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SolidWorks® Professional

Design & Workgroup PDM Solution

A robust suite of core productivity tools, SolidWorks Professional includes SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software, a full range of design communication, CAD productivity tools, and SolidWorks Workgroup PDM, an easy-to-set-up-and-use product data management (PDM) solution that is uniquely adapted to managing SolidWorks product data for the individual or workgroup.

 

 

Features & Benefits

Award Winning 3D Design Tools

SolidWorks award winning, windows native, 3D mechanical design software. Powerful, easy to use, and innovative, SolidWorks is the leading mainstream CAD solution. Evaluate more design alternatives, reduce errors, and enhance product quality. Only SolidWorks offers the solid modeling power and performance to get any job done, while being intuitive enough for every engineer and designer to learn.

Design Communication Tools

Share product design concepts and collaborate more easily with SolidWorks Professional. Innovative SolidWorks design communication tools allow your organization to begin marketing activities early and streamline all phases of the product development process. The following communication tools are included:

• 3D Instant Website - Publish live 3D interactive content to the web.
• SolidWorks eDrawings Professional - Share data and collaborate with your extended design team
• PhotoWorks - Create photorealistic images.
• SolidWorks MotionManager - Create compelling AVI files from SolidWorks parts and assemblies.

CAD Productivity Tools

Increase efficiency with SolidWorks CAD productivity tools that automate frequently performed design tasks and improve your ability to reuse previously created design work. You can also check your design work and drag and drop parts into your assembies directly from a library of standard parts.The following productivity tools are included:

• FeatureWorks - Simplify the reuse of 3D CAD data created in varied file formats.
• SolidWorks Design Checker - A timesaving tool for ensuring compliance with your organization's design standards
• SolidWorks Toolbox - Automate assembly tasks with a library of standard parts.
• SolidWorks Utilities - Work more efficiently in product development environments with multiple design changes.

Achieve Greater Efficiency through Data Management

Securely manage and share engineering design data, eliminate lost files, prevent unauthorized changes and enable concurrent design.  SolidWorks Workgroup PDM lets you easily vault, search for, and retrieve design data while maintaining complex file relationships and design history.

SolidWorks Workgroup PDM is a SolidWorks add-in that offers automated revision control, vaulting, concurrent engineering, collaboration, and report generation capability inside SolidWorks. Operating at the highest level of integration possible with SolidWorks, the learning curve for traditionally complex data management has been reduced to several hours.

SolidWorks Upgrades, Technical Support & Value Added Resources

With SolidWorks Subscrition your design team will have access to new SolidWorks software releases and upgrades, enhancement request privileges, live technical support from Javelin, and comprehensive online resources. Learn more about SolidWorks Subscription Service.