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Service Pack 3.0

Weldments
When two structural members intersect with a butt corner type, you can use options in the Structural Member and Trim/Extend PropertyManagers to make a:

• Simple Cut: Makes the structural members flush with the planar contact faces (helpful for manufacturing)
• Coped Cut: Trims the structural member to the contact body

Focal Length Support in PhotoView 360
A new control, Set Camera Focal Length in the Settings dialog, lets you control the focal length of the camera, resulting in different levels of perspective.

Print Selection and Scaling Options
The missing print selection workflow from SolidWorks 2008 has been restored. To print drawing selections at the desired scale:

1. Click File, Print.
2. In the Print dialog box, under Print range, select: Current screen image, Selection
3. Click OK.
4. In the Print Selection dialog box, set the print scale and click Apply Scale.
5. Move the selection frame that appears in the graphics area as desired.
6. Click OK to print.

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 Support
You can open Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire 4.0 files in SolidWorks.

New SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation Tutorials
SolidWorks

• DimXpert
• Electrical Routing
• TolAnalyst

SolidWorks API

• C#
• VB.NET

SolidWorks Simulation

• Design Check for Assembly with Mixed Mesh
• Design Check for Connectors

Click Help, SolidWorks Tutorials to access the SolidWorks and SolidWorks API tutorials. Click Simulation, Help, Simulation Online Tutorial to access the SolidWorks Simulation tutorials. The new tutorials are not localized. The English version is accessible from all localized versions of SolidWorks. Updated tutorials and documentation are available in complete installations of SolidWorks 2009 Service Pack 3.0.

Renaming Configurations
You can rename a configuration in a part or subassembly even when another open document is referencing the configuration. Previously, you had to close the parent document before renaming the configuration. This functionality was introduced in SP 1.0.