Powerful New Products and Design Tools
New products and tools bridge engineering and manufacturing with easier creation of complex models, more efficient simulation, and expanded environmental and cost analysis for more effective design decisions.
NEW PRODUCT! SolidWorks Plastics
Optimizing plastics part and mold design
Analyzes manufacturability of plastic parts, identifies potential defects early in design, and visualizes results in the 3D model to provide a bridge between plastic part design and mold-making.
- Easy-to-use software for part designers, mold designers, and mold makers
- Guided analysis to optimize designs for injection molding
- Early error detection reduces costs and rework
NEW PRODUCT! SolidWorks Electrical *
Simplifying electrical and control system design
Enables quick design of electrical systems including system wiring and interconnections, and provides another bridge between mechanical and electrical engineering.
- Database-driven schematics simplify overall system design, with parallel multiuser access
- Real-time link between electrical schematic and 3D model
- Automated documentation, including schematics, wiring reports, harness drawings
*Purchased separately
SolidWorks Costing:
Expanding Process Costing and API Support
Provides automatic manufacturing cost estimation to support more manufacturing processes and improves access to cost data for downstream manufacturing systems.
- Machined part costing with increased capabilities for turning and mill/turn, improved process recognition, and multimode support
- New APIs to access cost data in the 3D model for downstream manufacturing
- Easily estimate the cost of designs to create more accurate quotations and stay in budget
SolidWorks Sustainability
Optimize Designs for Sustainability and Materials Costs
Raw Material Financial Impact Tool quickly evaluates the financial and environmental impacts of a raw material change in real time to enable more informed design decisions.
- Optimize designs for environmental impact and material cost
- Find the best design based on green initiatives, material requirements, and carbon footprint impact
SolidWorks Flow Simulation:
Improve Complex Flow Designs
Visualize fluid flow around complex geometries so you can optimize your design.
- Quickly access computational fluid dynamics (CFD) results as you design
- Observe flows for specific areas in detail
- Compare analysis results between multiple design configurations and studies
