New in SOLIDWORKS 2017 is Term Licensing in additional to perpetual licensing model. The best-in-class collaboration between mechanical, electrical and PCB engineers allows SOLIDWORKs customers to decrease development costs, significantly improve time to market and reduce the number of prototypes and errors. Now, customers like Myomo can design its full system from PCB boards to electrical wiring, to mechanical and simulation of its connected device in a single environment. Extending the ECAD ecosystem, we are introducing SOLIDWORKS PCB powered by Altium, and SOLIDWORKS 2017 is the first full major release for SOLIDWORKS PCB. There are over 100 enhancements in SOLIDWORKS Electrical alone. Like CAD, there are many innovations in simulation with advanced nonlinear (arc length control), better visualization of hot spots, etc. The list for CAD is long and it is best to take a look at what’s new or attend your reseller’s 2017 launch event for a deeper dive. Magnetic mates with speedpack enhancements makes it fast and easy to manage large modular assemblies. There are many core CAD enhancements such as variable Chamfer, super features that convert Chamfer to a Fillet for flexible modeling, advanced hole, enhancements to import mesh files, wrap feature, offset surface, better placement of components while mating that can deliver up to 5X in performance improvements over SOLIDWORKS 2016. Beyond improving day-to-day productivity, approximately 20 percent of those involve new innovations. This year, you will find more than 250 new features and enhancements in CAD alone with a total of 520 new enhancements spread across all products.

Thank you to all SOLIDWORKS users worldwide who invited us into your companies, provided feedback in forums, wrote email suggestions and helped us create SOLIDWORKS 2017. In this release, 90 percent of the enhancements are driven by user feedback. SOLIDWORKS 2017 is the 24th annual release of CAD (MCAD, ECAD), simulation, data management and collaboration tools that delivers the power our users need to drive innovation.

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