What is SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD?
SOLIDWORKS® 3D CAD is the choice for professionals around the world who need to take design innovation further, produce products faster, and reach the highest levels of efficiency in their day-to-day product development work. Decades of user-driven enhancements and a relentless R&D focus on user experience has made SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD not just powerful, but both easy to learn and fun to use.
- Trusted industry standard solution
- Powerful and proven 3D modeling capabilities
- Production-ready documentation and 2D drawing solutions
- Intuitive user interface designed by engineers, for engineers to use
- Built-in real-time collaboration tools for sharing and marking up designs
- Secure, CAD-aware cloud file and revision management
- Out-of-the-box ideation to manufacturing workflows
- Integrated simulation, rendering, and CAM tools
Desktop 3D
SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
The industry standard 3D CAD solution, complete with cloud functionality that brings real-time collaboration and secure file management to your workflows.
Standard
Get up to speed quickly and benefit from this powerful 3D design and manufacturing solution. Along with part, assembly, and 2D drawing functionality, specialized tools are included for sheet metal, weldments, surfacing, molds, product configuration, design analysis, DFM, and CAM. CAM included with an active subscription.
Professional
SOLIDWORKS Professional builds on the capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Standard with ECAD/MCAD collaboration, automated cost estimation, collaboration capabilities, design and drawing checking, a sophisticated components and parts library, and advanced photorealistic rendering.
Premium
SOLIDWORKS Premium builds on SOLIDWORKS Professional by adding structural and motion analysis capabilities, advanced surface flattening, reverse engineering, and electrical cable and pipe routing functionality.
Ultimate
SOLIDWORKS® Ultimate provides a holistic approach to expand into all aspects of product development. A foundational solution for professional designers and engineers, SOLIDWORKS Ultimate builds on 3D design by laying the groundwork for simulation, manufacturing, marketing, and management tools that eliminate silos and accelerate your product development processes.