One license family, every stage of product development
Mechanical Design
Core 3D CAD modeling and assembly design
Build parts and assemblies as true parametric solid models rather than flat drawings — every dimension is a live parameter, so a single change propagates automatically through the part, its assemblies, and its drawings. Sheet metal, weldments, and surfacing tools handle the same design intent that engineers have relied on SOLIDWORKS for since it set the standard for professional mechanical CAD.
Simulation
Validate designs before you ever cut material
Run structural, thermal, and motion analysis directly on your CAD model to see how a design actually behaves under real-world stress, heat, and dynamic loads — before it becomes a physical prototype. Catching a weak point or a thermal issue on screen costs you an afternoon; catching it on the shop floor costs you the whole production run.
Electrical
Integrated electrical schematic and routing design
Design multi-line schematics, single-line diagrams, and 3D cabinet layouts in one connected environment, with wire and cable routing that stays linked to the schematic — so a change to the electrical design shows up in the 3D model, and vice versa, instead of two teams working from two files that quietly drift apart.
PDM
Product data management for engineering teams
Give your team a single, version-controlled vault for every part, assembly, and drawing — with check-in/check-out control and a full revision history, so "which file is the current one" stops being a question anyone has to ask. As a design team grows past a handful of engineers, this is usually the point where shared drives and file-naming conventions stop being enough.
Visualize
Photorealistic rendering direct from CAD data
Turn CAD geometry into photo-quality renders and animations without a separate modeling step — useful the moment a design needs to be shown to someone who is not going to read an engineering drawing: a customer, a marketing team, or a trade-show booth.
Composer
Technical documentation and illustration
Generate assembly instructions, service manuals, and installation guides directly from the 3D model — exploded views, cutaways, and interactive animations that stay linked to the design, so when a bolt pattern changes in revision B, the documentation updates instead of someone re-taking forty screenshots. Built for documentation that has to stay accurate as the product keeps changing.
Inspection
Automated first-article inspection reporting
Automate the ballooning of engineering drawings and 3D files with manufacturing information, and generate industry-standard first-article and in-process inspection reports directly from that data — cutting the manual, error-prone work of building inspection documentation from scratch for every part.
CAM
Integrated CNC programming inside SOLIDWORKS
Program CNC toolpaths directly inside the same SOLIDWORKS environment the part was designed in — knowledge-based machining strategies that recognize features and suggest operations, so there is no export/import step between design and the machine shop, and no second tool to learn.
Deployed across every industry we serve
Automotive, Aerospace & Defence, Tool Rooms, Heavy Engineering, Machine Builders, and Education & Government — SOLIDWORKS scales from single-seat to enterprise PDM deployments.
Flexible licensing options
Standard, Professional, and Premium tiers with term or perpetual licensing — sized to your project pipeline, not a one-size-fits-all bundle.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on your workflow. Mechanical Design is the foundation every team needs. Add Simulation if you validate designs before manufacturing, PDM once your team outgrows shared-drive file management, Electrical for wiring and cabinet design, and Composer, Visualize, or Inspection for downstream documentation, marketing, and quality needs. We can help you figure out the right combination for your actual work.
We offer standard, professional, and premium tiers, along with term and perpetual licensing to match your budget and project needs.
Yes — structured training programs for individuals and engineering teams, from fundamentals through certification-track courses.
Annual Maintenance Contracts include software updates, technical support with guaranteed response times, and access to our engineering helpdesk.