Parts, assemblies, drawings, user experience: SOLIDWORKS is always improving our design software. Catch up on the highlights from the last five years and see the best enhancements we’ve developed, including SOLIDWORKS 2025.
Designing an Elite Athletic Training Experience with SOLIDWORKS
Proteus is the new standard for testing and training physical strength and power. How did Proteus go from startup to standard in less than eight years? By designing a sports science lab in a box from the ground up with SOLIDWORKS® product development tools. Learn how Proteus designed an experience that introduced a new methodology to measure strength and physical performance. The result is revolutionizing how athletes of all types approach fitness.
Accelerate Design Innovation
SOLIDWORKS CAD solutions are the trusted, industry-standard for professional modeling capabilities, production-ready manufacturing documentation, and real-time cloud collaboration tools. Watch the video and download the top enhancements list to learn about SOLIDWORKS 2025 enhancements. Highlights include:
- Boost efficiency with the ability to rapidly select edges for the Chamfer command with selection accelerators and copy assembly components along with their associated advanced and mechanical mates
- Enforce company rules with multi-approval stamps on drawings anytime, on any connected device
- Connect and collaborate with peers directly from inside of your SOLIDWORKS interface
Download the Top Enhancements Flyer for Design, Collaboration, and Data Management
2025 Enhancements eBook
SOLIDWORKS 2025 streamlines and accelerates your product development process from concept to manufacturing. Explore the latest user-driven enhancements and learn how these new capabilities enable hassle-free design through improvements in 3D design, PDM, simulation, and more.
Design Anywhere
Reimagine design, collaboration, and documentation with the enhanced suite of cloud-based tools from SOLIDWORKS. Accelerate your product development process with revamped user experiences and powerful new enhancements covering part and assembly design, freeform modeling, drawings and model-based definition, motion simulation, and 2D drafting experiences. Watch the video to learn about SOLIDWORKS 2025 browser-based enhancements. Highlights include:
- Define manufacturing requirements with familiar 2D drawing workflows for creating sheets, views, dimensions, tolerances, and more
- Quickly design a freeform shape around existing geometry with new functionality to align the subdivision to external geometry
- Directly add views, dimensions, and tolerances within the drawing environment, compared to only having the ability to add them to the 3D model
Download the Top Enhancements Flyer for Browser-Based Product Development
Increase Data Efficiency
Enhancements to SOLIDWORKS PDM streamline accessibility, help you better understand assembly structures, and improve revision management. Watch the video and download the top enhancements list to learn about SOLIDWORKS 2025 PDM enhancements. Highlights include:
- Quickly access SOLIDWORKS PDM functions from the new PDM tab in the Command Manager toolbar
- Easily understand the order of assembly structures with a bill of materials that follows the same order as the SOLIDWORKS FeatureManager
- Discover new options for caching revisions and get the latest revision or a specified revision
Download the Top Enhancements Flyer for SOLIDWORKS PDM
Ensure Performance and Accuracy
Enhancements to SOLIDWORKS Simulation enable you to simplify analysis without compromising accuracy. Watch the video and download the top enhancements list to learn about SOLIDWORKS 2025 Simulation enhancements. Highlights include:
- Easily create custom spring connectors between surfaces by defining axial only, isotropic, or orthotropic springs
- Improve the solution performance for all studies when using the distributed load option for pin connectors
- Quickly troubleshoot simulation studies with unstable components
Download the Top Enhancements Flyer for SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Streamline Electrical Design
Enhancements to SOLIDWORKS electrical solutions speed up electrical design with new capabilities to generate 3D electrical harness routing, import electrical content, and create designs using enhanced drawing functionality. Watch the video and download the top enhancements list to learn about SOLIDWORKS 2025 Electrical enhancements. Highlights include:
- Create the product structure from your electrical project and combine it with the mechanical product structure from SOLIDWORKS on the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform
- Improve schematic design capability utilizing a new distributed terminal functionality, and enhance terminal strip drawings that include connected component symbols
- Enhance project 3D drawing layouts with dynamic drawings and new schematic annotation capabilities
Download the Top Enhancements Flyer for SOLIDWORKS Electrical Solutions
Simplify Drafting Workflows
DraftSight is professional-grade 2D CAD design software from the makers of SOLIDWORKS. The latest enhancements in DraftSight 2025 are designed with efficiency in mind, promising to save time and increase productivity. Watch the video and download the top enhancements list to learn about DraftSight 2025 enhancements. Highlights include:
- Transfer complex 3D models and assemblies with precision with the ability to import STEP files
- Maintain compatibility across CAD platforms and preserve complex design data integrity during transfers with DGN Export
- Create even more versatility for custom blocks with the new ability to insert multiple visibility elements