Editing SolidWorks (section)

{{Short description|Desktop software for 3D modeling}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox software
| name = SolidWorks
| logo = SolidWorks Logo.svg
| screenshot = File:SolidWorks 2023 3D Assembly.png
| caption = SolidWorks 2023 displaying a 3D assembly.
| developer = [[Dassault Systèmes]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1995|11|01}}<ref name="The future of Solidworks">{{cite web |url= http://blog.dasisolutions.com/2011/09/27/the-future-of-solidworks-has-always-been-in-your-hands/ |title=The future of Solidworks |date= September 27, 2011 |access-date= May 6, 2016}}</ref>
| latest release version = SolidWorks 2024
| latest release date = {{dts|2023|09|26}}
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| language = Chinese, Chinese Simplified, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
| genre = [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] [[Computer-aided engineering|CAE]] [[Product Data Management|PDM]] [[Product Lifecycle Management|PLM]]
| license = [[Software license#Proprietary software licenses|Proprietary]], term
| website = {{URL|https://www.solidworks.com/|solidworks.com}}
}}

'''SolidWorks''' (stylized as '''SOLIDWORKS''') is a brand of software used for [[solid modeling]] [[computer-aided design]] (CAD) and [[computer-aided engineering]] (CAE).<ref name="a">{{Cite web |last=Durham |first=Phil |date=2022-01-25 |title=What is SolidWorks? |url=https://www.technia.us/blog/what-is-solidworks/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Technia (US) |language=en-US}}</ref> It was one of the first 3D CAD applications designed to run on a desktop PC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bethany |date=2017-12-07 |title=A Brief History Of SolidWorks |url=https://www.scan2cad.com/blog/cad/solidworks-history/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Scan2CAD |language=en-US}}</ref>

The brand is owned by French software company [[Dassault Systèmes]].