Bring Your Designs to Life with Reliable Simulations

Integrated Design and Analysis

Perform structural, thermal, and motion analyses directly within the SOLIDWORKS environment.

Reduce Prototyping Costs

Identify potential design issues early and optimize performance without expensive physical prototypes.

Optimize Performance

Test multiple design iterations to maximize strength, efficiency, and durability.

Make Informed Decisions

Leverage real-world simulation results to validate designs and reduce time-to-market.

Key Features That Set SOLIDWORKS Simulation Apart

Structural Analysis: Evaluate stress, strain, and deformation under real-world loads.

Thermal and Fluid Flow Simulation: Analyze heat transfer and fluid dynamics for optimized performance.

Motion Analysis: Simulate moving parts to ensure seamless interaction and efficiency.

Design Optimization: Run parametric studies to find the best possible design configurations.

Why Choose SOLIDWORKS Simulation?

Reduce time and costs by validating and optimizing designs early in the development process. Simulate real-world conditions to improve performance, ensure durability, and accelerate time-to-market—all within the familiar SOLIDWORKS interface.

Unsure if your design will perform as expected?

Simulate real-world conditions, including stress, vibration, and heat, to validate performance.

Struggling with costly design iterations?

Replace physical prototypes with virtual testing to save time and reduce costs.

Need to ensure product durability and compliance?

Test for strength, safety, and compliance with industry standards.

SOLIDWORKS Simulation

Standard

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard is an intuitive virtual testing environment for static linear, time-based motion, and high-cycle fatigue simulation. It delivers a concurrent engineering approach, helping you know if your product will perform properly and how long it will last—during the design phase.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation

Professional

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional enables you to optimize your design, determine product mechanical resistance, product durability, topology, natural frequencies, and test heat transfer and buckling instabilities. It can also perform sequential multi-physics simulations.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation

Premium

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium lets you efficiently evaluate your designs for nonlinear and dynamic response, dynamic loading, and composite materials. It includes three advanced studies: Non-Linear Static, Non-Linear Dynamic, and Linear Dynamics.

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Fully integrated in SOLIDWORKS® 3D CAD

FEA Modeling

Interactions and Connectors

Loads and Constraints

Automatic Conversion of Toolbox Fasteners to Bolts

Stress Hot Spot Diagnostics

Communication with Reports and eDrawings®

Linear Static Simulation for Assemblies

Time-Based Motion

Design Comparison Studies

Fatigue Simulation

Trend Tracker

Design Optimization

ECAD/MCAD Collaboration (CircuitWorks)

Load Case Manager

Advanced Interactions and Connectors

Topology Optimization Studies

Event-Based Motion Simulation

Frequency Simulation

Buckling or Collapse Simulation

Thermal Simulation

Drop Test Simulation

Pressure Vessel Design

Submodeling Simulation

2D Simplification

Linear Dynamic Simulation

Nonlinear Simulation

Composites Simulation

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