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    SOLIDWORKS

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADassault Systemes offers SOLIDWORKS, a computer-aided design (CAD) system for education and manufacturing supporting 2D or 3D design, electrical design, simulations, and product development with collaboration tools.

    $1,295

    per year

    Pricing
    SOLIDWORKS
    Editions & Modules
    Solidworks Annual Subscription
    1,295
    per year
    Solidworks Standard
    3,996
    per standalone license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SOLIDWORKS
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    SOLIDWORKS
    Considered Both Products
    Dassault Systemes
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    AutoCAD is great for 2D detailing, but I like having the additional features of SOLIDWORKS.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    The ease of using it and smooth transition from any software,
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    Hated SketchUp at school. It was great for making art, but never really worked to design anything you actually wanted to make.

    I've used Blender a little, but don't have much time for working with meshes.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    It's faster, easier and a little bit cheaper. Dramatic increased performance on large assemblies management
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    SOLIDWORKS is actually used by major corporations to design and create products for wide release, whereas Autodesk Inventor is usually only seen as an instructional tool to teach students the basics of 3d modeling so that they can adapt to more complex software with less effort …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    Creo is basically focusing on pure solid 3D modeling, while on the other hand the SOLIDWORKS' modeling approach is more parametric type and it is suiting for my purpose of use. Easy to use interface of SOLIDWORKS as compared to Creo. Features are easy to use. Just one click …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    SOLIDWORKS is the best suited for the beginners,as it provides the simplest interface and simulation procedure. With SOLIDWORKS every simulation can be done easily and no professional training is required. SOLIDWORKS also has a drawing tab, which we can use to make General …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    SOLIDWORKS is easier to use with just enough useful features to work with, the designing process is fluid like regular flow of design thinking. The other two software are very similar to SOLIDWORKS, Inventor and Solid Edge are more advanced in certain areas of application, …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    Our team in China uses Siemens NX for the same reason our U.S. counterparts use SOLIDWORKS. Siemens provides similar features as SOLIDWORKS from the 3D CAD usage and Injection Molding Analysis.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    Onshape is a direct competitor. It has great entry level pricing and it is easy to access with no installation required. Being a web based app there is sometime some lag being based in NZ. Management also have concerns over where the data is stored on the cloud. With SW we can …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    We have chosen SOLIDWORKS for its diffusion (many of our partners use it), for its ease of use, for its great experience in the development of sheet metal, and for its excellent after-sales service.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    PTC Creo was used for several years but was too complex for users even when simple tasks were required.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    SOLIDWORKS is way less complicated and easier to use, overall if you have had any computer training anyone can easily sit down and be trained within a minimal time to be able to use it efficiently and effectively. One of my employees went so far as to teach his 10-year-old …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    We use both actually. SW is great for 3D, but given we do not design products, just tooling/processing to make products, we use SW to convert 3D into 2D then do all the work in DraftSight.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    I have not used alternatives to SOLIDWORKS. I've used SOLIDWORKS for the past 7 years as it was the standard in my past job. It has many more capabilities than 2D software and is a staple of our engineering department. I plan to continue to use SOLIDWORKS for many years to …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    DraftSight is the 2-d equivalent of SOLIDWORKS. Its main competitor is AutoCad by Autodesk, however I find DraftSight to be more user friendly. AutoDesk also makes Inventor, a 3-d software more similar to SOLIDWORKS however my experience with it was only limited to high …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    SOLIDWORKS is simple to use and new users become proficient in a short amount of time. Operation is intuitive and with the aid of the built-in tutorials, most of the skills required for day-to-day use become second nature. The ability to collaborate and communicate ideas to …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    In many scenarios, SolidWorks and Inventor actually compare fairly evenly to each other. However, I believe that where SolidWorks really stands out is the fact that it was designed from the start as a 3D parametric solid modeling application whereas Inventor comes from a …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    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
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    I only used Inventor for the 30-day free trial, which admittedly is not enough time to really give it a fair shot, especially since I had almost no 3D drawing experience before I used Inventor. There were two main things that pushed us toward SOLIDWORKS.
    First was the support …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    SOLIDWORKS provides not only aesthetic appearance of a product but also provides the capability to analyze behavior of structural and material components.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    AutoCAD, in many ways, still looks and feels like you are designing something in the 1980's. It definitely caters more to the generation of people who are used to drafting. SOLIDWORKS is much more visually appealing, which counts for a lot when you will have lots of engineers …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    Creo offers easier design for surface modeling. Inventor is simpler to use, however, it is much more limited in modeling. Overall, I find SOLIDWORKS has a good balance of simplicity and completeness at the same time.
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    I chose SOLIDWORKS after trying a few open-source solutions. They were great, however sometimes lacked in a few vital areas, in a way that a commercial, well-funded product shouldn't. Given my previous familiarity and confidence with SOLIDWORKS, I didn't bother looking any …
    Incentivized
    Chose SOLIDWORKS
    Originally my company was using Onshape for CAD but many of our engineers were not familiar with the program and found it more difficult and less intuitive to use. SOLIDWORKS PDM vault works well so the cloud-based aspect of Onshape wasn't that unique.
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SOLIDWORKS
    Computer-Aided Design Software
    Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of SOLIDWORKS
    Feature
    SOLIDWORKS
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    3D Modeling9.22 Ratings
    2D Drafting7.72 Ratings
    Rendering and Visualization7.52 Ratings
    Parametric Design6.01 Ratings
    Collaboration and Sharing8.01 Ratings
    Compatibility with other software and formats9.22 Ratings
    Assembly Design6.92 Ratings
    Simulation and Analysis7.01 Ratings
    Documentation and Annotation7.01 Ratings
    Customization and Extensions7.72 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SOLIDWORKS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.2
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)