SolidWorks

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SolidWorks
Basic data

developer Dassault Systèmes
Publishing year March 21, 1995
Current  version 2020
operating system Windows
category CAD
License commercially
www.solidworks.de

SolidWorks is a 3D CAD program. The manufacturer is the software company Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. , a subsidiary of the French Dassault Systèmes .

Company history

SolidWorks was founded in Waltham , Massachusetts in 1993 by Jon Hirschtick , who was with Computervision ten years earlier . The software was introduced to the market in 1995. It was the first widely used 3D CAD software at the time.

In 1997 he sold his company for $ 310 million to Dassault Systèmes (France) under the then boss Bernard Charles.

He stayed with SolidWorks until 2011, but started developing Onshape a year later .

Today there are development sites in Los Angeles (USA), Cambridge (England), Hägersten (Sweden) and India.

CAD program

Compilation created with SolidWorks

SolidWorks is CAD software that can be used to create parametric models, assemblies, and drawings. Typical is the way of working with relationships (the alignment of elements to one another) and dimensions (alignment through values). A modularization in individual steps (features) guarantees that previous work steps can be processed at any time. This creates parts that are used in assemblies and then derived in drawings. The three working areas can also be accessed from the other areas, whereby each dimension can be controlled via equations and tables.

The program interface is similar to a ribbon and is structured thematically, for example in welded, sheet metal and cast constructions. Additional applications such as rendering and the simulation functions can be displayed if required.

In the inexpensive SolidWorks Standard version , simple FEM and fluid and motion simulations are already available.

SolidWorks uses the Parasolid core from UGS under license. Since SolidWorks is based on the Parasolid core and the two products CATIA and SolidWorks are competitors, there is currently no mutual exchange of functionalities. While SolidWorks is intended for small and medium-sized machine builders, CATIA has its focus more in the area of ​​OEM process chains, in product design and generally with suppliers to the automotive, aerospace and aerospace industries.

The DWG editor has not been part of SolidWorks since 2011. Instead, the 2D editing program DraftSight is available, which offers a DWG interface.

SolidWorks is used by more than 2.1 million designers and developers worldwide, according to the manufacturer.

Packages

Commercial products

  • SolidWorks Standard
  • SolidWorks Professional
  • SolidWorks Premium
  • SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual
  • SolidWorks Simulation Professional
  • SolidWorks Simulation Premium
  • SolidWorks Inspection
  • SolidWorks Plastics Professional
  • SolidWorks Plastics Premium
  • SolidWorks Plastics Advanced
  • SolidWorks Flow Simulation
  • SolidWorks Electrical schematic / 3D / Professional
  • SolidWorks PCB Design
  • SolidWorks PDM Professional
  • SolidWorks Manage
  • SolidWorks Composer
  • SolidWorks Sustainability

SolidWorks Standard

"SolidWorks Standard" is the core product with the following modules:

  • Tools for 3D CAD construction: sketch, individual parts and assemblies, 2D drawings
  • Collision analysis
  • Hole wizard with support for common industry standards (but not the entire "toolbox")
  • Sheet metal module (sheet metal parts with development)
  • Animation and visualization
  • Weldments
  • Surface modeling
  • SolidWorks Simulation Xpress (a simple element analysis program)
  • CAD interfaces (data exchange in 2D and 3D with other CAD programs)

SolidWorks Professional

The "SolidWorks Professional" package consists of "SolidWorks Standard" and the following modules:

  • Toolbox (e.g. important 3D standard parts)
  • SolidWorks Animator
  • Design checker
  • SolidWorks eDrawings Professional
  • FeatureWorks (recognition of features from e.g. 3D models imported with STEP or IGES)
  • SolidWorks Workgroup PDM
  • PhotoView 360
  • Task scheduler
  • Utilities
  • 3D instant website
  • SolidWorks Costing

SolidWorks Premium

The "SolidWorks Premium" package consists of "SolidWorks Standard" and "Professional" as well as the following modules:

  • SolidWorks Simulation
  • SolidWorks Motion
  • Routing
  • ScanTo3D
  • TolAnalyst
  • CircuitWorks

Educational Products

  • SolidWorks Student Design Kit
  • SolidWorks Education Edition
  • SolidWorks Student Edition

SolidWorks Student Design Kit

The SolidWorks Student Design Kit is a trial version of the SolidWorks Education Edition with reduced functionality.

