New design in 2008

I've got a couple of new projects on the horizon, I'm putting together bids for them either today or tomorrow and looking at the amount of engineering and design work involved. One or both of these projects (assuming I get them) will get the full SolidWorks 2008 treatment. I will need to talk to the manufacturing centers that have been identified to get the files and do the prototype work, to make sure they can take the files. If things look good, I'll start them in v.2008 and be able to give a blow-by-blow of the process as I go.

I expect there will be opportunity to report on what goes quicker and what slows me down, essentially exposing my learning curve. What will be interesting will be if there are any significant labor savings in the new interface that carry over long term. Stay tuned, and I'll try to post thoughts along those lines as I come across them.