Users could now use mates in assemblies and capture dynamic assembly motion.This allowed for the top-down assembly modeling method to be used.

Users couldn’t apply mates in assemblies yet, but could still place components into position

Parts, assemblies, and drawings were all available from the start.

A similar FeatureManager to what we are familiar with now was used to show the history of how a model was built.

Building features in a fully-lit, shaded environment was a stark contrast to the traditional modeling space which only showed a wireframe against a black background

The visualization of the model was unprecedented.A large part of the ease-of-use was due to being on the modern, well-known Windows interface. The software was easier to use: a user could become comfortable with only 3 months of experience, compared to 3 years with other CAD software on the market.SOLIDWORKS launches at a price point of only $4,000 compared to $18,000 for other CAD systems.

After a couple of years in development, the initial release of SOLIDWORKS finally came. This was truly revolutionary all other popular CAD systems were built on Unix at the time. The team’s goal was to build an easy-to-use, affordable software built on the Windows platform. Hirschtick used $1 million that he earned while a member of the acclaimed MIT Blackjack Team to get his new venture off the ground. It all started in 1993 when founder Jon Hirschtick recruited a team of engineers with the purpose of making 3D CAD more accessible. From innovative new functionalities to all-new product offerings, this blog post will put you in a time machine and take you on a journey through the history of SOLIDWORKS. We tend to take many of these enhancements for granted now, but they were truly groundbreaking at the time they were released. While thinking about how much it has changed since I started, I decided to compile the highlights of SOLIDWORKS through the years. Ninety percent of these enhancements come straight from you, the customer. As we know, every year, SOLIDWORKS releases a new version with hundreds of new features and functionalities.

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