30 Years of Product Development Excellence

Since November 1995, SOLIDWORKS® has been committed to making design and product development easy, accessible, intuitive, and fun. With an original mission to democratize design and put 3D CAD on every engineer’s desk, SOLIDWORKS continues to innovate the product development experience with industry-leading software.

Over the past three decades, millions of users around the world have used SOLIDWORKS to create and grow, both as individual designers and as businesses. SOLIDWORKS has been continually inspired by the creativity and innovation of our users, and we are grateful to have such an engaged, dedicated, and talented community to celebrate with us. What will the next 30 years hold? We can’t wait to find out.

30 Years of Customer Success

For three decades, SOLIDWORKS has helped millions of users around the world succeed. From startups to industry leaders, SOLIDWORKS has been the engineer’s choice for product development. Discover how international companies grew with SOLIDWORKS and continue to thrive.

Vermeer Corporation

Vermeer Corporation

Since 1948, Vermeer Corporation has been a leading manufacturer of industrial and agricultural equipment. When the company decided to move from 2D to 3D design in 1999, they chose SOLIDWORKS. Vermeer was the first SOLIDWORKS customer with over 100 seats of software, and today they use the SOLIDWORKS portfolio of solutions for all of their mechanical CAD needs.
“We would not be the company we are today without SOLIDWORKS.”
Greg Johnson, a longtime SOLIDWORKS user
System Analyst Manager | Vermeer

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Industrilås

Industrilås

Since their founding in 1981, Industrilås has revolutionized its various markets several times. When the company chose SOLIDWORKS as its partner in CAD, it also chose the tools that would revolutionize the way it designed products.
“The way the journey has been so far tells me we will only be more closely integrated with SOLIDWORKS in the future,” (...) “We knew from the beginning it felt good [with SOLIDWORKS], so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we stand here together after thirty years…it was the right decision to go with SOLIDWORKS on this journey.”
Fredrik Mölzer
Owner and CEO | Industrilås Group
Trident Hydraulics

Trident Hydraulics

From its start twenty years ago, Trident embraced SOLIDWORKS, and today has become a leader in bespoke hydraulic system design and system integration. Since adopting SOLIDWORKS, the company has expanded its product line from building standard hydraulic power packs to delivering cutting-edge servo control systems.
“I used one of the first seats of SOLIDWORKS in the UK in 1999.”
Mike Forster
Owner and CEO | Trident Hydraulics LTD.

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30 Years of User-Driven Innovation

The Ultimate SOLIDWORKS Top 10 List

Three decades of enhancements with over eight million users giving feedback—SOLIDWORKS design software has seen a lot of changes through the years. Read this eBook to learn which features and enhancements SOLIDWORKS R&D members and user champions believe have defined the CAD software over the past 30 years.

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What’s New in SOLIDWORKS

Forget annual releases. Today, SOLIDWORKS is updated every eight weeks, keeping with its long tradition of customer-requested enhancements spread throughout the year. See the latest enhancements and keep up-to-date with the industry leader in mechanical CAD.

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Users React to SOLIDWORKS 95

Engineers and designers in 2025 tried out SOLIDWORKS 95 and had one heck of a time. Watch the videos and learn about the history of SOLIDWORKS, discover the modern users’ experience with retro CAD software, and much more.

30 Years of SOLIDWORKS

30 Years of Product Development Excellence

30 Years of Customer Success

Vermeer Corporation

Industrilås

Trident Hydraulics

The History of SOLIDWORKS

30 Years of User-Driven Innovation

The Ultimate SOLIDWORKS Top 10 List

What’s New in SOLIDWORKS

1995 Rewind: Seek and Find

Users React to SOLIDWORKS 95

Celebrate 30 Years of SOLIDWORKS with Us