SolidWorks’ competition includes companies like San Rafael-based Autodesk Inc., which has been around about a decade longer than SolidWorks and which is another big evangelist for 3D design ...

Young Industries, a longtime user of both SOLIDWORKS 3D applications and 2D CAD for critical workflows, was in search of a change. Young Industries, a leading manufacturer of custom-designed ...

SolidWorks, an arm of the French firm Dassault Systems, has made its 2D designing software solution (CAD or computer-aided design) available for free for manufacturing, engineering and ...

SolidWorks 2011 sports many enhancements, ... The 2D Planar tool is a big improvement over the previously more-complicated methods, ... lets users analyze how warm air flows through a design, ...

Dassault Systèmes, specialists in 3D CAD software, has launched the Solidworks for Entrepreneurs Program, giving early-stage businesses low-cost licenses for 3D design apps to aid in industrial ...