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Delvin Masilamani
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design solutions were added to SOLIDWORKS two generations ago as a result of a partnership between DS SolidWorks and Altium. The partnership yielded two products: SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector, which connects Altium Designer to SOLIDWORKS. SOLIDWORKS PCB, which was developed by the…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Terminal Strips and Multilevel Terminals
By Delvin Masilamani on February 28, 2018
As SOLIDWORKS Electrical has evolved over time it managed to make software improvements to handle demands from both schematic design and electrical 3D. SOLIDWORKS Electrical Terminal Strips have improvements made to handle labeling of multilevel terminals. The SOLIDWORKS Electrical Terminal Strips Manager can now add…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Drawing Styles and Attribute management
By Delvin Masilamani on February 19, 2018
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 added new features enabling users to manage properties, and configure project Drawing styles such as Layers, Line styles and Text Styles. Just like existing configurations (such as terminals, PLCs, etc.) these can be defined at a Project level or at a Global…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Managing Wires
By Delvin Masilamani on February 12, 2018
In SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018, there are 3 productive changes made with regards to managing wires. Global Wire Mark Display: We can now pre-define the connection label display style directly from the configuration. The options will vary depending on the numbering style selected between Equipotential or…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Natural Sort Option & Unused Marks
By Delvin Masilamani on February 9, 2018
Leveraging the options of automation usually requires some setup and planning, lucky for us in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 there are some more additions in the configurations to creating device tags or marks. We can now sort using natural sort, which allows for mixing of automatic…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Classification Management
By Delvin Masilamani on February 6, 2018
Probably the most anticipated development of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018. Users can now create classes and sub classes. The classification can be fully defined and are searchable fields in the project environment. Where can the feature be found: SOLIDWORKS Electrical > Library > Classification Manager Classification Management…
SOLIDWORKS PCB 2018 3D Integration Enhancements
By Delvin Masilamani on February 4, 2018
As a pioneering technology for E-CAD and M-CAD design, the development team at SOLIDWORKS has done a fantastic job with SOLIDWORKS PCB 2018. We have listed a few of the changes that take this product to a new level as a productivity tool. Hardware management:…
As we advance into a technology driven future it has become more of a necessity for all systems to be connected and to have information bidirectionally accessible. In SOLIDWORKS PCB 2018, it is now possible to establish connections to databases outside of the SOLIDWORKS environment…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Routing Integration
By Delvin Masilamani on January 26, 2018
The SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 Routing Integration upgrade has taken the ambiguity out of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D and completely adopted the SOLIDWORKS Routing platform. Note the electrical component wizard below in SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2017: The SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 component wizard is now tied in with the SOLIDWORKS…
The SOLIDWORKS PCB IPC Footprint Wizard is probably one of the most anticipated features for SOLIDWORKS PCB 2018; we expect this to reduce creation time, increase accuracy and create the necessary step files to synchronize with SOLIDWORKS. Along with creating high pin out packages it…
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 User Experience Enhancements
By Delvin Masilamani on January 22, 2018
SOLIDWORKS 2018 focused on delivering better user experience to the electrical design community. Below are some of our favorite SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2018 User Experience enhancements: Symbol Editor The Edit Symbol feature has an interface update, which now allows users to Modify Index for Indexed Attributes,…
SOLIDWORKS PCB 2018 Secure Web Hosting Services
By Delvin Masilamani on January 3, 2018
The SOLIDWORKS PCB solution provides web hosting services to ensure collaboration between Electronic and mechanical interfaces of the design platform. HTTPS protocol was introduced in SOLIDWORKS PCB 2018 to ensure secure communication over networks, uphold data integrity and privacy. The SOLIDWORKS PCB services can now…
The introduction of the SOLIDWORKS PCB Symbol Wizard tool in the 2018 release is expected to significantly improve productivity and reduce time spent in the library, giving users a chance to focus only on design and engineering. Where to find the SOLIDWORKS PCB Symbol Wizard Select Schematic…
What is a SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Component?
By Delvin Masilamani on May 2, 2017
A SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Component is a unique device designation/mark. Multiple symbols can make one component. Every component is directly linked to a manufacturer part; e.g. In a case of coil and contacts arrangements, we can keep adding additional auxiliary contacts to this component. This…
Why use SOLIDWORKS Electrical Passive Symbols?
By Delvin Masilamani on May 1, 2017
There are instances where some tasks require a representation which do not appear on a BOM, do not have part information and also do not consume a device mark or a device tag. SOLIDWORKS Electrical Passive Symbols are typically created and left in the database to…