1. SOLIDWORKS
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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.

30 Years of User-Driven Innovation

The Ultimate SOLIDWORKS Top 10 List

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

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.