At my previous company we always maintained the newest version of solidworks. When I left we were on Solidworks 2012. I have moved to a new company that now uses Solidworks 2005 and am trying to think of ways to convince them to upgrade because there is some key functionaility that I miss and noticed it could help improve things around here.

Some key functions I miss are:

1. Pack and go

2. "Move" In Solidworks Explorer

3. Ability to access Solidworks Explorer Functions From Windows Explorer

4. Advanced Mates such as Limit Mate, Width Mate, Screw Mate, Hinge Mate

5. General Tables in Drawings

6. Xperts Tools

I am sure I will find more things that I miss the more I work here / the further I get involved, but was wondering if you solidworks guru's can mention some other basic functions & features that have been added that really improve / boost productivity that I could use to try and convince my company to upgrade. They work a lot with an outside consultant and you can imagine the pain of not having pack and go. Also "Move" in solidworks explorer was an amazing tool for when you had a standard part used in lots of assemblies.

To me the above list is worth the upgrade, but I think I need more ammunition to convince the old timers here that it will be worth changing the version they know and love and that the upgrade will be worth the effort of learning the new version.

Thanks for your help!