SolidWorks Education Edition

SolidWorks Education Edition is a licensed version of SolidWorks for students. The package includes SolidWorks Premium software and SimulationXpress for design testing.

SolidWorks Student Edition

SolidWorks Student Edition can be used by students outside of the classroom. This edition is available with or without SolidWorks SimulationXpress and includes SolidWorks standard software and eDrawings.

Areas of application

SolidWorks is designed for mechanical design in small and medium enterprises and is used in mechanical engineering , tooling , sheet metal processing , industrial and consumer goods design , shipbuilding , medical engineering and plant construction .

Technical literature and training documents

  • Gerhard Engelken: 3D construction with SolidWorks . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-446-40282-9 (210 pages + CD).
  • Harald Vogel: Design with SolidWorks . 5th edition. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-446-43076-1 (403 pages + DVD).
  • Ralph Stelzer , Wolfgang Steger: SolidWorks: Basics of modeling and programming . Pearson Studium, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8273-7367-0 (336 pages).
  • Michael Schabacker, Sándor Vajna (ed.): SolidWorks - in a nutshell: Basics for beginners . Vieweg + Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8348-0314-6 (150 pages).
  • Volker Krämer: Practical Guide Simulations in SolidWorks 2010 . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 3-446-42165-3 (312 pages + DVD).
  • Michael Brand: FEM practice with Solidworks - verifying simulations through control calculations and measurements. Springer Vieweg Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8348-1808-9 (186 pages)
  • Ralf Tide: SolidWorks 2011 for experts . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-446-41857-8 (260 pages + data to download).
  • Hans-J. Engelke: SolidWorks 2012 . Part 1 - sketches, models and components . Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2011, ISBN 978-3-8448-1014-1 (480 pages).
  • Hans-J. Engelke: SolidWorks 2012 . Part 2 - components, assemblies, mechanical movements . Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-1018-3 (520 pages).
  • Jörg Stadtfeld, Gunnar Mühlenstädt: SolidWorks crash course . 3. Edition. Part 1 - Introduction to the design of parts and assemblies . Dr.-Ing. Paul Christiani, Konstanz 2014, ISBN 978-3-86522-340-1 (169 pages including DVD with accompanying videos on all components and assemblies).
  • Jörg Stadtfeld, Gunnar Mühlenstädt: SolidWorks crash course . Part 2 - Introduction to creating document templates and sheet formats . Dr.-Ing. Paul Christiani, Konstanz 2015, ISBN 978-3-86522-946-5 (95 pages including DVD with accompanying videos for all chapters).
  • Jörg Stadtfeld, Gunnar Mühlenstädt: SolidWorks crash course . Part 3 - Introduction to drawing generation of components and assemblies . Dr.-Ing. Paul Christiani, Konstanz 2015, ISBN 978-3-86522-947-2 (260 pages incl. DVD with accompanying videos for all drawings).
  • Hans-J. Engelke: SolidWorks 2015 Part 1 Sketches, models and components, drawing derivation, stress analysis . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7347-5294-0 (596 pages).
  • Hans-J. Engelke: SolidWorks 2015 Part 2 Components, assemblies, drawing derivations, motion studies . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7347-9129-1 (696 pages).
  • Hans-J. Engelke: SolidWorks 2015 Part 3 - Bearings - Assembly training . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7386-3429-7 (564 pages).
  • Hans-J. Engelke: SolidWorks 2015 Part 4 - Gearbox - Assembly training . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7392-0048-4 (664 pages).

Web links

Commons : SolidWorks  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SolidWorks solidworks.com: 2020 Release Notes
  2. ^ A b Company Information . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ PTC's Onshape Acquisition: Did SOLIDWORKS Founder Jon Hirschtick Have to Sell? In: engineering.com. October 31, 2019 (American English).;
  4. ↑ a b c Overview of the functions on the manufacturer's website . Retrieved January 7, 2015.