Knowledge Base

General FAQ

FAQ to addresses the most common questions customers have and are useful to customers at all stages of the customer journey.

3DEXPERIENCE Platform

All aspects of your business on a single platform for increased collaboration, best execution, and accelerated innovation.

SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD

SOLIDWORKS is a 3D CAD for product design with tools for creation, testing, simulation, and communication.

SOLIDWORKS CAM

SOLIDWORKS CAM is an add-on to all versions of SOLIDWORKS that lets you prepare your designs for manufacturability earlier in the development cycle.

SOLIDWORKS Visualize

SOLIDWORKS Visualize allows you to leverage your 3D CAD data to create photo-quality content in the fastest and easiest way possible.

SOLIDWORKS PDM

Manage and synchronize your design data across your entire enterprise with a single, easily deployable solution.

SOLIDWORKS Inspection

The SOLIDWORKS® Inspection add-in automates the ballooning of engineering drawings and 3D files with Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI).

SOLIDWORKS Simulation

SOLIDWORKS® Simulation provides integrated analysis tools that can predict the impact of stress, heat, vibration, and much more

SOLIDWORKS Electrical

Embedded electrical systems planning requires a unified electrical toolset that provides single- and multi-line schematic tools.

SOLIDWORKS Gold Products

Certified Gold Products are fully integrated third-party solutions, operating within SOLIDWORKS, to perform designated tasks and commands.

Licensing FAQ

Licensing FAQ