Engineering and Construction

Companies specializing in engineering services, equipment design, structural, HVAC and piping projects use SolidWorks design, simulation and documentation solutions to deliver innovative, cost effective designs.
SolidWorks lets you use a common information model to create complete, accurate designs that can be leveraged across planning, equipment design, layout, fabrication and construction disciplines. Design alternatives can be explored easily using 3D parametric design and simulation capabilities to achieve optimal designs and meet customer and design objectives. And it's easy to create photorealistic renderings for presentations, proposals, or virtual and material studies.
SolidWorks also helps you create fully-detailed fabrication drawings for structural designs, mechanical equipment designs, mechanical systems (HVAC), electrical cable layouts, and piping systems.
It's also easy to coordinate tasks across trades. Equipment, mechanical electrical and plumbing, and structural systems are all captured in 3D with accurate clash detection, helping eliminate costly redesign or onsite rework.
Related Products
Mechanical CAD: SolidWorks' easy-to-use interface makes it easy to create equipment, structures, mechanical, electrical and piping systems and sheet metal designs.
Enterprise PDM: Distributed design teams can manage product data, share design information, automate workflows, and improve collaboration between engineering and manufacturing.
Simulation: With the powerful design validation tools in SolidWorks, it's simple to analyze designs for structural integrity, thermal performance and kinematics from within the SolidWorks design environment.
3DVIA Composer: See how easy it can be to generate fully-detailed, production-ready shop drawings by reusing existing 3D design data.