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Go Beyond Design

Today’s designers and engineers face challenges that extend beyond just design. SOLIDWORKS® Design Ultimate provides a holistic approach to expand into all aspects of product design and development. A foundational solution for professional designers and engineers, SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate builds on 3D design by laying the groundwork for simulation, manufacturing, marketing, and management tools that eliminate silos and optimize your product development processes.

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What’s Included With SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate

Designers and engineers have to wear many hats. SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate includes everything you may need to go from ideation all the way to manufacturing. All solutions in SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate connect to the same single source of truth in the cloud, allowing for seamless connection between tools, stakeholders, and processes.

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Design and Simulate

Professional, flexible, and trusted design tools combined with robust simulation solutions

  • Industry-standard SOLIDWORKS design solutions found in our Premium offer
  • Freeform, subdivision design tools
  • Vast library of fasteners, hardware parts, and a catalog of over 50 million components from manufacturers worldwide through our online catalog
  • Specialized design tools for routing, large assembly design capabilities, weldments, mold design, sheet metal, and more
  • Flexible cloud-based  tools that support creative design on-the-go
  • Simulation tools to account for linear stress, frequency/modal, thermal, linear buckling and motion analysis
  • Ability to leverage cloud-computing for simulation
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Collaborate and Manage

Cloud-based BOM and product lifecycle management tools that are secure and always available, and greatly improve communication between development teams

  • Built to support cross-discipline collaboration between disparate teams
  • Easy sharing and markup capabilities for outside stakeholders
  • Secure, CAD-aware cloud storage
  • Easy revision management with branching and merging
  • Flexible, cloud BOM and lifecycle management tools
  • Associate project tasks to your design data
  • Conceptualize and release entire product structures online
  • Collaborative planning tools, Gantt charts, and project management
  • Whiteboarding and organization tools that follow Lean principles
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Document and Market

Solutions to create product documentation along with stunning and compelling marketing assets

  • Connect engineering and marketing directly to single source of truth
  • Cloud-based solutions to create technical illustrations, user guides, photorealistic images, and immersive experiences
  • Cloud-based studio for capturing lifelike photo renderings quickly and easily
  • Marketing content creation and product illustration for everyone, everywhere, at any time
  • Impactful 3D experiences for commercial customer engagements from VR to web
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Manufacture

Advanced CAM tools combined with cloud-based 3D machine programming that deliver accurate, production-ready parts the first time

  • Rule-based machining that enhances programming processes and accelerates quoting
  • Automated feature and hole recognition
  • Real-time toolpath verification for improved accuracy and efficiency
  • Nesting to easily cut multiple parts on one sheet for routers, lasers, plasma, and water-jet machines
  • Manufacturability checker for quick part design validation to determine optimal manufacturing process
  • Extended capabilities specific for wire EDM, laser, water-jet, and plasma cutting 

How You Benefit From SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate

Scalable Solutions

Scalable Solutions

SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate lays the foundation for companies at any stage, from startup to sustaining. As you expand beyond design, you can utilize the tools in SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate for managing product development needs and overcome tomorrow’s challenges.

Single Source

Single Source

Everything in SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate connects to a single source of truth. Seamlessly take your CAD data downstream without the need to export or import, improving accuracy and eliminating the need to move or duplicate data. Your data stays safe and in your control, while providing accessibility to your trusted stakeholders.

Set Up for Success

Set Up for Success

Engineers and designers can experience challenges when they are required to expand into other disciplines. SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate includes access to thousands of training lessons to help you quickly learn how to use new tools and be productive. You can master the included applications and level up your skills with in-depth learning modules.

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