Benefits of going from 2D to 3D design

Improve productivity with SolidWorks 3D Design Tools

Why are so many companies migrating from 2D CAD to 3D solid modeling for mechanical design? Solid modeling shortens design cycles, streamlines manufacturing processes, and accelerates product introductions by improving the flow of product design information and communication throughout an organization, as well as among its suppliers and customers. For your business this means faster time-to-market and higher quality products translate into increased revenue, while reduced design costs provide larger profit margins.

 

The main benefits of going to 3D

 

Communication Tools

SolidWorks 3D design includes communication tools that allow you to share and sell your product designs. Collaborate with your extended design team and generate sales and marketing material.

Interactive 3D drawings

Learn more about eDrawingsCollaborate more effectively with everyone involved in product development by using eDrawings software, the first email-enabled communication tool that dramatically eases sharing of product design information. Fast, reliable, and convenient, eDrawings files supply accurate representations of 3D models and 2D drawings created with the most widely used CAD systems on the market. eDrawings offers unique capabilities like point-and-click animations that make it easy for anyone with a PC to interpret and understand 2D and 3D design data.

 

Photorealistic renderings for sales and marketing

Learn more about PhotoWorksPhotoWorks software which is built into SolidWorks enables users to quickly and predictably create photorealistic images that rival those of studio-based photography. Allowing you to present convincing design proposals quickly and effectively, produce virtual material and color studies, and reduce prototyping and photography costs.

 

Animations for communication and demonstration

AnimatorSolidWorks MotionManager allows you to show fit, function and features or your designs without having to create physical prototypes or mockups. You can explode an assembly. Move interactive parts. Fly around your model. Rotate it to any angle. Point-and-click simplicity makes it a snap to improve your designs and enliven your presentations. Animation is saved in the industry-standard AVI file format for easy viewing by all.

 

 

Test and validate your designs

Design ValidationOptimize your designs by using SolidWorks simulation tools to simulate real-world conditions and test multiple "what if" scenarios. SolidWorks Simulation is a powerful, easy-to-use design validation and optimization software fully embedded within SolidWorks. SolidWorks simulation software is ideal for engineers who need analysis but are not specialists in finite element analysis.

Motion Analysis

SolidWorks Motion is a complete motion simulation and kinematics package fully embedded within SolidWorks software.

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Designed for engineers who are not necessarily specialists in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), SolidWorks Flow Simulation redefines fluid flow analysis with robust capabilities normally found in high-end programs.

 

 

Organize and manage your design data

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM WorkflowSolidWorks provides an enterprise document management solution which is based on an entirely new concept. The user interface is completely integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer®. Therefore the data management system is naturally easy to use and learn as every user knows how to use Windows.

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM helps organizations manage and share product data more effectively and automate workflow to allow better collaboration from engineering to the shop floor, resulting in better products, lower costs, and faster time to market

 

 

Automate your design process

DriveWorks Design Automation3D automation enables companies to capture design knowledge, rules and experience allowing the knowledge to be re-used in order to create new and variant designs, quickly and cost effectively.

SolidWorks automation tools allow users to specify to order and satisfy customer requirements, automatically generate 3D models and 2D drawings enabling a customer to quickly 'see' their product aiding the sales process. Because the output is based on specified rules, results are consistent and accurate, reducing the risk of costly errors