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SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate is an end-to-end software package that builds on SOLIDWORKS Design Premium and adds cloud-based design, simulation, marketing, management, documentation, and manufacturing tools. Take a product from first concept through to manufacture in one connected environment, with every tool linked to the same source of truth.
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What is SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate?
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate is the end-to-end package in the SOLIDWORKS Design range. It includes everything in SOLIDWORKS Design Premium, then adds cloud-based tools for simulation, collaboration, management, marketing, and manufacturing on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. By bringing design, engineering, simulation, manufacturing, and go-to-market work together, it removes the silos that slow product development down.
Today’s designers and engineers face challenges that reach well beyond design itself. SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate is built for engineers and designers who need the freedom to move between different tools and processes, and for power users who work with team members across several phases of product development. It is available with your choice of SOLIDWORKS Design CAD tools.
Key capabilities include:
- Design tools from SOLIDWORKS Design Premium, plus freeform and subdivision modelling
- Simulation for linear stress, frequency/modal, thermal, linear buckling, and motion
- Cloud BOM, revision control, and product lifecycle management
- Technical documentation, photorealistic rendering, and 3D marketing content
- CAM with rule-based machining, nesting, and toolpath verification
Benefits of SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate helps teams grow beyond design, keep all their product data in one place, and build the skills to use every tool in the package.
Key points:
- One package for design, simulation, manufacturing, marketing, and management
- Suits companies at any stage of growth
- Tools that work together as your needs change
Key points:
- No exporting or importing between tools
- Your data stays safe and in your control
- Trusted stakeholders still get the access they need
Key points:
- Over 200 learning modules in Learning Experience training content
- Lessons for design, engineering, simulation, and manufacturing
- In-person classes available through MECAD Systems
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate Capabilities
Designers and engineers have to wear many hats. SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate covers everything from ideation to manufacturing across four areas.
Design and simulate
Professional, flexible, and trusted design tools combined with robust simulation solutions. You get the industry-standard design tools from the Premium offer, plus the ability to test how a design behaves before anything is built.
Key points:
- Freeform, subdivision design tools, and flexible cloud-based tools that support creative design on the go
- Specialised tools for routing, large assembly design, weldments, mould design, and sheet metal
- A vast library of fasteners and hardware parts, plus a catalogue of over 50 million components from manufacturers worldwide
- Simulation for linear stress, frequency/modal, thermal, linear buckling, and motion analysis
- Cloud computing for simulation
Collaborate and manage
Cloud-based BOM and product lifecycle management tools that are secure and always available, and that greatly improve communication between development teams.
Key points:
- Built to support cross-discipline collaboration between disparate teams
- Easy sharing and markup for outside stakeholders, with secure, CAD-aware cloud storage
- Easy revision management with branching and merging
- Associate project tasks with your design data, then conceptualise and release entire product structures online
- Collaborative planning tools, Gantt charts, and whiteboarding that follows Lean principles
Document and market
Solutions to create product documentation along with stunning and compelling marketing assets, all built from the same design data your engineers work in.
Key points:
- Connect engineering and marketing directly to the single source of truth
- Cloud-based solutions for technical illustrations, user guides, photorealistic images, and immersive experiences
- A cloud-based studio for capturing lifelike photo renderings quickly and easily
- Marketing content creation and product illustration for everyone, everywhere, at any time
- Impactful 3D experiences for commercial customer engagements, from VR to web
Manufacture
Advanced CAM tools combined with cloud-based 3D machine programming that deliver accurate, production-ready parts the first time.
Key points:
- Rule-based machining that enhances programming processes and accelerates quoting
- Automated feature and hole recognition, with real-time toolpath verification
- Nesting to easily cut multiple parts on one sheet for routers, lasers, plasma, and water-jet machines
- A manufacturability checker that validates part designs and determines the optimal manufacturing process
- Extended capabilities specific to wire EDM, laser, water-jet, and plasma cutting
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate Product Matrix
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Frequently Asked Questions
about SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate
What is the difference between SOLIDWORKS Design Standard, Professional, Premium, and Ultimate?
SOLIDWORKS Design Standard is the basic package, with industry-standard 3D design software, production-ready 2D documentation tools, advanced CAD file import and export, and cloud-based share and markup. Professional builds on Standard with SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, a design for cost feature, and ECAD/MCAD collaboration. Premium expands your design tools with specialty tools like wire and tube routing, circuit board import, photo rendering, kinematics, and linear static stress. SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate includes Premium and expands your capabilities well beyond design, into simulation, collaboration, management, marketing, and manufacturing.
What industries does SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate support?
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate supports all industries, such as industrial equipment, medical devices, high tech, home and lifestyle, and more.
Does SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate work with my existing environment?
Yes. SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate includes all of the features and functionalities in the SOLIDWORKS Design Premium packages, plus cloud-based solutions on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. These features are completely interoperable with existing SOLIDWORKS Design and 3DEXPERIENCE platform solutions.
Is SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate in the cloud?
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate includes both locally installed software and web-browser apps. All of the product development solutions in the package are interoperable. The cloud-based tools are based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, a business and innovation platform that scales with users, and every tool connects with the others whether it is installed locally or runs in the cloud.
Can I upgrade from SOLIDWORKS Design Premium to SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate?
Yes, you can upgrade from SOLIDWORKS Design Premium to SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate. Get in touch and we’ll take you through it.
How is SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate licensed?
SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate is available with quarterly or yearly licences and is sold through the reseller partner network. We are your local partner in South Africa, so request a quote and we’ll put pricing together for your team.
Can I test out SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate?
Yes. Request a demo and we’ll show you what’s included in SOLIDWORKS Design Ultimate.
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