Cloud apps for students by Solidworks

xShape is soft and pliable—but that doesn’t mean he isn’t strong! His incredible flexibility gives him the power to become any shape you need him to be. Like virtual modelling clay, xShape can manipulate his form into the most convoluted organic configurations. He can translate himself into all sorts of funky shapes and styles to make complex forms faster and easier than ever before!

• Create complex, organic shapes with intuitive push and pull interactions
• Refine, modify, and move points, edges, faces, and groups of faces with ultimate control
• Scale models to specific dimensions for accuracy without removing design freedom
• Dynamic surface analysis tools such as zebra stripes and draft analysis
• Leverage scanned hand sketches or photos to match curvature and accelerate designs

xSheetMetal transitions across multiple dimensions—at the same time! How does it accomplish this exemplary feat? With powers that allow it to transform back and forth between two- and three-dimensions, which it can complete faster than you can say, “Flat Pattern!” If you need to see what a design looks like in fantastically flattened form, xSheetMetal is your bot!

• Create accurate, detailed sheet metal designs that are ready for manufacturing—anywhere, anytime, with no installation necessary
• Validate designs early on with instant access to automatically updated flat patterns
• Streamline the design process with an intuitive, intelligent, and dedicated sheet metal user experience
• Automate repetitive tasks with the help from the Design Assistant, using machine learning technology

xFrame uses her explosive powers to analyze and measure every piece of your structure, and then assemble them back together—all in the blink of an eye! From the most minuscule gussets to endless numbers of endplates, she can generate cut lists that will speed up any design process!

• Create structure members based on model edges, 2D sketch elements, or curves
• Choose profiles from a library of standard types and sizes
• Automatically trim members at endpoints and corners
• Automatically generate a cut list based on the design for use in fabrication
• Increase productivity with streamlined structure design workflows and a dedicated design environment

xDrawing knows everything about manufacturing. What tolerances are needed? What’s the surface finish? Where should the datums be? Before xDrawing gets to work on the design, it’s just a 3D model. When xDrawing is done adding the final touches, it’s ready for production.

• Convey design requirements and specifications directly on your model, reducing discrepancies and ensuring an always up-to-date connection between definition and engineering.
• Leverage model-based definition to communicate and automate downstream manufacturing steps, such as machining and inspection.
• Eliminate costly errors, reduce rework and keep definition in sync by seamlessly sharing annotations, dimensions and tolerances between 2D and 3D to produce 2D drawings.
• Make changes with confidence. Annotations, dimensions and tolerances update automatically with model changes for both the model-based definition and 2D drawings.

xMold really pours himself into his work! He can create any shape needed to get the job done, quickly and cleverly crafting the most meticulous molds for plastic part manufacturing—and he does it all with the kind of flow and fluidity that accelerates the xSkills team’s entire design process!

• Specialized, automated, easy-to-use features for the design of mold core, cavity, and inserts
• Reduce mold tooling time to market and improve plastic part manufacturability
• Design molds directly in your browser and connect with distributed teams, customers, and suppliers
• Automatically create parting lines, shutoff surfaces, parting surfaces, and mold splitting, making mold design faster
• Output mold core, cavity, and insert components quickly and easily for manufacturing and 3D printing
• Guided step-by-step workflows make the process easier and faster than ever before