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Why product designers are moving to SolidWorks

Globalization has increased pressure to get new products to market faster, accelerating the need for manufacturers to automate in order to compete. As a result, product designers around the world are transistioning from other 2D and 3D CAD systems to SolidWorks 3D design software.

SolidWorks 3D CAD software allows you to create accurate 3D models that automate a full range of design and development processes, reduce costs, and improve product quality.


Average Customer Return on Investment

  • 30% shortened product design cycle
  • 32% reduction in prototypes
  • 23% reduction in physical tests
  • 21% scrap savings
  • 29% decrease in engineering change orders (ECOs)
  • 20% reduction in field failures
  • 15% reduction in product recalls

SolidWorks Software Advantages:

  • Leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products faster.
  • Unmatched compatibility with other CAD systems, including over 20 built-in file translators, and unparalleled cross-platform, multi-CAD collaboration capabilities (more info).
  • Proven in its adaptability to most engineering design needs — customers have used it to design a broad range of products, including exploratory sub-sea, electric vehicles, Formula one race cars, and industrial machinery with tens of thousands of parts.
  • More users worldwide than any other 3D CAD software with over 500,000 designers and engineers using it in more than 100 countries — a large, global workforce and hiring pool of trained, experienced professionals.

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  • Endorsed and embraced by the world's top-ranked four and five-year engineering degree programs, worldwide. Over 4,500 academic institutions are using SolidWorks software to teach engineering technology and design. Schools offering SolidWorks coursework
  • More product innovations and enhancements than any other 3D CAD product in the industry — SolidWorks has kept abreast of evolving customer needs and enhanced the technology to constantly meet those needs.
  • The only 3D CAD software from a company that has been 100 percent focused on 3D product design since its beginning.

Highlights of SolidWorks Office Premium 2008

SolidWorks Office Premium 2008 has over 250 customer-driven enhancements that make the adoption of 3D technology easier and faster than ever. The new performance enhancements and innovations bring productivity to a new level for all SolidWorks customers.

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