What is SOLIDWORKS Design?

SOLIDWORKS® Design is the 3D CAD solution of choice for professionals worldwide who need to take design innovation further, produce products faster, and reach the highest levels of efficiency in their day-to-day product development work. Decades of user-driven enhancements and a relentless R&D focus on user experience have made SOLIDWORKS Design not just powerful, but also easy to learn and fun to use.

Trusted industry standard solution
Powerful and proven 3D modeling capabilities
Production-ready documentation and 2D drawing solutions
Generative and assistive AI-powered features for drawings and assembly designs
Intuitive user interface designed by engineers, for engineers to use
Cloud Services real-time collaboration tools for sharing and marking up designs
Secure, CAD-aware cloud file and revision management
Out-of-the-box ideation to manufacturing workflows
Integrated simulation, rendering, and CAM tools

How You Benefit from SOLIDWORKS Design

Professional 3D CAD

Choose the 3D CAD solution that the pros use. SOLIDWORKS Design makes creating parts, assemblies, drawings, production-ready documentation, and robust 3D models fun, intuitive, and easy to use, bringing you from design to manufacturing faster than ever.

Intuitive UI Made for You

SOLIDWORKS Design is known for its intuitive, customizable interface built to maximize your everyday productivity. Take advantage of 3D CAD software that you can customize to meet your unique needs, regardless of industry or company size.

Design Together

Cloud-based sharing, collaboration, and file management with Cloud Services is included with SOLIDWORKS Design licenses. Connect your partners, customers, and remote teams, and get real-time feedback and revision management to keep all of your projects on time, on budget, and on point.

SOLIDWORKS Design Capabilities

From complex design modeling, parts, and assemblies to simulation, rendering, and production-ready, fast, associative, painless drawings and updates, SOLIDWORKS Design is the professional, industry-standard 3D CAD solution that will bring you from ideation to manufacturing faster and easier.

Everything You Need from Design to Manufacturing

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Parts, assemblies, large design review, robust modeling and more give you design and performance capabilities that push the boundaries of your imagination and can keep up with the most complex products and large assemblies.
Professional drawings are fast, associative, and production-ready. Whether you prefer 2D drawings or 3D annotations or you require CAM capabilities, SOLIDWORKS Design brings you from ideation to production with ease.
New performance and capability enhancements are released throughout the year, ensuring you are always working with the latest professional product development tools on the market.

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Supercharge Your Everyday Productivity

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Specialized functionality handles everything from weldments and routing to mold design, sheet metal, and more.
SOLIDWORKS Toolbox covers your needs for creating holes and assembling hardware items, such as fasteners, washers, nuts, and bolts.
Built by engineers, for engineers. SOLIDWORKS Design has evolved by anticipating future design requirements, understanding how you want to work and implementing user-driven enhancements over 30+ years.

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Turn Your Documentation Into a Conversation

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File sharing made easy. Share your design for review with secure links from SOLIDWORKS Design without sending a physical file and never lose control of your data.
Markup in 3D. Get easy feedback from stakeholders. Models can be shared for review and marked up directly by multiple people in 3D, all in a browser.
Remove friction for immediate feedback. Internal and external collaborators do not need to download any extra software or viewers to review your work—it is all done through SOLIDWORKS.

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Compare SOLIDWORKS Design Packages

Capabilities	SOLIDWORKS Design Standard	SOLIDWORKS Design Professional	SOLIDWORKS Design Premium
3D Design and Modeling
Part and Assembly Modeling and 2D Drawings
Specialized Design Tools for Weldments, Molds, and Sheet Metal
Design and Manufacturability Checks
ECAD-MCAD Collaboration
Intelligent CAD Libraries of Industry-Standard Fasteners
Manufacturing Cost Analysis
CAD Standards and Drawings Checking
Electrical Harness, Piping, Tubing, Duct Design, and Surface Flattening
Cloud Collaboration, and Data and Lifecycle Management
Real-time Cross-team Collaboration in the Cloud
Secure Data Management (Version Management)
Simulation
Linear Static Analysis for Parts and Assemblies
Time-Based Motion Analysis
Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
3-axis NC Machining and Machine Simulation
Sheet Metal Nesting and NC Programming
Marketing
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
Photorealistic Rendering
Training and Support
Online Lessons, Local Support, and Vibrant Community

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Browse Licensing and Deployment Options

The same trusted 3D CAD solution with two ways to license, deploy, and connect to the cloud. SOLIDWORKS Design is available in your choice of two options: SOLIDWORKS Design, a single-user license with named-user access across multiple devices and an immediate connection to the cloud, and SOLIDWORKS Design with Cloud Services, a device-based, machine-locked or network floating license including the ability to activate cloud capabilities when you are ready. Both options include the same 3D CAD functions, capabilities, and user interface. The difference between the two is how they are purchased, deployed, and connected to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and Cloud Services.

Cloud Now

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SOLIDWORKS Design

Single-user, a cloud-based, named user license accessible on multiple devices
Immediate connection to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and Cloud Services
Minimize IT overhead with a simplified local install deployed from the cloud
Stays up to date with each release
Quarterly and yearly licenses available to purchase online or through a Reseller Partner, starting at $845 USD/quarter or $2,820/year

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Cloud Ready

SOLIDWORKS Design

Device license, machine-locked or network floating, accessible by any user on a single device
Activate your connection to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and Cloud Services when you are ready
Locally-managed install or network-deployment
Ability to install multiple major or specific minor releases
Yearly licenses available to purchase online, starting at $2,820 USD/year
Quarterly, yearly, and perpetual licenses available to purchase through a Reseller Partner

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Customers Succeed with SOLIDWORKS

Innovative designers, engineers, and businesses around the world push the limits of product development and 3D design with SOLIDWORKS Design software. Explore their stories and learn how SOLIDWORKS Design is the professional solution to bring your ideas from concept to manufacturing to life.

Community at Our Core

SOLIDWORKS has a passionate, engaged community of more than 8 million users from every corner of the world. From user groups to startups to students to makers, community has always been at our core. But it’s more than just bringing people together. It’s making them better at what they love to do. Through dedicated training, online learning, and certifications, SOLIDWORKS thrives on putting users in a position to succeed.

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SOLIDWORKS Powered by the Cloud

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Product development takes a full team, and SOLIDWORKS with the cloud helps your teams work together from any location, improving design efficiency and communication while streamlining product development to meet business goals. All SOLIDWORKS Design licenses include collaboration capabilities with Cloud Services and access to the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, a cloud-based business and innovation platform that scales with you. Here’s a preview of what the cloud can do for you on day one:

Connect all stakeholders inside and outside of your organization with a single source of truth
Easily share and markup designs with any stakeholder in 3D
Store and revise models with secure, CAD-aware cloud storage
Access assistive, predictive, and generative AI tools, including AURA, an LLM tailored for design

Succeed with a Reseller Partner

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SOLIDWORKS Reseller Partners add value to your SOLIDWORKS experience by partnering with you for success. Reseller Partners ensure you get the maximum value out of your purchase with: