SolidWorksReviews of solidworks.com

I have been a user of SolidWorks for more than 25 years. It is excellent software that lets you be creative and design what you want. Unfortunately, over the last 15 years, the useful features for the average mechanical engineer have remained the same, while the price has rocketed. At the same time, the user interface has become unstable, it crashes frequently (especially when using STEP or non-SW files), the online platform requires multiple updates every month, and it takes 10 clicks and many minutes to load. In short, it is the epitome of enshittification.

fa assolutamente schifo, ogni singolo feature cad è meglio

The program is unusable way too often, every other week SW is out of service and I cant use it, the web verification is just a nightmare that works sometimes. When I get to actually use SW its amazing except for when it crashes and it didn't want to autosave. I've used SW for ~5 years and the first 3 years of SW student version worked flawlessly but now with maker I need to verify it to the internet every time I open it. This new year the program deleted itself but thankfully my models were ok. Just today I've had 8 attempt launches and I'm not able to use it yet, it wants me to use the link "solidworks_dot_com/support/downloads" and download the newer version but the thing is that the link on this support page doesn't work

This software is simply not worth the investment, especially when there are far superior alternatives available. It’s difficult to understand how it became the industry standard, given the frustration it causes. Businesses and universities should seriously reconsider their reliance on it. In most cases, Inventor, Catia, NX etc are a far better choice.

Solidworks Maker or Design. It´s a pain. Don´t save the documents even if you ask to. Forces you to update more than what you use the program. Fails all the time. Really bad application.

I've never seen such a bad paid interface in my entire life! I could tolerate it if it were free, but no, I'm paying! I don't understand why they made such a terrible interface, because SolidWorks has immense capabilities. The customer service is just as bad as the interface... I recommend it if you're looking for good CAD software, but you have to be able to keep your cool for several hours...

Bought a one year licence. Needs update to launch. Being denied access, I can only conclude one thing. Total shite! Now using Autodesk Inventor without any issues.

Solidworks, like other ££££ CAD software is capable, very capable however Dassault Systemes have made the user experience extremely complicated from download to design. The overall experience is so infuriating that I am warning prospective users to choose another provider. I can not express this clearly enough: DO NOT USE Dassault Systemes products if you just want to design things quickly and easily without too much complication. The HotFix for patch releases does not work very well at all. The offline version of Solidworks requires a login to 3D Experience for some unknown reason and the 3D Creator navigation is a mess for web app based CAD. It is so bad.