SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS 2023: Smarter. Faster. Together

At SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD solutions enable you and your team to quickly transform innovative ideas into groundbreaking new products. SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software delivers powerful product design functionality to speed up your design process and make you instantly productive.

See why millions of engineering teams like yours rely on SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD for their product designs.

Why SOLIDWORKS?

SOLIDWORKS is the industry leading CAD software.  At 3DChimera, we have been active users of this technology since the beginning.  We have introduce so many customers to the power of parametric CAD modeling with SOLIDWORKS that we can now offer it directly! If you are developing new products then there is no better CAD tool out there.

In addition, there are some amazing, and often underutilized, features of SOLIDWORKS that are great for 3D printing / Additive Manufacturing as well as 3D Scanning / Reverse Engineering.

Features for 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing:

• 3D Textures
• Complex Surfacing
• Design for Additive Manufacturing
• Topology Optimization & Generative Design

Features for 3D Scanning / Reverse Engineering:

• Simple STL import and Reverse Engineering Tools
  
• Ability to import STLs as a solid body
  
• Add-Ins like Xtract 3D and Mesh2Surface

What's New in 2023 for 3D CAD?

Assembly

Work faster with large assemblies through automated, smarter assembly management.

Assembly Workflows

Speed up assembly design with streamlined assembly workflows.

Parts and Features

Create part geometry faster with multi-body modeling improvements and more extensive use or coordinate systems.

Sheet Metal

Speed up sheet metal design with improving communication with manufacturing.

Drawings and Detailing

Create drawings that represent designs more accurately, and ensure standardization by limiting geometrics tolerances to a specific standard. 

Structure Design

Build and modify more complete structures easily with the streamlined user experience.

Electrical Routing

Handle more complex electrical routing scenarios with new options for flattening, reorienting, and displaying wires and connectors.

Electrical Design

Create more informative electrical documentation faster while reducing errors.

Model-Based Definition (MBD)

Communicate your design more clearly with 3D with the ability to view all dimensions in the assembly 

SOLIDWORKS Visualize

Experience better real0life rendering in Preview render mode, as well as improved rendering performance and easier ways to define colors. 

What's New in 2023 for 3DExperience?

Assembly

Work faster with large assemblies through automated, smarter assembly management.

Assembly Workflows

Speed up assembly design with streamlined assembly workflows.

Parts and Features

Create part geometry faster with multi-body modeling improvements and more extensive use or coordinate systems.

Sheet Metal

Speed up sheet metal design with improving communication with manufacturing.

Drawings and Detailing

Create drawings that represent designs more accurately, and ensure standardization by limiting geometrics tolerances to a specific standard. 

Structure Design

Build and modify more complete structures easily with the streamlined user experience.

Electrical and Pipe Routing

Handle more complex electrical routing scenarios with new options for flattening, reorienting, and displaying wires and connectors.

Cloud Data Management

Securely store and manage your SOLIDWORKS data in the cloud while preventing production errors by streamlining drawing release.

Data Exchange with External Suppliers

Easily and securely communicate with your external suppliers by providing relevant PLM data.

Offline Mode

Continue your work without interruption even when internet connectivity is limited or lacking.

Task Scheduling

Improve efficiency by automating manual tasks. 

SOLIDWORKS Standard

Features:

• SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
• Sheet Metal, Weldment, and Surfacing Tools
• 2D Drawings
• 3D Assemblies w/ Interference Check
• Advanced CAD Import / Export
• SimulationXpress (Static only)
• CAM Standard (2.5 axis)
• And More...

Best if you need:

• Fully-Functional CAD tool
• Basic Simulation tools
• CAM Capabilities

SOLIDWORKS Professional

Features:

• All Standard features PLUS
• Photorealistic Rendering w/ Visualize
• eDrawings Professional Digital Collaboration Tools
• Standard Hardware Toolbox & Pre-built Parts Library
• Cost Estimation Tools
• Design Checker for standardized documents
• PDM Standard for Data Management
• Tolerance Stack up Analysis
• Scan to 3D

Best if you need:

• Increased Productivity
• Improved Communication Tools with Partners
• Integrated Data Management / PDM

SOLIDWORKS Premium

Features:

• All Professional features PLUS
• Simulation Standard - Enhanced FEA Simulation (Assembly, Dynamic, Motion Analysis, Fatigue)
• Time-based Motion Analysis
• Routing for Pope, Tubing, Ducting, and Electrical Cabling
• Surface Flattening capabilities
• CircuitWorks for PCBs
• Toleranace Analyst

Best if you need:

• Enhanced Simulation & FEA tools
• Maximum Productivity