Solidworks

Design. Collaborate. Innovate – with 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS
Empower your design and engineering teams with the next-generation cloud-connected SOLIDWORKS platform from Dassault Systèmes. Experience seamless collaboration, faster decision-making, and real-time project visibility – anytime, anywhere.

Reasons to choose 3DEXPERIENCE Solidworks

Industry-Leading 3D CAD Platform
- SOLIDWORKS offers intuitive and powerful 3D modeling tools trusted by millions of engineers across industries.
Easy to Learn & User-Friendly
- Its familiar Windows-based interface and simple workflow allow new users to get productive quickly.
Robust Part & Assembly Modeling
- Design complex parts and large assemblies with accuracy, speed, and full parametric control.
Powerful Drawing Creation
- Generate detailed 2D production drawings with industry-standard symbols, tolerances, and automated updates.
Built-In Simulation & Analysis
- Perform structural, thermal, motion, and flow simulations to validate designs early—reducing prototypes and cost.

Excellent Collaboration & Data Management
- With 3DEXPERIENCE integration, teams can collaborate in real time, manage revisions, and access cloud data anywhere.
Extensive Add-Ins & Ecosystem
- From CAM to electrical design to PDM, SOLIDWORKS has a huge ecosystem of integrated solutions.
Strong Industry Adoption
- Used in automotive, aerospace, machinery, consumer products, and education—making talent sourcing easier.
Large Community & Support
- Millions of users, certified resellers, forums, and tutorials ensure help is always available.
Improves Productivity & Reduces Time-to-Market
- Automation tools, design reuse, libraries, and intelligent features make engineering faster and more efficient.

What is Included in

3DEXPERIENCE Solidworks ?

3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS is typically offered in tiers or “roles.” The core package usually includes:

1. Familiar SOLIDWORKS Desktop Application (Connected)

You still get the full, powerful 3D CAD software you know, installed on your desktop.
Key Difference: It’s no longer isolated. It’s natively connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

2. Cloud-Based Data Management & Collaboration (The Platform Core)

Cloud Storage (3DDrive): Your designs and data are stored securely in the cloud, not just on your local hard drive.
Collaborative Lifecycle Management: Replaces Windows Explorer and PDM vaults. It manages versions, revisions, and lifecycle states (e.g., In Work, Under Review, Released) with a full history.
Global Collaboration: Create secure shared spaces to collaborate with team members, suppliers, or customers anywhere in the world without needing a VPN or complex IT setup.

3. A Suite of Cloud-Native Apps (The “X” Apps)

This is where the platform truly expands beyond traditional CAD. You get access to various web-based
applications for specific tasks:

3D Creator (xDesign): A browser-based 3D CAD tool for quick part and assembly modeling from anywhere.
3D SheetMetal Creator (xSheetMetal): Browser-based Sheetmetal design.
3D Structure Creator (xFrame): For quickly creating structural frames and weldments.
Manufacturing Definition Creator (xDrawing): Create 2D manufacturing drawings directly in the browser.
Collaborative Industry Innovator (3DMarkup): Visually mark up and comment on 3D models in a web browser—no CAD license required for reviewers.
Product Composer (xBOM): Manage and configure Bills of Materials.

4. Community and Marketplace

Access to the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace, which connects you with partners for manufacturing (Make), engineering services (PartSupply), and more.

Why 3DEXPERIENCE

Solidworks ?

1. Effortless Data Management & Single Source of Truth
Benefit: No more worrying about “Where is the latest file?” or “copy_of_final_v3_REALLY_FINAL.sldprt.” All data is managed centrally on the platform. Everyone always works on the correct version.

Solves: Version confusion, data loss, and manual file management.

2. Anywhere, Anytime Access & Real-Time Collaboration
Benefit: Your team can access, review, and collaborate on designs from any device with a web browser. Designers, managers, and manufacturing engineers can work together in real-time, regardless of their physical location.

Solves: Silos, emailing large files, and geographic barriers to collaboration.

3. Enhanced Security and Traceability
Benefit: The platform provides enterprise-level security for your IP. Every change is tracked, creating a complete audit trail of who did what and when.

Solves: Unauthorized access and lack of design history.

4. Streamlined Workflows and Reduced IT Overhead
Benefit: It eliminates the need to install, configure, and maintain a separate PDM server (like SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional). Dassault manages the backend infrastructure.

Solves: High IT costs and the complexity of traditional PDM systems.

5. Platform for Future Innovation
Benefit: You are no longer just buying a CAD tool; you are buying into an ecosystem. This gives you a foundation to easily add new capabilities like simulation (SIMULIA), manufacturing planning (DELMIA), and program management down the line, all on the same unified platform.

Solves: Disconnected tools and difficult software integration.