6/01/2013

SolidWorks Composer
Release Notes – 2014

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.: SolidWorks Composer Release Notes – 2014|
Table of Contents
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights ......................................................................................... 3
New Features ............................................................................................................................ 4
1. Wrap Annotation Text ......................................................................................................... 4
2. Auto Hide Annotations When Anchor Is Hidden .................................................................. 5
3. Coordinate Label Enhancement .......................................................................................... 7
4. PMI Cross-highlight............................................................................................................. 8
5. Interoperability ...................................................................................................................10
API Changes .............................................................................................................................11

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.: SolidWorks Composer Release Notes – 2014|
1. SolidWorks Composer API .................................................................................................11
2. SolidWorks Composer Player ActiveX API .........................................................................11
System Requirements ...............................................................................................................12
1. Supported Operating Systems ...........................................................................................12
2. File Import Requirements ...................................................................................................12
3. Software Prerequisite for Playing Composer Experience in 3DVIA Studio .........................12
License Agreements .................................................................................................................13
1. End-User License Agreements ..........................................................................................13

2
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
3DVIA is either trademark or registered trademark of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in
the US and/or other countries.
SolidWorks® Composer, © 2007-2014 Dassault Systèmes. All rights reserved.

Other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.

SolidWorks Composer is protected by U.S. Patents number 7,250,947; 7,873,237; other patents
pending.

The information and the software discussed in this document are subject to change without
notice and are not commitments by Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries.

2014|
Notes –– 2014|
No material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, for any purpose without the express written permission of Dassault Systèmes or its

Release Notes
subsidiaries.

Composer Release
The software discussed in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or

SolidWorks Composer
copied only in accordance with the terms of this license. Nothing stated in, or implied by, this
document or its contents shall be considered or deemed a modification or amendment of any

ref.: SolidWorks
warranties set forth in the terms of the software license agreement.

062013 ref.:
Systèmes || 062013
COMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE - PROPRIETARY
U.S. Government Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject

Dassault Systèmes
to restrictions as set forth in FAR 52.227-19 (Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights), DFARS 227.7202 (Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer

© Dassault
Software Documentation), and in the license agreement, as applicable.

3DS.COM ©
3DS.COM
Contractor/Manufacturer:
Dassault Systèmes
10, rue Marcel Dassault
78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay
France

3
 New Features

1. Wrap Annotation Text

You can now specify whether a text in a given annotation should be wrapped or not.

Systèmes ||| 062013

Systèmes
DassaultSystèmes
Dassault
©Dassault ref.:
062013 ref.:
062013 SolidWorks
ref.: SolidWorks Release Notes
Release
Composer Release
Composer
SolidWorks Composer 2014|
2014|
Notes––– 2014|
Notes
Property Description Example
Wrap Wraps text in annotation labels and callouts.

3DS.COM©©
3DS.COM
Selecting this option displays an anchor at the

3DS.COM
top right-hand corner of the annotation. Drag
the anchor horizontally to change the width of
the label, or specify it in the Wrap width field. Wrap option cleared

Wrap option selected

& horizontal resize anchor
displayed

4
Property Description Example
Wrap Specifies the width of the
width annotation, in millimeters.

Wrap option selected &

15 mm width specified

2. Auto Hide Annotations When Anchor Is Hidden

You can now hide an annotation automatically whenever its anchor is hidden in the current
scene.

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.: SolidWorks Composer Release Notes – 2014|

5
Property Description Example
Auto hide Specifies whether the
annotation should be
hidden if the anchor of the
label or callout is hidden.
Choose one of the
following:
Disable: Disables
Auto hide.
Standard: Enables
Auto hide if the
anchor of the
annotation is
hidden by any Auto hide disabled: annotations visible when
geometry (even the their anchor is hidden.

2014|
Notes –– 2014|
geometry linked by
the annotation).

Release Notes
Advanced: Enables

Composer Release
Auto hide if the
anchor of the

SolidWorks Composer
annotation is
hidden by any
geometry other

ref.: SolidWorks
than the linked
object.

062013 ref.:
Note: Depending

Systèmes || 062013
on the number of
annotations, the

Dassault Systèmes
Advanced option Auto hide enabled: annotation hidden when the
may be slow. It is anchor is hidden.
recommended to

© Dassault
use it only when
needed.

3DS.COM ©
3DS.COM

6
3. Coordinate Label Enhancement
Coordinates have new properties: you can now customize the coordinate label’s text with
the properties of the pointed actor.

062013 ref.:
Systèmes || 062013
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Composer
ref.: SolidWorks Release Notes
Composer Release 2014|
Notes –– 2014|
Property Description Example
Text Specifies which property
or meta-property is

© Dassault
displayed as the
coordinate label's text.

