Aerospace and Defense
As they create the next generation of innovative, complex aerospace products and systems, designers and engineers must constantly innovate to maximize performance, efficiency, and safety.
SolidWorks® software provides the full range of integrated modeling, simulation, visualization, assembly design, and communication tools that aerospace designers need to develop better products and systems faster – and at lower cost.
Click on these links below to see how SolidWorks can help you meet your challenges at every stage of Aerospace design.
- Produce design iterations in less time
- Reduce weight and costs
- Win new business
- Work with customer data
Produce design iterations in less time.
More than ever, your teams need to quickly turn around precision designs. Thanks to SWIFT™ (SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology) and our Heads-up Interface, they can deliver innovative, accurate 3D models with fewer picks and clicks. The SolidWorks learning curve is short, so beginners can design with expert-level skill. SolidWorks also offers:
- FeatureXpert. Add fillets and draft features to your models with speed and ease, instead of trial-and-error.
- Large Assembly capability. Model complete systems – even those with tens of thousands of parts – in their entirety within SolidWorks.
- Fully associative top-down and bottom-up design techniques. Make a change – and SolidWorks applies it across your entire model.
- Drawing capabilities. Create and revise your drawings faster than with 2D CAD systems – SolidWorks instantly and accurately translates your 2D work to your 3D models.
- Advanced surfacing tools for creating complex aerodynamic shapes and composite surfaces. Create complex ergonomic shapes and surfaces by simply pushing and pulling on control points.
- Sheet-metal design tools with ready-made Smart Fasteners Technology.
- Configuration Management for parts and assemblies.
- Specialized routed system design tools for developing piping, tubing, pneumatics, hydraulics, and electric cabling systems – and integrating them with mechanical designs.
- Seamless, single-button integration of an extensive selection of SolidWorks Partner Solutions.
Reduce weight and costs.
Before you commit to costly physical prototypes, SolidWorks gives you tools to optimize your models for weight and materials. SolidWorks also offers:
- Fully integrated Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. Eliminate mechanism and structural design failure with stress, thermal, kinematics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis capabilities.
- DFMXpress. Test your models for manufacturing issues on screen, instead of on the production floor.
Win new business.
SolidWorks gives you a competitive edge when it comes to winning new business. Using tools like SolidWorks product data management software and SolidWorks Search, you can quickly locate existing designs that prove your experience and competence to prospects – and quote projects faster. SolidWorks also offers:
- SolidWorks eDrawings®, DWGviewer, and 3D Instant Website. Securely and effectively communicate your work in 3D to any firm, regardless of their CAD platform.
- PhotoWorks™ and SolidWorks animation capabilities. Use photorealistic renderings and animations to clearly demonstrate how your products will look and perform.
Work with customer data.
SolidWorks helps you to ensure the accuracy of your designs by giving you the ability to import your customers’ math models in Unigraphics®/NX™, I-DEAS®, Pro/E®, DWG, VDAFS, IGES, STEP, and other popular formats. SolidWorks also offers:
- ScanTo3D. Scan physical models and translate them into SolidWorks parts that you can use, manipulate, and modify in your designs.
- FeatureWorks®. Edit and fine-tune imported designs in SolidWorks.
