SolidWorks® 3D Design Software

SolidWorks 3D design software can help you design better products faster. When you have an idea for a great product, SolidWorks gives you the tools to design it in less time and at lower cost. SolidWorks features an intuitive, heads-up user interface that significantly increases design efficiency. SolidWorks improves user productivity by automatically detecting and resolving modeling challenges that typically frustrate new users.

SolidWorks® gives you the tools to get it right on-screen, saving
the time and cost of physical prototyping and remanufacturing

The fastest, easiest way to create and modify 3D part geometry

Instant3D is the fastest, easiest way to create and modify 3D part geometry. Simply click and drag to precisely create, resize and section features. As you ready your design for production, use DimXpert to create accurate 2D drawings (or drawingless data) to ensure manufacturing has all the information needed to fully understand the design intent. 

Mechanical CAD Capabilities

SolidWorks 3D design software helps design better products faster using built-in sheet metal, weldment and mold design tools. Model advanced surface features and complex shapes. Improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of product designs. The Freeform feature makes creating new geometry, or importing and manipulating new surfaces, easy and intuitive.

Get it right on-screen

SolidWorks gives you the tools to get assemblies right on-screen, saving the time and cost of physical prototyping and remanufacturing.

Mate components by picking individual surfaces, edges, curves, and vertices. Create mechanical relationships between components. Conduct interference, collision, and hole alignment checks. Link the motion of pulleys and sprockets. Automatically assemble fasteners and accompanying hardware, automate the assembly of commonly used components, appropriate hardware, and required features, and use MateXpert to fix conflicts such as over-constrained components.

Data Translation

Easily import and use existing data, as well as data from external sources. SolidWorks includes translators that support DWG, DXF®, Pro/ENGINEER®, IPT (Autodesk Inventor®), Mechanical Desktop®, Unigraphics®, PAR (Solid Edge®), CADKEY®, IGES, STEP, Parasolid, SAT (ACIS), VDA-FS, VRML, STL, TIFF, JPG, Adobe® Illustrator®, Rhinoceros®, IDF, and HSF (Hoops) formats. 

Mold Design ToolsWith SolidWorks, you can import part geometry in IGES, STEP, Parasolid®, ACIS®, and other formats to begin your mold designs. Create, validate, and execute your mold designs and reduce manufacturing errors with a complete range of tools and checks, speeding the design of cores and cavities, assembly features, and lip and groove features.