645 SolidWorks Testimonials

"When designing in 3D rather than in 2D, it is even more important that all engineers work in the same way and apply the same structured methodology to create their models — and achieving that in an engineering team of 60 people, all working on highly complex products, is a great challenge."

“Our machines can have as many as 15,000 parts, including up to 9,000 discrete one-offs. The ability to model these parts in 3D and to make sure that we consistently assemble the machines without problems is a big plus. SOLIDWORKS helps us to keep both our assembly and component costs down.”

"SOLIDWORKS software is ideally suited to the type of products that we design and manufacture."

“I was debating on getting an entrepreneurship minor or starting my own company. I decided to make the leap. Starting a company is you putting yourself out there. If you have an idea, go for it. You can’t be too worried about not having it too perfect or ready. If you think it’s going to make a difference, put your idea out there. I wouldn’t be in this spot with my company if I didn’t take that chance.”

"Virtually everything we do – including working with assemblies, generating drawings, and communicating with vendors – requires fewer steps in SolidWorks."

“The ability to create compelling photorealistic renderings and 3D animations of our systems gives us a real leg up. We use design visuals in our product literature, marketing materials, and technical instructions, but where they really have an impact is during the sales process. Whenever we can get our design documents and visuals into the prebid process, we generally win the job. When a prospective customer sees our SolidWorks design renderings, our sales closing rate is somewhere between 90 and 100 percent.”

“By gaining a better understanding of the physics involved, we developed a more efficient system. Simulation capabilities provide a huge benefit and give us a real competitive advantage.”

“In the water treatment industry, lead-time is often more important than price. With the combined SolidWorks and TactonWorks solution, once our proposal is accepted, design goes through engineering in just a few days, then out to fabrication. This type of automation has been a key factor in our business growth.”

“We have several cylinders that exert up to 1.5 tons in the center or at the end of the [weightlifting] bars.”

"We can do these expensive and complex drop tests directly in [3DEXPERIENCE Works Simulation], which is a big time-saver. The opportunity we have with the 3DEXPERIENCE Works Simulation is that we can reject early [design] ideas digitally, saving a lot of money and time [on the back end]."

“The success of our company depended on developing products the right way from the beginning. There was no margin for error. To be faster and better than competitors, we needed the design visualization, communication, and production capabilities of SOLIDWORKS and the process control, workflow automation."

"With SOLIDWORKS, I can clearly visualize the core design and use mass properties to maintain the integrity of design dynamics while changing the densities of the inner and outer cores to achieve the desired performance."

“We were charged, fi rst, with confi rming that a PDM system would increase effi ciency, result in greater design reuse, and improve resource utilization, and, second, with choosing the best PDM solution to meet our needs."

“We chose SolidWorks Premium software because CAD-integrated simulation is more efficient and better for incorporating results as part of design.”

“This project shows the power of the SOLIDWORKS Community. We brought together a team of specialists to address critical development needs and used SOLIDWORKS as our common language. We were under pressure to complete development quickly, and SOLIDWORKS helped us achieve our goal.”