“Weight is a critical design issue. While a mechanical engineer is interested in structural stresses and the positioning of the drivetrain, a naval architect focuses on hydrodynamics—balancing weight for stability and maneuverability—which affects how electrical engineers position solar cells, batteries, circuits, and motors. We all have to work together, and …

“The ability to model our assembly designs in 3D using SOLIDWORKS, and then evaluate the assembly to identify critical areas that need improvement prior to testing and manufacturing the finished product has dramatically improved both the speed and quality of our development processes. SOLIDWORKS enables us to bring higher quality …

“Between the customizable report generation tools in Smap3D and SOLIDWORKS eDrawings files, we can now more clearly and thoroughly communicate the need to make a design change, which facilitates customer comprehension and approval. The SOLIDWORKS/Smap3D solution improves the clarity and accuracy of documentation and communication throughout the entire process chain.”

“By designing parts and assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, 3D printing them, and then trying them out, we were able to iterate very quickly and launch the Reach a year ahead of schedule. We knew that we had something good, and our enthusiasm coupled with the efficiency of our design tools helped …

"With SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PCB software, we’ve reduced the PCA/PCB import process from a 15 to 30-minute process that resulted in ‘rough models’ of 30 percent of the components to a 5-minute import process of 100 percent of the components at 100 percent accuracy. It’s a game changer. This transition …

"We’ve found ESS to be a good value because it enables rapid response to any software issues and the ability to influence future software development based on our specific needs."

“We benefit from being able to show photorealistic renderings and 3D concepts earlier in the process, which we now give to our suppliers for marketing purposes and to solicit feedback.”

“SolidWorks software is a lot more user-friendly, and makes it easier to understand what the software is doing in terms of real-world applications. When it came to generating concepts and ideas, everyone used SolidWorks software to quickly gain a visual understanding of the design.”

“SolidWorks software is a superior product. It is much faster and easier to design and build individual parts and assemblies in SolidWorks software, and the motion simulation helped us reduce mistakes and the number of prototypes required.”

“SolidWorks soft ware was the CAD system used by three of our most successful teams. One team is responding to the Blind Driver Challenge issued by the National Federation of the Blind, another is developing the fi rst humanoid robot in the United States, and a third won two fi …

“Every member of our team four students devoted to mechanical design and four students focused on electrical system development has a student version of SOLIDWORKS software, which we relied on heavily. The ability to conduct a linear static stress analysis while designing components and assemblies in SOLIDWORKS has been a …

“This program is incredibly enriching for our students because of the range of real-world experiences that they have. It’s a truly professional experience, for which they need a professional design package like SOLIDWORKS. With SOLIDWORKS software, the students have all of the design and communication capabilities that they need to …

“SolidWorks has provided incredible value, and has helped us to respond to our engineering challenges quickly, innovatively, and cost-effectively.”

"Our success rate is so high because we’ve validated close correlation between the results we get from SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional and actual production, using photoelastic and microscopic analysis tools to confirm the software’s simulation results."

“We’ve relied on SOLIDWORKS mechanical design and FEA (finite element analysis) tools since the beginning. As fuel-cell applications have grown, we’ve sought to duplicate our mechanical engineering performance on the electrical systems side of our development effort.”