SolidWorks Corporation has unveiled for the Indian market, SolidWorks 2006 - the latest version of the 3D mechanical design software it has been shipping for nearly a decade. The product was unveiled at the first SolidWorks World India 2005 user meet in Bangalore.
SolidWorks 2006 features a host of new and unique capabilities to help designers and engineers bring better products more quickly to market, and to more easily transition from 2D to 3D design, the firm claimed. The software includes more than 200 customer-requested enhancements and significant innovations that break new ground in engineering efficiency.
The main features of the package include enhanced performance, new user productivity tools such as Smart Components, new features for consumer product, sheet metal, and machine designers, 3D drawing view and design checker, as well as enhancements to the DWG Series and SolidWorks Office Premium.
With SolidWorks 2006, users can now continue to work in drawings without waiting for drawing views or system graphics to be recalculated, the company said. The release will support the Windows XP Professional x64 edition with a soon-to-be-released service pack. A native 64-bit version of SolidWorks 2006 is expected to ship later this year, promising further performance gains, the firm said.