![]() ![]() “If you install SolidWorks 2018 on a system without touch interface, the touch-activated commands will be hidden. “SolidWorks 2018 is the first time we introduce touch interface” said Kishore Boyalakuntla, VP of product portfolio management, SolidWorks. ![]() SolidWorks 2018 features Topology Study Tool, based on the technology from TOSCA by FE-Design, acquired by Dassault Systemes in 2013 (image courtesy of SolidWorks). Touch interface in SolidWorks paves the way for VR-AR use of the software, where gestures and hand movements supplant mouse and keyboard as input devices. (For more, read DE editor David Cohn’s review of the system.) Newer touch-enabled, all-in-one tablets like the Lenovo ThinkStation P40 Yoga are powerful enough for professional CAD design software. The increase in processing power, both in CPU and GPU, and the larger memory footprint may have finally make CAD on tablet feasible. ![]() “I run SolidWorks on a Surface Pro 3, both 20, without any major issues,” noted Jeff Mirisola, long-time SolidWorks user and blogger. This discussion thread about installing SolidWorks on Microsoft Surface appeared on SolidWorks user forum in late 2015, soon after the release of Microsoft Surface 3. SolidWorks users have experimented with the software on touch devices in the past, though such usages were not officially sanctioned. In launching SolidWorks 2018, the developers made a concerted effort to refashion the software for touch compatibility. The shift from mouse and keyboard to touch interface in CAD may be happening faster than people think. ![]()
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