The folks over at SolidWorks Labs have just unveiled their newest application, Treehouse.  Treehouse lets you esentially create a detailed drawing tree in a easy to use drag and drop fashion.  You can plan out your assembly in this visual hierarchy, naming your files and even adding custom properties before even firing up SolidWorks to draw the first line!

After you get everything just so, the document structure hierarchy is exported to SolidWorks, automatically creating all the SolidWorks files needed in a specified location.  I think this can really help save some time up front!

Personally, I think that this is about the most useful tool I have seen come out of SolidWorks labs.  What do you think?  Will this new application be of use to you?

The folks over at SolidWorks Labs have posted a tip on how to effectively "brand" SolidWorks 2008 by placing your (or your company’s) own logo on the right side of the Command Manager.

It’s a simple registry file download – all you need is a 32-bit BMP of your logo!

I briefly mentioned SolidWorks Labs in my SolidWorks World Day 1 write-up over at mCADForums.com.  It’s a site where you can see what SolidWorks R&D is up to, and try out some of the new technologies they are developing.

Since SolidWorks World, they have added a new web application to the mix, Sliderule (currently in Alpha).  Sliderule’s goal is to provide an easy to use tool to bring engineers and manufacturers together.