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SOLIDWORKS

Overview

What is SOLIDWORKS?

Dassault Systemes offers SOLIDWORKS, a computer-aided design (CAD) system for education and manufacturing supporting 2D or 3D design, electrical design, simulations, and product development with collaboration tools.

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SOLIDWORKS Review

7 out of 10
April 08, 2021
Incentivized
SOLIDWORKS is being used to design skid mounted, pre-piped, water systems - for labs, manufacturing companies, and industrial buildings. …
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Video Reviews

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User Review: Efficiency Excels When Robotics Developer Can Depend on Solidworks For Accuracy
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Pricing

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Solidworks Annual Subscription

1,295

On Premise
per year

Solidworks Standard

3,996

On Premise
per standalone license

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is SOLIDWORKS?

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SOLIDWORKS Features

SOLIDWORKS Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Dassault Systemes offers SOLIDWORKS, a computer-aided design (CAD) system for education and manufacturing supporting 2D or 3D design, electrical design, simulations, and product development with collaboration tools.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 5.2.

The most common users of SOLIDWORKS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Community Insights

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Users of Solidworks have made several recommendations based on their experiences with the software. The most common recommendations include evaluating other products to consider their benefits, especially for CAD software. Users also recommend utilizing Solidworks for 3D design work, highlighting its user-friendly interface and easy learning curve for new users. Additionally, users praise Solidworks for its active community and available support resources, which they recommend taking advantage of. Overall, these recommendations emphasize the importance of exploring different options, leveraging community support, and considering Solidworks for 3D design purposes.

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Reviews

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July 02, 2020

SOLIDWORKS Review

Verified User
Employee in Manufacturing
Construction Company, 11-50 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Rating
9
SOLIDWORKS as a company seems to want you to be good at their program to encourage you to continue using it and tell others of the experience. There is a ton of support from the community, as well as from the reseller (we use GoEngineer). There is an official forum that is very active, as well as tutorials built right into the program to help you get started, and even into some advanced features.
May 04, 2020

Easy to learn

Verified User
Engineer in Manufacturing
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
10
SOLIDWORKS doesn't even have to provide its own support. It is so ubiquitous that there are countless YouTube videos, online classes, forums, etc. that can answer all of your questions. When I was making my first weldment, I looked up a 5 minute YouTube video showing me exactly how it is implemented, and I was able to apply it myself immediately.
March 13, 2020

SOLIDWORKS! From a Solid User

Jacob Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jacob Smith
Mechanical Engineer
Santa Barbara Imaging Systems, Inc. (Medical Device, 11-50 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
7
SOLIDWORKS has a plethora of training guides and videos to help you along the way. It is very easy to just search in a web browser a question you may have, and an answer will most likely come up. I gave this a 7 because SOLIDWORKS is very buggy and sometimes just breaks. There is no reason why, but it bugs out and there is no support option.
January 29, 2020

SOLIDWORKS is the top of the line 3D modeling software

Sean Nutley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sean Nutley
Mechanical Designer
Kadant Carmanah Design (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
10
I have always had every question answered either by our VAR, 3DS themselves or by other Solidworks users within various community forums. The answers come very quickly and the issue is always fully resolved. Our company has always been very happy with the support we recieve and that is why we constantly renew Solidworks.
December 13, 2019

Powerful and easy to use software

Keith Cordero | TrustRadius Reviewer
Keith Cordero
Product Engineer
Atkore International (Building Materials, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
10
Whenever it crashes or if I need an update of the patch, the support staff that I call is always available and have always answered any question that I have had. All past versions are on the website and can revert to an older version easily. I have had to do this on occasion because my co-worker was using an older version and couldn't open the files I was making.
October 25, 2019

SOLIDWORKS is a solid choice for 3D CAD

Cory Puuri | TrustRadius Reviewer
Cory Puuri
Membership Development Manager
EAA (Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
We have an unusual arrangement. We don’t pay for support, but we’re partnered with a VAR for second-tier support.

I work with other users if I have questions but when we’ve had to ask the VAR, they always have answers.

It appears that all of the VARs have access to a support platform from DS SOLIDWORKS that helps them answer most questions.
September 03, 2019

Designing with SOLIDWORKS

Michael Greene | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Greene
Progressive Die Designer and Consultant
MG Die Design, LLC (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Rating
10
My software reseller has always been prompt to help with any issues. The SOLIDWORKS online help library is extensive and covers nearly all questions. This makes phone calls to my reseller very rare.
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