Solidworks is a program that can provide solutions for companies, allowing engineers to make products with ease.
January 25, 2019
Solidworks is a program that can provide solutions for companies, allowing engineers to make products with ease.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS was a product we used within our division. The rest of the company used CREO. The program was used for new design and support of redesign. Parts, assemblies and drawings were made using SOLIDWORKS. In addition, SOLIDWORKS was used for FEA.
- SOLIDWORKS is a very intuitive program. The commands are very easy to understand and follow.
- It is easy to make drawings; views can be immediately populated in the manufacturing drawing.
- There are functions that help create basic features for common designs. Advanced features are relatively simple to create as well.
- Sometimes the program had bugs. It’s not clear that those bugs were systemic or were related to the individual seat.
- There are sometimes issues when making big assemblies; the program has to be optimized to show all parts.
- The FEA part of the program can be slow, and designs need to be optimized to run correctly.
- SOLIDWORKS has provided solutions for the company in terms of bringing new designs into being.
- SOLIDWORKS allows engineers to create parts that can help make improved products.
- SOLIDWORKS allows drawings to be made and to translate 3D parts into 2D designs.
I use CREO as well as SOLIDWORKS. CREO is a more powerful program in terms of functionality. It allows users to create features that can be controlled in every aspect, which can be confusing at times. SOLIDWORKS gives some pre-proscribed functions in the features it creates, but CREO has to be « programmed » for lack of a better word. CREO can create features that aren’t cookie cutter.