManager, the option Enable FeatureManager tree filter shows or hides the box at the top of the FeatureManager design tree where you can type text to filter.
Sheet Metal
In Tools > Options > Document Properties > Sheet Metal, the option Create multiple flat patterns whenever a feature creates multiple sheetmetal bodies creates flat pattern features. When selected, if you use a feature to create additional bodies in a sheet metal part, each new body gets a sheet metal and flat pattern feature.
Bounded Surface (type 143) is a new IGES export option that lets you export periodic faces without splitting them into nonperiodic ones, such as cylinders.
Support for 3D woods is restored. As in previous releases of PhotoWorks, 3D woods will continue to display as 2D textures with mapping controls, but will always ray trace render without requiring any mapping.
3D wood appearances applied prior to SolidWorks 2011 will render in PhotoView 360 as expected.
3D wood appearances applied prior to SolidWorks 2011 Service Pack 2.0 but after SolidWorks 2011 Alpha1 must be reapplied to render as 3D woods.
The following are related to PhotoView 360:
There is improved performance, stability, and memory consumption when using Integrated Preview.
The PhotoView Preview window no longer opens when using Integrated Preview and initiating a final render.
There was an issue when working with large assemblies that PhotoView 360 preview would not start. This issue is resolved.
Clicking the mouse in the graphics area no longer cancels the PhotoView 360 Options PropertyManager. Click OK or Cancel in the PropertyManager.
Caustic effects are fully implemented. By default, caustics cast by indirect illumination are always on. To maximize caustic effects:
In PhotoView 360, set up a physical light (point or spot lights work best to simulate caustics).
In PhotoView 360 Options, select Direct Caustics and set the Caustic Amount and Caustic Quality values. Larger values for Caustic Amount increase the visible area and intensity of caustics that are cast. Larger values for Caustic Quality increase the visual quality of the caustics. Larger values for Caustic Amount and Caustic Quality increase rendering time.
Note: Direct caustics are only visible in a final render; they are not visible in PhotoView 360 preview modes.
Integrated Preview now acts as a document-specific view mode. When you select Integrated Preview, it is locked to the document or viewport.