3DS.COM ©
3DS.COM
By default, this property
is set to None. In this
case, only the
coordinates are
displayed.
Parent Specifies the actor
(level) whose Text value is used
as the coordinate label’s
text. You can choose the
selected actor (level 0) or
any parent. For example,
you can select a part or
its parent assembly. Text property set to Name (Actor.Name) and Parent
(level) set to level 0 (i.e. the current level).

7
4. PMI Cross-highlight
A set of new options have been added to the Selection page in the Document Properties and
Default Document Properties dialog boxes. These options improve the visualization of
surfaces attached to product manufacturing information (PMI).

DassaultSystèmes
3DS.COM©©Dassault
3DS.COM ref.:SolidWorks
062013ref.:
Systèmes| |062013 ReleaseNotes
ComposerRelease
SolidWorksComposer 2014|
Notes––2014|

8
Property Description Example
Stay on Makes hidden surfaces visible when
top selecting or highlighting the related
product manufacturing information
(PMI).

Note: When using the Digger tool with

Stay on top cleared, hidden surfaces
may still be visible when selecting or
highlighting the related PMI. PMI highlighted with Stay on top cleared

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.: SolidWorks Composer Release Notes – 2014|
PMI highlighted with Stay on top selected

Selection Specifies the opacity of the attached

opacity surface, from 0 (transparent) to 128
(translucent).

PMI selected with Selection opacity set to

30

PMI selected with Selection opacity set to

128
Selection Specifies the color of the surface
color attached to the selected PMI.
Highlight Specifies the color of the surface
color attached to the highlighted PMI.

9
 CATIA V5 R23.
SolidWorks 2014.
5. Interoperability

10
You can now import data from the following products:

3DS.COM
3DS.COM ©
© Dassault
Dassault Systèmes
Systèmes || 062013
062013 ref.:
ref.: SolidWorks
SolidWorks Composer
Composer Release
Release Notes 2014|
Notes –– 2014|
 API Changes
For details about the application programming interfaces (APIs), see the SolidWorks Composer
Programming Guide. In SolidWorks Composer, click Help > Programming Guide.

1. SolidWorks Composer API

The following document methods have been added to the SolidWorks Composer API:

CreateCameraView(): Creates a custom view that captures only the camera’s position.
CreateView(): Creates a view that captures the entire viewport state.
DeleteView(): Deletes the specified view.
UpdateView(): Updates the specified view.

2. SolidWorks Composer Player ActiveX API

2014|
Notes––2014|
The following methods have been added to the SolidWorks Composer Player ActiveX API:

ReleaseNotes
ComposerRelease
IsCurrentViewModified(): Returns true if the current view has been modified. Returns
false if the current view has not been modified.

SolidWorksComposer
UpdateCurrentView(): Displays a dialog box informing the user that the current view
has changed, and asking the user to confirm whether to keep the changes and update

ref.:SolidWorks
the current view.

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.:

The following property has been added to the SolidWorks Composer Player ActiveX API:

PromptToUpdateView: Set to true, enables the display of the dialog box when switching
from one view to another, or when leaving the view mode. Set to false, disables the
display of the dialog box.

Important: To use these new API elements, the Right Manager Save value must be enabled.
See the SolidWorks Composer Programming Guide for more information.

11
 System Requirements

1. Supported Operating Systems

See http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/9251_ENU_HTML.htm for system hardware and
operating system requirements.

32-bit installations of SolidWorks Composer products are no longer supported on 64-bit

operating systems.

Note: With 64-bit installations, the SolidWorks Composer Player ActiveX and the SolidWorks
Composer Player are installed in 32-bit as well as 64-bit, and the Adobe Reader plug-in is
installed in 32-bit.

Prior to performing installations of SolidWorks Composer products, you need to:

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.: SolidWorks Composer Release Notes – 2014|
2014|
Notes –– 2014|
Release Notes
Install the latest Windows service pack (http://www.microsoft.com) for your operating
system.

Composer Release
Install the latest driver available for your video card.

SolidWorks Composer
2. File Import Requirements

ref.: SolidWorks
Depending on the file formats you import into SolidWorks Composer, SolidWorks Composer
Sync or SolidWorks Composer Enterprise Sync, different requirements might apply. For

062013 ref.:
example, if you import SolidWorks® files, you must satisfy the minimum requirements for your

Systèmes || 062013
version of SolidWorks (see http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html).

Dassault Systèmes
3. Software Prerequisite for Playing Composer Experience in

© Dassault
3DVIA Studio

3DS.COM ©
3DS.COM
3DVIA Studio 2.14.398 (V6R2013 FD01) or later is required to play a SolidWorks Composer
experience published to 3DVIA Studio.

Note: For more information on 3DVIA Studio, see http://www.3dvia.com/studio/.

12
 License Agreements

1. End-User License Agreements

You are now prompted to accept the End-User License Agreements for every service pack
upgrade for every product.

3DS.COM © Dassault Systèmes | 062013 ref.: SolidWorks Composer Release Notes – 2014|

13