SolidWorks - Computer Aided Design Tools

Founded in 1993, SolidWorks is the world leader in 3D CAD technology, empowering product design teams with intuitive, high-performance software that is easy to use and provides the freedom to design products that set you apart. Our mission is to provide intuitive and straightforward 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools to help design teams develop better products.

SolidWorks serves customers in industrial, medical, scientific, consumer, educational, technology and transportation markets. SolidWorks software is used by over 500,000 product designers and engineers worldwide to design better products.

SOLIDWORKS – CAD SOFTWARE

SolidWorks delivers CAD products that help designers cut development time, increase accuracy, weave more creativity into their designs, and bring better products to market faster than ever before.

The software, which allows engineers to work in 3D or 2D, helps companies become more successful by designing more innovative products for their customers. The company offers two 3D CAD application suites, along with a variety of tools for analysis, Product Data Management (PDM), design communication and collaboration, CAD productivity, specialty design, and 3D online catalogs.

SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD SOLUTIONS

SolidWorks has a history of helping companies reduce costs and save time whilst still improving productivity. SolidWorks has the fastest growing user base of any 3D CAD solution in the UK, with customers including Aker Kvaerner, Halliburton, Andergauge and National Oilwell in the oil and gas market alone.

"The software is cost-effective, includes excellent support, and provides outstanding multi-directional detailing capabilities. We also rely heavily on the parametric capability between models and drawings. As a result of using SolidWorks, we have reduced our design cycle by 50%, accelerated the sales proposal process, increased component accuracy, and reduced manufacturing problems," says Steve Shimonek, senior project designer of Kvaerner oilfield products.

The benefits of using 3D CAD when working in extreme environments include; learning how to design better products given the increased complexity of new designs driven by HPHT, how to generate 100% accurate 2D drawings, and how to rapidly make changes.

SOLIDWORKS OFFICE PREMIUM

SolidWorks Office Premium is the complete 3D MCAD product design solution, providing your product design team with all the design engineering software, data management software, and communications tools in one package. SolidWorks Office Premium provides powerful part and assembly modelling tools, with the ability to quickly generate production quality 2D drawings.

The package includes:

• Large assembly performance
• Structural steelwork design
• Piping and tubing design
• Simulation of mechanisms (including collision detection)
• Integrated design analysis tools
• Design collaboration tools