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SolidWorks Premium | SolidWorks Professional | SolidWorks 3D Mechanical Design Software | SolidWorks® Explorer | 3DVIA Composer | Design Communication and Collaboration Tools | eDrawings® | SolidWorks eDrawings Professional | PhotoWorks™ | SolidWorks Animator | CAD Productivity Enhancement Tools | SolidWorks® Toolbox | SolidWorks Utilities | SolidWorks Design Checker | FeatureWorks® | SolidWorks® Routing | 3D ContentCentral® | 3D PartStream.NET | 3D ContentCentral |


SolidWorks® Office Premium: A complete 3D product design solution, providing your product design team with all the mechanical design, verification, motion simulation, data management, and communication tools they need in one package.

SolidWorks Professional: A robust suite of core productivity tools, SolidWorks Professional includes SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software, a full range of design communication and CAD productivity tools, and PDMWorks, 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.

SolidWorks 3D Mechanical Design Software: Straightforward 3D CAD software, SolidWorks offers unmatched 3D design capabilities, performance, and ease-of-use.

SolidWorks® Explorer: Available at no cost, SolidWorks Explorer is the only CAD file manager that’s as intuitive as Windows Explorer, providing easy management for SolidWorks files. SolidWorks Explorer includes SolidWorks Search, which provides the ability to search all SolidWorks files whether located locally, in a Design Library, on the network, in the Solidworks Product Data Management Software vault, or in user generated content on the web in 3D ContentCentral.

3DVIA Composer: Simplifies and enhances your organization's ability to create 2D and 3D images and animation for a full range of product documentation, including:

  • Assembly instructions
  • Customer service procedures
  • Marketing materials
  • User manuals
  • Field service repair manuals
  • Training materials
  • Web-based catalogs

Design Communication and Collaboration Tools: Share product design information and collaborate more effectively via the Internet using innovative SolidWorks design communication and collaboration tools.

eDrawings®: A free viewing and publishing application for sharing accurate representations of 2D and 3D models that everyone can understand.

SolidWorks eDrawings Professional: The first email-enabled communication tool that dramatically eases the review of 2D and 3D product design data.

PhotoWorks™: A best-in-class rendering solution that allows creation of photorealistic images from 3D CAD models, increasing the impact of presentations and proposals.

SolidWorks® Animator: Allows creation of compelling animations from SolidWorks parts and assemblies, enabling more effective communication of design concepts.

CAD Productivity Enhancement Tools: Enhance efficiency with SolidWorks CAD productivity tools that simplify frequently performed design tasks. 

SolidWorks® Toolbox: A time-saving library of standard parts that uses Smart Part Technology to automatically select the appropriate fasteners and assemble them in the proper sequence.

SolidWorks Utilities: Productivity enhancement software that allows users to find differences between two versions of the same part or locate, modify, and suppress features within a model.

SolidWorks Design Checker: A timesaving tool for ensuring compliance with your organization's design standards.

FeatureWorks®: Feature recognition software that enables changes to static geometric data, increasing the value of translated files and reducing time spent rebuilding models.

SolidWorks® Routing: Enables you to quickly and easily design pipe, tube, and electrical routes in your product designs.

3D Online Catalog Solutions: Market standard and made-to-order components to product designers through innovative SolidWorks online catalog solutions.

3D PartStream.NET® : The most powerful and flexible solution for offering downloadable CAD models through company Web sites.  Online catalogs built with 3D PartStream.NET provide component manufacturers with a cost-effective means for generating high-quality sales leads, lowering support costs and increasing sales.

3D ContentCentral®: An online resource offering easy access to time-saving CAD models from leading component manufacturers.