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Definitely not worth it. Very Slow and the program is a crash-maniac
November 05, 2020

Definitely not worth it. Very Slow and the program is a crash-maniac

Konstantinos Aggelis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SOLIDWORKS

We use it to design our new products. We mainly use Sheet metal / Large assemblies and plastic part modeling
  • Large community
  • Program Stability (Very Unstable)
  • User Interface is dated and impractical
  • Every new version introduces many new bugs and makes the program even slower
  • Insufficient official support despite the large cost of the program
  • Very Slow
  • Text Editor is dated and impractical
  • Solidworks Corp does not support customers
  • Made me lose interest in design engineering
I have previously worked with Autodesk Inventor for designing very complex door mechanisms and large assemblies of drilling machines. I did not face any stability or performance issues
It crashes too often and is very slow
Zero support. Program is slow and crashes a lot

Do you think SOLIDWORKS delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with SOLIDWORKS's feature set?

No

Did SOLIDWORKS live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SOLIDWORKS go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SOLIDWORKS again?

No

It is one of the most unstable programs I have ever used. Despite having been using it on high-end PCs, the program gets slower with every new version and becomes even more unstable with every service pack. The user interface is dated and impractical. For example, there are separate buttons to perform a Boss-extrusion and a Cut-extrusion, where one could do the job (like in Autodesk Inventor).
Text editor does not allow you to perform tricky tasks. Overall the program is very slow and crashes very often.

SOLIDWORKS Training

SOLIDWORKS Support

ProsCons
Problems get solved
Slow Resolution
Poor followup
Not kept informed
Escalation required
Difficult to get immediate help
Support doesn't seem to care
Slow Initial Response
Yes
Yes - I have multiple times. I did contact the official support. my matter fell into the black hole
That is actually very funny! Can they really do that?

Using SOLIDWORKS

ProsCons
Relatively simple
Technical support not required
Quick to learn
Familiar
Do not like to use
Not well integrated
Inconsistent
  • Part modelling
  • Large assemblies
  • Sheet metal
  • Plastic Parts Design
  • Drawings
  • Surfacing