
What is SOLIDWORKS?
SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio unite your entire ecosystem, allowing you to connect the people, applications, and real-time data from every aspect of your business for improved productivity, increased collaboration, and accelerated innovation. Adding DELMIAWorks Manufacturing ERP provides added visibility specifically for your factory’s environment.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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95 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+91 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love SOLIDWORKS?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Respectful
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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SOLIDWORKS Reviews

Gowtham B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Transportation
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2024
One of the best 3D modelling softwares in market.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates SOLIDWORKS from other similar products?
The easy to build 3D modelling features and the ability to analyze the developed models is one of the best feature that is.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
User friendly and the animations.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Renders a little slower.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is the best tool in this space out there.
Pros
- Caring
- Altruistic
- Acts with Integrity
- Generous Negotitation

Mohit G.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2024
Superb Product For 3d modelling
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates SOLIDWORKS from other similar products?
Solid-works gets time to time updates in its version which makes it more useful as they add new features every time which prove to really helpful.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It supports 3d model files of different softwares sent by my suppliers and its feature recognition option brings back the entire feature tree with all the steps using which the imported file was created and ultimately allows me to edit that file as per my need.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It is a worth use software for me and i am using it since last 10 years so i donot find any drawback in it.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If somebody is looking for a simple and easy software which can create 3d models, assemblies and drawings and can integrate with various PLM softwares then solidworks can be the best choice.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Performance Enhancing
- Inspires Innovation
- Caring

Yash C.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2024
Most Easy and Handy Software for Solid Modelling
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates SOLIDWORKS from other similar products?
Its Tools and commands are very easy to use and less complicated, So that anyone can learn it in days
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The Graphics and Automatic Dimension and constraints generation wile modelling a part
What do you dislike most about this product?
Surfacing must also be a little part of it along with solid modelling
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go for it, if you only have to deal with solid modelling and Assemblies in CAD
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service