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Mechanical
CAD Capabilities
SolidWorks 3D design software can help you design better products faster.
When you have an idea for a great product, you'll have the tools to design it in
less time, and at lower cost.
Swift (SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology)
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SWIFT lets you spend time creating
products that work well, instead of trying to make your software work
for you. It automates time-consuming detail work and techniques,
diagnosing and resolving problems related to feature order, mates,
sketch relationships and the application of dimensions. |
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With the heads-up user interface, you get
a complete, customizable set of visual display and mouse-driven
control capabilities. This reduces design steps, minimizes
dialog boxes, and decreases visual clutter. |
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SolidWorks includes data translation tools
for AutoCAD users, along with help documentation, so you can
smoothly convert DWG files into 3D models. Alternatively, you can
use DWGeditor - included with SolidWorks software - to edit,
manipulate and maintain existing AutoCAD DWG files in their native
format. |
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With Instant3D, you have the fastest,
easiest way to create and modify 3D part geometry. By simply
clicking and dragging, you can precisely create and resize features
- even section entities. As you ready your design for production,
use DimXpert to create accurate 2D drawings (or "drawingless" data)
to ensure your parts will fit when manufactured. |
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Visualize and communicate your designs
more clearly than ever. You can quickly create nearly lifelike,
fully dynamic representations of your parts, assemblies, and
completed products - without rendering. |
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Improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and
usability of your product designs. Using the Freeform feature,
creating new geometry, or importing and manipulating new surfaces,
is easy and intuitive. |
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Create sheet metal parts from scratch
using folds, bends, flanges, rips, tabs, and miters, as well as
lofted bends, sketched bends, hems, and more. Alternatively, you can
create a solid shape as a starting point. Advanced capabilities, such
as the "convert solid to sheetmetal" functionality, let you develop
a manufacturable sheet metal part. |
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Sketch a layout for your frame and select
a weldment profile. SolidWorks will automatically generate a
weldment design in 3D. Modify, validate, and reinforce your design,
and then enhance it with standard parts that you can drag and drop
from the Design Library or 3D ContentCentral. Then, generate precise
manufacturing drawings with cut lengths for all segments. |
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With SolidWorks, you can import part
geometry in IGES, STEP, Parasolid, ACIS and other formats to begin
your model designs. Create, validate, and execute your mold designs -
and reduce manufacturing errors - with a complete range of tools and
checks, speeding the design of cores and cavities, assembly
features, and lip and groove features. |
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Assembly Modeling
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SolidWorks gives you the tools to get it
right on-screen when you create assemblies, saving you the time and
cost of physical prototyping and remanufacturing. You can mate
components by picking individual surfaces, edges, curves, and
vertices; create mechanical relationships between components;
conduct interference, collision, and hole alignment checks; and link
the motion of pulleys and sprockets. You can also automatically
assembly fasteners and accompanying hardware; automate the assembly
of commonly used components, appropriate hardware, and required
features; and use MateXpert to fix conflicts such as
over-constraining a component. Use Lightweight mode to reduce the
time spent opening and working on large assemblies. SpeedPak
technology enables you to create simplified versions of assemblies
that speed assembly operations and drawing creation. use Quick View
to select and open just eh component you need to work on, and use
the Assembly Xpert to analyze and improve your assembly's
performance. |
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Simulate Assembly Motion
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Simply by clicking and dragging
components, you can check an assembly for proper motion and
collisions. In addition, you can simulate physical motion involving
assembly mates, contact springs, and gravity. SolidWorks Motion also
provides accurate measurements of velocity, accelerations and forces
on components due to motion - so you have a realistic understanding
of design decisions before producing the prototype product. |
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2D Drawing Creation
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Use the familiar interface of DWGeditor to
draw in 2D, as well as edit and maintain your existing DWG data
files. Raise your quality level with
SolidWorks Design Checker. With thorough, automated checks and
autocorrect capability, you can ensure full compliance with your
company standards - before you release your designs for manufacture. |
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Bill of Materials
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Save significant time when you use
SolidWorks to automatically generate a complete bill of materials
(BOM) from your design. Your BOM is associative: When you change
your design, the BOM updates automatically, and vice versa. Plus,
you can export the BOM data to Excel, Intuitive ERP, and other
applications. |
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SolidWorks Simulation tools help both new
users and experts ensure their designs are durable, safe and
manufacturable. In addition, you can use SolidWorks FloXpress to
optimize your designs for water and air flow effects. |
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Design Automation of Repetitive Tasks
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Save time with SolidWorks Smart Component
technology to automate the selection and insertion of standard
components. use DriveWorks Xpress to automate repetitive design
tasks that can be used in product/sales configurators. |
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Standard Hardware Libraries
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With SolidWorks Toolbox, SolidWorks Design
ClipArt, and 3D ContentCentral, you have instant access to virtual
encyclopedias comprising thousands of standard components. |
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Use PhotoWorks and Photoview 360 to
leverage your SolidWorks 3D models for presentations, proposals, or
virtual and material studies - before creating any parts. You'll
save time, while eliminating the high costs of prototyping and
photography. |
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Leverage Scanned Data
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Import digital scans of handcrafted models
into SolidWorks using ScanTo3D. You can also import design concepts
created in Rhinocerous software or sketches developed in Adobe
Illustrator. |
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Routing Systems
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Automate and accelerate the process of
routing tubes, pipes, electrical cables, cable harnesses, and
electrical conduits with SolidWorks Routing. |
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ECAD to MCAD Translation
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CircuitWorks is designed to bridge the gap
between SolidWorks and Electrical Computer-Aided Design (ECAD)
systems by providing an intuitive tool that allows users to import
and export Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs between SolidWorks
and ECAD systems. |
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