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SolidWorks
Stable release
SolidWorks 2012 displaying a 3D assembly in multiple views.
Developer(s)	Dassault Systèmes
Initial release	November 1, 1995; 25 years ago^[1]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Available in	English
Type	CAD and CAE
License	Proprietary, term
Website	www.solidworks.com

SolidWorks is a solid modelingcomputer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) computer program that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. While it is possible to run SolidWorks on on an Intel-based Mac with Windows installed, the application's developer recommends against this.^[2] SolidWorks does not support macOS.^[2] SolidWorks is published by Dassault Systèmes.

According to the publisher, over two million engineers and designers at more than 165,000 companies were using SolidWorks as of 2013.^[3] Also, according to the company, fiscal year 2011–12 revenue for SolidWorks totaled $483 million.^[4]

History[edit]

SolidWorks Corporation was founded in December 1993 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate Jon Hirschtick. Hirschtick used $1 million he had made while a member of the MIT Blackjack Team to set up the company.^[5] Initially based in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, Hirschtick recruited a team of engineers with the goal of building 3D CAD software that was easy-to-use, affordable, and available on the Windows desktop. Operating later from Concord, Massachusetts, SolidWorks released its first product SolidWorks 95, in November 1995.^[6]^[7] In 1997 Dassault, best known for its CATIA CAD software, acquired SolidWorks for $310 million in stock.^[6] Jon Hirschtick stayed on board for the next 14 years in various roles. Under his leadership, SolidWorks grew to a $100 million revenue company.^[8]

SolidWorks currently markets several versions of the SolidWorks CAD software in addition to eDrawings, a collaboration tool, and DraftSight, a 2D CAD product.

SolidWorks was headed by John McEleney from 2001 to July 2007 and Jeff Ray from 2007 to January 2011. The current CEO is Gian Paolo Bassi from Jan 2015. Gian Paolo Bassi replaces Bertrand Sicot, who is promoted Vice President Sales of Dassault Systèmes’ Value Solutions sales channel.

Release history[edit]

Name/Version	Version Number	Version History Value	Release Date
SolidWorks 95	1	46	November 1995^[9]
SolidWorks 96	2	270	Early 1996
SolidWorks 97	3	483	Late 1996
SolidWorks 97Plus	4	629	1997
SolidWorks 98	5	817	1997
SolidWorks 98Plus	6	1008	1998
SolidWorks 99	7	1137	1998
SolidWorks 2000	8	1500	1999
SolidWorks 2001	9	1750	2000
SolidWorks 2001Plus	10	1950	2001
SolidWorks 2003	11	2200	2002
SolidWorks 2004	12	2500	2003
SolidWorks 2005	13	2800	2004
SolidWorks 2006^[10]	14	3100	2005
SolidWorks 2007	15	3400	2006
SolidWorks 2008	16	3800	July 1, 2007
SolidWorks 2009	17	4100	January 28, 2008
SolidWorks 2010	18	4400	December 9, 2009
SolidWorks 2011	19	4700	June 17, 2010
SolidWorks 2012	20	5000	September, 2011
SolidWorks 2013	21	6000	September, 2012
SolidWorks 2014	22	7000	October 7, 2013
SolidWorks 2015	23	8000	September 9, 2014
SolidWorks 2016	24	9000	October 1, 2015
SolidWorks 2017	25	10000	September 19, 2016
SolidWorks 2018	26	11000	September 26, 2017
SolidWorks 2019	27	12000	October 9, 2018
SolidWorks 2020	28	13000	September 18, 2019
SolidWorks 2021	September 22, 2020 ^[11]

Market[edit]

DS Solidworks Corp. has sold over 3.5 million licenses of SolidWorks worldwide.^[12] This includes a large proportion of educational licenses.^[13]

Its user base ranges from individuals to large corporations, and covers a very wide cross-section of manufacturing market segments. Commercial sales are made through an indirect channel, which includes dealers and partners throughout the world. In the United States, the first reseller of SolidWorks, in 1995, was Computer Aided Technology, LLC, headquartered in Chicago. Directly competitive products to SolidWorks include PTC Creo Elements/Pro, Solid Edge, and Autodesk Inventor. SolidWorks also partners with third party developers to add functionality in niche market applications like finite element analysis, circuit layout, tolerance checking, etc. SolidWorks has also licensed its 3D modeling capabilities to other CAD software vendors, notably ANVIL.^[14]

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Modeling technology[edit]

screen shot captured from a SolidWorks top-down design approach.

SolidWorks is a solid modeler, and utilizes a parametric feature-based approach which was initially developed by PTC (Creo/Pro-Engineer) to create models and assemblies. The software is written on Parasolid-kernel.

Parameters refer to constraints whose values determine the shape or geometry of the model or assembly. Parameters can be either numeric parameters, such as line lengths or circle diameters, or geometric parameters, such as tangent, parallel, concentric, horizontal or vertical, etc. Numeric parameters can be associated with each other through the use of relations, which allows them to capture design intent.

Design intent is how the creator of the part wants it to respond to changes and updates. For example, you would want the hole at the top of a beverage can to stay at the top surface, regardless of the height or size of the can. SolidWorks allows the user to specify that the hole is a feature on the top surface, and will then honor their design intent no matter what height they later assign to the can.

Features refer to the building blocks of the part. They are the shapes and operations that construct the part. Shape-based features typically begin with a 2D or 3D sketch of shapes such as bosses, holes, slots, etc. This shape is then extruded to add or cut to remove material from the part. Operation-based features are not sketch-based, and include features such as fillets, chamfers, she

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