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Dangle Children? Yes! and More Top Ten SolidWorks User Requested Enhancements

by Josh on February 9, 2010 · View Comments

Prepare to be smote with a clever play on words… nevermind, cause the headline already gave it away and saying it again would be so LAME.

There are only 7 other things that are more requested that the option to Dangle Children. My babies!!!!!! You may have seen them from some of the coverage of SolidWorks World 2010, but not like this, oh no, not like this. Here, we give you the reason behind the request… or the reason as best we can guess. Read on, and tell us which one you’d like to see.

The Top Ten SolidWorks Enhancement Requests

10. Simplify Video Card Requirements
…because I’m sick of booting the CPU through the wall.

9. Exploded Views for Weldments
…because I tried the SolidSmack workaround and it sucks.

8. Option to Dangle Children Instead of Deleting
…because deleting them is just plain mean.

7. Graphical Map of References
…because my boss beats me when I try to explain references without them.

6. Allow More Types of Assembly Features
…because I want to blur the lines of reality.

5. Better Utilize Processor Cores
… because MS Paint uses more cores than SolidWorks… probably.

4. On the Fly Equations in Dialog boxes
…because I eat flies, equations and dialog boxes for breakfast.

3. File Compatibility Between Versions
…because I’m not from the future and I like driving compatibles.

2. Increase Stability
…because my knee caps were just eaten by a bear cub.

1. SolidWorks Should Cleanly Uninstall Itself
…because I’ve never seen a 15 yr old that couldn’t change his own diaper.

Every year (for the past couple) SolidWorks has used their ‘Brainstorm’ site to gather the top ten best ideas from users to present them at SolidWorks World. There’s some pretty good ones in the bunch this year, ya think?

Which one do want the most? While number 1 would eliminate the 8 sheet guide I’ve used for the past 10 years, I’d have to pick number 3, mostly because one time I tried to open a file and SolidWorks told me it was a ‘future version’ so I became irate and kicked a basket of muffins into the past which somehow affected my ability to run backwards.

image via Mandi Gaga

  • Blair
    Number 3 - version compatibility got the loudest reaction in Anaheim. From my vantage point, I saw at least 3 dozen people get out of their chairs for a standing ovation to this one. I agree with them whole heartedly.
  • bigmikeo
    Me likey the top 3. And well #10. Oh and #5. Sheesh gotta have #6. #7 would be nice.

    Ah heck the whole list.
  • I can say, this is the first time I remember the enhancement list including everything I could actually use. These will be good.
  • Mr. N
    Go for n. 3
  • ion
    i would really like to see everything off loaded to the GPU's.
    adding a graphics card to a system every couple months with 512 cores @ an average of $1 per core until you reach the boards maximum slot load would mean serious performance gains with controllable costs, usually decreasing cost as the boards get less expensive after initial launch.

    the possibility that RealView and PhotoView360 would merge into OneView (wysiwig) enhanced visualizations across the whole design process with the future possibility of all materials clearly displaying realtime FEA throughout the modeling process combined with Sustainability Xpress would be modeling euphoria.

    i may be dreaming, but i hope i am not the only one.

    the current 2010 transitional state is: RealView is GPU rendering, PhotoWorks/PhotoView 360 is cpu rendering.

    this is nice, its just not enough.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyg8YcYJaJ8
  • Engineer Manager
    Just a thought ---- but if we ignored all this fluff of rendering ; real view ; photoworks etc as a requirement to work and just finished our design and manufacturing and then you could hold a real part not a rendering !!! Seems the renderings are driving the hardware too much. Marketing will just have to do with a simple shaded model and when the actual product is completed then they can have real pictures. Great concept.
  • ion
    i think you may have confused "fluff of rendering" with visual representation of data while in the modeling environment.
    i believe that if you have to leave the data space for meat space to prove the engineered design works, it doesn't.
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