SolidWorks

"With SolidWorks designing and simulation becomes a piece of cake, it provides a step-by-step procedure for doing any simulation study and gives the results as par real time scenarios. With a well built design tool library, I can import standard parts like gears, nuts, bolts, washers, screws, etc directly into my design interface which saves a lot of time and improves my productivity. I can also see my live simulation results in the animation wizard provided by SolidWorks."

"Simplicity of User interface anyone can use Solid Works without training, one 4 to 5 hours of training required to understand upto 70% software basics. I am using Solid Works for 3D modelling and 2D detailing of solid components used in heavy equipment engineering. Also Inbuilt standard sizes of L angels and extruded bars are moreover helpful in Solidworks. 360degrees of viewing angles. Ability to view and create 2D and 3D file. Can export 3D pdf as well. Import almost all types of cad files. CAD library given in Solidworks is really helpful for designers."

"One of the things I like the most is that we can import different types of files, even taking advantage of previous projects. It has a very usable interface and the features in general are very intuitive."

"The meshing feature is not as advance as compared to Ansys, I can't do manual meshing of the surfaces if I wanted to study localized deformations in parts. The software sometimes lags while doing any complex analysis, hence need improvements in this area."

"Solidworks is useful for sheet metal parts and solid geometry designing, but using it for plastic components is sometimes hectic for me it doesn't give freedom like catia for 3d modelling of plastic components this i dislikes."

"Files are heavy on larger projects, and they are very demanding on the hardware that processes them. Need to improve collaborative and shared file functionality."