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When you have an idea for a great product, SolidWorks® software
provides the tools you need to create an accurate design – in less time
and at lower cost.
For additional MCAD capabilities, data management and design validation features, see SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Premium.
Mechanical CAD Capabilities
When you have an idea for a great product, SolidWorks® software
provides the tools you need to create an accurate design – in less time
and at lower cost.
 SWIFT™ (SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology). With
SWIFT, you can spend time creating products that work well, instead of
trying to make your software work for you. SWIFT automates
time-consuming detail work and techniques, diagnosing and resolving
problems related to feature order, mates, sketch relationships, and the
application of dimensions. No matter what your experience level, SWIFT
allows you to work more effectively and innovatively.
Getting Started. Get up to speed fast. SolidWorks
Command Manager logically groups similar functions for easy access,
while integrated tutorials provide instructive workflow demonstrations
along with visual cues.
 User Interface. With the Heads-up User Interface, you
get a complete, customizable set of visual display and mouse-driven
control capabilities, reducing design steps, minimizing dialog boxes,
and decreasing visual clutter.
Working with DWG. There’s no need to start from
scratch when you want to transition a 2D drawing to a 3D model.
SolidWorks includes data translation tools along with help
documentation for AutoCAD® users, so you can smoothly convert DWG files
into 3D models. Alternatively, you can use DWGeditor® – included with
SolidWorks software – to edit, manipulate, and maintain existing
AutoCAD DWG files in their native format.
Part Modeling. With Instant3D, you have the fastest,
easiest way to create and modify 3D part geometry. By simply clicking
and dragging, you can precisely create and resize features – even
section entities. As you ready your design for production, use DimXpert
to create accurate 2D drawings (or “drawing-less” data) to ensure your
parts will fit when manufactured.
 RealView® Graphics. Visualize and communicate your
designs more clearly than ever. Without rendering, you can quickly
create nearly lifelike, fully dynamic representations of your parts,
assemblies, and completed products.
Advanced Surfacing and Complex Shapes. Improve the
aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of your product designs. Using
the Freeform feature, creating new geometry, or importing and
manipulating new surfaces is easy and intuitive.
Sheet-Metal Design Tools. Create sheet-metal parts
from scratch using folds, bends, flanges, rips, tabs, and mitres, as
well as lofted bends, sketched bends, hems, and more. Alternatively,
you can create a solid shape as a starting point. Then use advanced
capabilities – such as the “convert solid to sheetmetal” functionality
– to develop a manufacturable sheet-metal part.
Weldment Design. Sketch a layout for your frame and
select a weldment profile. SolidWorks will automatically generate a
weldment design in 3D. Modify, validate, and reinforce your design, and
then enhance it with standard parts that you can drag and drop from the
Design Library or 3D ContentCentral®. Then, generate precise
manufacturing drawings with cut lengths for all segments.
Mold Design Tools. With 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.
Assembly Modeling. SolidWorks gives you the tools
to “get it right” on-screen when you create assemblies – saving you the
time and cost of physical prototyping and remanufacturing. You can mate
components by picking individual surfaces, edges, curves, and vertices;
create mechanical relationships between components; conduct
interference, collision, and hole alignment checks; and link the motion
of pulleys and sprockets. You can also 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-constraining a component.
 Simulate Assembly Motion. Simply by clicking and
dragging components, you can check an assembly for proper motion and
collisions. In addition, you can simulate physical motion involving
assembly mates, contact, springs, and gravity. SolidWorks Motion also
provides accurate measurements of velocity, accelerations, and forces
on components due to motion – so you have a realistic understanding of
design decisions before producing the prototype product.
Large Assembly Management Tools. Use “Lightweight”
mode to reduce the time spent opening and working on large assemblies.
SpeedPak technology enables you to create simplified versions of
assemblies that speed assembly operations and drawing creation. Use
Quick View to select and open just the component you need to work on,
and use the Assembly Xpert to analyze and improve your assembly’s
performance.
2D Drawing Creation. Use the familiar interface of DWGeditor to draw in 2D, as well as edit and maintain your existing DWG data files.
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®, Rhinocerous®, IDF, and HSF (Hoops) formats.
Design Reuse. Leverage your successful designs to
create compelling proposals for new ones. Quickly search for
already-created components in SolidWorks Toolbox, 3D ContentCentral,
and your own custom Design Library. Then, simply drag and drop those
parts into your new designs.
Bill of Materials. Save significant time when you use
SolidWorks to automatically generate a complete bill of materials (BOM)
from your design. Your BOM is associative: When you change your design,
the BOM updates automatically, and vice versa. Plus, you can export the
BOM data to Excel, Intuitive ERP®, and other applications.
Part Validation. SolidWorks Simulation tools help both
new users and experts ensure their designs are durable, safe, and
manufacturable. In addition, you can use SolidWorks FloXpress™ to
optimize your designs for water- and air-flow effects.
 Design Automation of Repetitive Tasks. Save time with
SolidWorks Smart Component technology to automate the selection and
insertion of standard components. Use DriveWorksXpress to automate
repetitive design tasks that can be used in product/sales
configurators.
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