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I think that SOLIDWORKS has a great idea of how to connect their Desktop solutions with the new generation Online solutions.

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If you want to see what is coming, register for the beta version that will be released before summer: ĭistribution of software and the new license model All this before you have a complete design to start validate! This is not a new term, but what’s new is that Xdesign with the help from “Design Guidance” can suggest the best design within a certain set of criteria’s and suggest design solutions optimized for less material usage, still with kept strength and functionality. What I’ve seen so far and what seems most interesting is Xdesign’s approach to something called “Topology Optimization”.

What seems to be really interesting with these new products is that they try to extend the functionality and extend the help you get from a CAD system. SOLIDWORKS Xdrive will be the bridge between desktop solutions from SOLIDWORKS and the new generation tools on the X-platform. Xdesign runs 100% in a web browser and is based on a database that doesn’t share SOLIDWORKS file format. The difference is that this one is specialized for CAD-files and will work for SOLIDWORKS, but also for the other new solution on the X-platform: SOLIDWORKS Xdesign. Xdrive is a storage platform similar to dropbox, google drive etc. First out will be SOLIDWORKS Xdrive that will be included in all SOLIDWORKS subscriptions from the 2017-version. The first solutions we will see running in a web browser is what SOLIDWORKS calls “X-applications”. This will soon be available at My., and in this case it is a virtualization of SOLIDWORKS Desktop that is used.īut what will evolve within the area “ONLINE”?
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We can also see that Desktop solutions like SOLIDWORKS already exists as hybrids in the cloud as a trial version of the software, and can run in any web browser. And as I see it, this classification is something positive and makes the different solutions easier to understand, also clearer for which infrastructure they’re targeted for. Soon you will see more of solutions within the three areas: DESKTOP, CONNECTED and ONLINE.

SOLIDWORKS has now made it clearer for the future and added a category called “CONNECTED”, which means hybrid between desktop and cloud solutions. In a hybrid solution the storage is online and the program runs in a web browser, however it has to be installed locally and uses local resources as graphics and processor. And to be honest, there are not that many of today’s cloud solutions for CAD that are 100% cloud. The challenges has been the actual design phase, the design platform, which according to most users, still works best installed local on a computer. There is no doubt that the cloud based CAD solutions are here to stay as many companies have already realized the benefits of being able to work together and share their product data. Today many of the suppliers have adopted the technology and there are several alternatives on the market.

It was during the convention in Dallas in the beginning of February that SOLIDWORKS presented their strategy and their new software solutions that will be released during 2016-2017.įor a long time, cloud solutions has been on the agenda for the CAD industry, and SOLIDWORKS was among the first with talking about “Cloud” in the CAD industry six years ago. These words best sum up the strategy SOLIDWORKS has for the future.
