645 SolidWorks Testimonials

“Our products have to look good, and SolidWorks gives us the tools we need to make them look their best.”

"We looked at other CAD packages out there, but we chose SolidWorks for its ease of use and outstanding performance."

“The light bar base was the largest injected-plastic part that we have made. With SOLIDWORKS Plastics, I was able to modify the design to improve the flow of plastic in the mold. I added a large post for the injection sprue and ribs heading out from the post to serve as runners to improve flow. Instead of having to go back and add runners, which would have resulted in a delay, I had already done it. All the moldmaker had to do was change a gate dimension.”

“We chose SOLIDWORKS because dollar for dollar, it’s the best 3D CAD out there. When you consider the additional integrated solutions like Electrical and PDM, we get the most bang for our buck with the SOLIDWORKS development environment.”

“While we buy all of our robots from ABB, the robots represent just one part of our custom automation systems. We add value by using the robots to invent new manufacturing processes through the design, fabrication and installation of all of the ancillary equipment, mechanical controls, interface tools and operational software. Because we can use integrated SOLIDWORKS tools to collaboratively create our mechanical designs and electrical schematics, we are able to develop our value-add systems as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.”

“If we didn’t have SOLIDWORKS Plastics, we wouldn’t have as much confidence in the manufacturability of a design. It helps us avoid going back and forth with the moldmaker after the fact, which saves time and reduces costs.”

“Advantage for [ECCO] in implementing SolidWorks Plastics is the ability to understand how a part is going to behave in tooling.”

“We needed a robust modeling environment that could import and accommodate the varying forms of design data, and a PDM [product data management] system that not only supported diverse data types but also enabled collaboration and facilitated workflows on a global scale. On this project, openness, usability, and flexibility are the key requirements.”

“By standardizing on SOLIDWORKS, we’ve found it much easier and faster to complete product design cycles. Modeling parts and assemblies more quickly—using mates and assembly capabilities—enables us to support greater throughput without having to add resources. With SOLIDWORKS, we can design a new slide in just three or four days.”

“The ability to quickly create and send eDrawings files to customers has been extremely helpful. We use eDrawings to highlight specific features and dimensions with customers, who can then view the model, rotate it to evaluate a design from all perspectives, and indicate requested changes or unique requirements without the need for a CAD system. This helps us refine designs well in advance of production, resulting in faster throughput and more satisfied customers.”

"We are getting more and more efficient, and our development and production throughput have grown since we implemented [SOLIDWORKS] EPDM. Our machines involve very large assemblies some in the 10,000-part range so finding ways to automate processes is important."

"By installing SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, we keep the work flowing, which is how we make money."

"With SolidWorks CAD Software, we can go through design iteration cycles much faster."

"Using SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer on the infant and child safety project, I was able to focus on the design aesthetic while simultaneously addressing mass and volume concerns. The product is designed for travel so it needs to be with the child and parent most of the time, so creating a design that would be as light and compact as possible was an important consideration during industrial design."

"We’re able to develop a proposal with SOLIDWORKS, including 3D models, in a couple of hours instead of the days and weeks it took to develop proposals which did not include drawings, let alone 3D models working in 2D. The average part variance that we experienced before moving to SOLIDWORKS was 12 percent. In the first two years that we used SOLIDWORKS, our average part variance was less than half a percent. With SOLIDWORKS, we’re faster and more precise."