SolidWorks Corp.

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SolidWorks Corporation is a US-based software company that develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systemes S.A..

History

SolidWorks Corporation was founded in 1993. Jon Hirschtick founded SolidWorks and recruited a team of engineers in 1993 to build a company that developed 3D CAD software.

Products

3D Mechanical Design Applications

SolidWorks Office Professional

SolidWorks Office Premium provides a suite of product development tools mechanical design, design verification, data management, and communication tools . SolidWorks Office Premium includes all of the capabilities of SolidWorks Office Professional as well as routing and analysis tools, including SolidWorks Routing, COSMOSWorks Designer, and COSMOSMotion.

SolidWorks Education Edition Provides the same design functionality but is configured and packaged for engineering and industrial design students.

Design Validation Tools

COSMOSWorks is a design validation tool that shows engineers how their designs will behave as physical objects.

COSMOSMotion is a virtual prototyping tool that provides motion simulation capabilities to ensure designs function properly.

COSMOSFloWorks is a tool that tests fluid-flow simulation and thermal analysis so designers can conduct tests on virtual prototypes.

COSMOSWorks Designer is a design validation tool that caters to designers without engineering background.

Product Data Management Tools

PDMWorks Workgroup is a PDM tool that allows SolidWorks users operating in teams of 10 members or less to work on designs concurrently. With PDMWorks Workgroup, designers can search, revise, and vault CAD data while maintaining an accurate design history.

PDMWorks Enterprise

Design Communication and Collaboration Tools

eDrawings Professional An e-mail-enabled communication tool for reviewing 2D and 3D product design data across the extended product development team. eDrawings generates accurate representations of 2D and 3D product designs.

3D Instant Website is a Web-publishing tool that lets designers share 3D models. Designers can create password-protected Web sites that enable visitors to view, rotate, zoom, and pan 3D models and provide comments.

PhotoWorks is a rendering tool that allows designers to create images from 3D CAD models.

SolidWorks Animator is an animation tool that helps designers create animations from SolidWorks parts and assemblies.

XchangeWorks is a free data translation plug-in for AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop users.

DWGgateway is a free data translation tool that enables any AutoCAD software user to open and edit any DWG file, regardless of the version of AutoCAD it was made in.

SolidWorks Viewer is a free plug-in for viewing SolidWorks parts, assemblies, and drawings.

CAD Productivity Tools

SolidWorks Toolbox is a library of parts that uses "Smart Part" Technology to automatically select fasteners and assemble them in them in the desired sequence.

SolidWorks Utilities is software that lets designers find differences between two versions of the same part, or locate, modify, and suppress features within a model.

FeatureWorks is feature recognition software that lets designers make changes to static geometric data, increasing the value of translated files. With FeatureWorks, designers can preserve or introduce new design intent when bringing 3D models created in other software into the SolidWorks environment.

pecialty Design Tools

SolidWorks Routing

MoldflowXpress is a mold design validation tool that was built into a solid modeling environment. It enables mold designers to quickly and easily validate whether a plastic injection-molded part can be filled.

SolidWorks MoldBase is a catalog of standard mold base assemblies and components. The package enables designers to generate a completely assembled mold base.

3D-Online Catalogs

[http://www.3dpartstream.net/ 3D PartStream.NET] is a online service that powers online catalogs of component manufacturers. This service builds interactive, 3D-powered catalogs that give customers access to product information, 3D models, and 2D drawings. 3D PartStream.NET customers can choose to be included in 3D ContentCentral.

[http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/ 3D ContentCentral.com] is a free online directory of downloadable, 3D parts models from leading component manufacturers.

External links

* [http://www.solidworks.com/ Company website]
* [http://blogs.solidworks.com/ SolidWorks blogs]
* [http://blogs.solidworks.com/mediapodcasts/ SolidWorks podcasts]