SolidWorks
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SolidWorks (stylized as SOLIDWORKS) is a brand within Dassault Systèmes that develops and markets solid modeling computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering, 3D CAD design and collaboration, analysis, and product data management software.[2]
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Developer(s) | Dassault Systèmes |
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Initial release | November 1, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-11-01)[1] |
Stable release | SolidWorks 2023
/ September 29, 2022 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Available in | Chinese, Chinese Simplified, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish |
Type | CAD CAE PDM PLM |
License | Proprietary, term |
Website | solidworks.com |
The SolidWorks brand was founded as Winchester Design Systems by Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate Jon Hirschtick on December 30, 1993.[3]
SolidWorks developed the world's first 3D CAD application that ran on a desktop PC.[4] They had a simple mission statement of "3D on every engineer's desktop".[5]
SolidWorks released its first product, SolidWorks 95, on November 1, 1995. Within two months, it established a new benchmark for ease of use.[6] Since then, the 3D CAD product, now known as SolidWorks, has become a central product for the SolidWorks brand.[2]
By 2023, approximately 7 million engineers and designers were using SolidWorks software to create production-ready 2D and 3D engineering drawings and advanced 3D models using a parametric feature-based approach.[7] SolidWorks provides analyses and simulations, including Finite Element Analysis. This approach can result in: faster modeling, new design tools, and enhanced collaboration.[8]