# Design and Engineering Solutions

The trusted solution for millions of leading designers and engineers, SOLIDWORKS CAD and product development software enables you to bring your ideas from concept to production with speed and accuracy.

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## 3D CAD and Parametric Modeling

SOLIDWORKS Design is the trusted, easy-to-use, industry-standard 3D parametric design solution that gives you the ability to develop incredible products on time and under budget.

- Built-in, real-time collaboration tools for sharing and marking up designs
- Secure, CAD-aware cloud data and revision management
- Powerful and proven 3D modeling capabilities
- Intuitive user interface designed by engineers, for engineers to use
- Production-ready documentation and 2D drawing solutions

> SOLIDWORKS allowed me to take what was in my brain, my idea, my invention, and build it into something that MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of people now can use.

Jamie Siminoff

Founder and Chief Inventor | Ring

### Growing from Startup to Leader

In less than a decade, Proteus grew from a startup to a leading athletics training company. As its business expanded, SOLIDWORKS helped it navigate new challenges and complexities in its product development process.

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## End-to-End Product Development

Today’s designers and engineers face challenges that extend beyond just design. SOLIDWORKS Ultimate provides a holistic approach to expand into all aspects of product development.

- An all-in-one product development solution for your business
- Innovate with professional, flexible, and trusted design and advanced simulation solutions
- Collaborate and manage with cloud-based BOM and product lifecycle management tools
- Manufacture correctly the first time with advanced CAM tools and 3D machining
- Create product documentation and stunning marketing assets by connecting engineering and marketing to a single source of truth

> Every single product we've designed has been fully designed in SOLIDWORKS, from initial ideation and 3D CAD to the fully detailed parts that we release for design.

Kyle Doerksen

CEO and Founder | Future Motion

## Cloud-Native Design and Lifecycle Management

Flexibility and agility is the name of the game. SOLIDWORKS xDesign is accessible on any device and lowers your IT requirements while giving your team the ability to work together from anywhere.

- Parametric and freeform modeling in the cloud with next-generation 3D design tools
- Specialized cloud-based design tools for sheet metal, weldments, and more
- Photorealistic rendering and innovative product documentation all on the cloud
- Secure data and product lifecycle management on a collaborative cloud platform
- Real-time collaboration solutions for sharing, marking up, and more

> Because our design tool operates in a browser and our data infrastructure is in the cloud, we’ve avoided the heavy up-front capital investment in hardware that startups have historically faced.

Dr. Tobias Brett

CEO | Naska Robotics

## Electrical CAD

SOLIDWORKS Electrical is a robust product suite that combines 2D schematic design tools, 3D CAD collaboration, PCB integration, and cloud connectivity. It equips you with the tools you need to tackle the challenges of the modern electrical landscape.

- Generate intelligent schematics with SOLIDWORKS Electrical’s powerful parametric design capabilities
- Streamline collaboration to ensure electrical engineering alignment and coordination between both electrical and mechanical teams
- Increase accuracy and quality in 2D designs and 3D visualizations, eliminating human error and reducing the number of physical prototypes

> Before we implemented SOLIDWORKS Electrical, it used to take five days to generate the BOM because we had to finish all of the drawings to manually create the BOM. With SOLIDWORKS Electrical, we can generate the BOM in about four hours.

Rob Taylor

Controls Engineering Group Lead | Shred-Tech

## 2D CAD Design and Drafting 

Get DraftSight's powerful, professional 2D CAD software that saves design time while maximizing your ROI.

- Create, edit, and manage DWG files and technical drawings
- User-friendly interface and familiar commands to ensure easy onboarding and minimal transition time
- Integrated with SOLIDWORKS and CATIA, for effective collaboration

> DraftSight is critical for us. Probably 60% of our legacy designs are still within a 2D format, so we have to maintain those. We use those designs to build off of as templates. So, it’s necessary for us to have those tools to still manage the 2D environment

Brandon Foster

CAD Administrator | Sealed Air Corporation

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# Questions About Design and Engineering Solutions?

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