Optimization features will become part of SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Xdesign software (image courtesy of Solidworks). (For more, listen to the archived panel discussion on optimization here.) Experts suggest it’s not exactly blind faith, because you can use various means to double-check the software-proposed geometry’s integrity. For many traditionalists, it may feel like putting their reputation and career on the line. The new approach also asks engineers to put their trust in the software’s optimization algorithms. The proposed method-going from optimization to manufacturing-speeds along product development dramatically. With optimization tools, engineers can specify the loads, stresses, and pressures anticipated in the design, then let the software generate mathematically optimal geometry. But algorithm-driven optimization introduces a new paradigm. Traditionally, engineers conceive what they believe to be the best shape for a product, then use simulation technologies to validate their idea- design and validate, as Bassi put it.
SOLIDWORKS XDESIGN PRICING ESTIMATE TRIAL
The package will be more widely available for trial in Q3 of 2017, he estimated. “Today, there are some customers test-driving Xdesign,” revealed Boyalakuntla.
The pricing for Xdesign is not yet determined, but it’s safe to assume that, following the tradition of browser-based software, Xdesign will be affordably priced via subscription. The company has not yet determined its pricing.Ī similar function dubbed design guidance will be available in SOLIDWORKS Xdesign, the browser-based design software under development. We’re entering the era of optimize and manufacture.”Īccording to Kishore Boyalakuntla, Solidworks senior director of product portfolio management, the optimization technology embedded in SOLIDWORKS desktop version is developed internally. The era of design and validate is about to end. “This is why we’re introducing topology optimization in SOLIDWORKS, in collaboration with our world-class engineers from SIMULIA. “Today, we expect the computing platform to anticipate your design goals,” said Bassi. The question that SOLIDWORKS users-and the CAD community at large-must soon confront is, would you trust your project to something designed by optimization algorithms? The CAD software industry is now embracing a new kind of magic-like process, dubbed optimization. This allows him to follow the updates and make changes in real time.” In order to take David’s sketches and translate them into accurate CAD, we installed eDrawings on David’s personal iPad and at the backstage at the MGM. David and his director of design have an attention to detail that’s second to none. “Working with David is a fascinating experience,” said Clothier. One of their clients is the celebrity magician David Copperfield. (You can watch the act and the keynote in the archived videos of the live stream.)įlom and his partner Tim Clothier from Illusion Projects INC work with SOLIDWORKS mechanical 3D CAD software to design and build their many indescribable set pieces. Bassi walked away with his head intact to continue his speech. Thankfully, the magic act worked so did the machine. “Would you trust your life to something made with SOLIDWORKS?”īassi predictably said, “Yes.” Soon, he found himself kneeling in front of the moving saw, with his head locked in its path.
“Here’s the question of the day,” Flom said, as he shepherded Bassi toward a mechanical contraption with a giant buzzsaw. It came from not the press but the illusionist Justin Flom, part of the conference’s opening act. At Solidworks World 2017, Solidworks CEO Gian Paolo Bassi literally risks his neck to prove he trusts a machine designed in SOLIDWORKS software (image courtesy of Solidworks).Ībout ten minutes into his keynote at Solidworks World 2017 (Feb 5-8, Los Angeles, California), Solidworks CEO Gian Paolo Bassi faced a deadly and dangerous question.
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