# SolidWorks Simulation Reviews **Vendor:** Solidworks **Category:** [Simulation & CAE Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/simulation-cae) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 60 ## About SolidWorks Simulation SolidWorks Simulation is a comprehensive suite of analysis tools integrated within the SolidWorks CAD environment, enabling engineers and designers to virtually test and validate their designs under real-world conditions. By simulating physical behaviors such as stress, strain, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics, users can identify potential issues early in the design process, reducing the need for costly physical prototypes and accelerating time to market. Key Features and Functionality: - Structural Analysis: Evaluate the strength and durability of components and assemblies under various loading conditions to ensure product reliability. - Thermal Analysis: Simulate heat transfer and thermal effects to optimize product performance in varying temperature environments. - Fluid Flow Analysis: Analyze fluid dynamics to assess the impact of liquid and gas flows on product design and functionality. - Motion Analysis: Study the movement of assemblies to predict mechanical behavior and identify potential operational issues. - Fatigue Analysis: Predict product lifespan by assessing how repeated loading and unloading cycles affect material integrity over time. - Optimization Tools: Automatically refine designs to meet specified performance criteria, enhancing efficiency and innovation. Primary Value and Problem Solving: SolidWorks Simulation empowers users to make informed design decisions by providing accurate, real-time insights into product performance. This proactive approach minimizes the risk of design flaws, reduces development costs, and shortens the product development cycle. By integrating simulation directly into the design process, SolidWorks Simulation helps ensure that products meet quality standards and perform as intended in real-world applications. ## SolidWorks Simulation Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of SolidWorks Simulation, highlighting its intuitive interface and fast learning curve. (3 reviews) - Users value the **accuracy of results** in SolidWorks Simulation, finding it intuitive and beginner-friendly for various analyses. (1 reviews) - Users value the **ease of testing different components** in SolidWorks Simulation for performance and durability evaluations. (1 reviews) - Users value the **helpful customer support** of SolidWorks Simulation, enhancing their experience with timely assistance and feedback. (1 reviews) - Users praise the **intuitive interface** of SolidWorks Simulation, enabling quick and efficient learning for novices. (1 reviews) - Ease of Learning (1 reviews) - Features (1 reviews) - Interface Ease-of-Use (1 reviews) - Users love the **intuitive interface** of SolidWorks Simulation, making it easy for novices to perform analyses quickly. (1 reviews) - Learning Ease (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find some features **confusing** , which can complicate the overall experience with SolidWorks Simulation. (1 reviews) - Users experience **export issues** that complicate analyses and hinder the software's advertised capabilities. (1 reviews) - Users criticize the **file handling capabilities** as inefficient, leading to significant frustration during larger analyses. (1 reviews) - Users experience a lack of **control over meshing** and limited turbulence models, affecting professional use in SolidWorks Simulation. (1 reviews) - Users find **meshing issues** in SolidWorks Simulation limit control and lacking necessary turbulence models for flow problems. (1 reviews) - Users highlight the **missing features** of SolidWorks Simulation, limiting its effectiveness for advanced analysis tasks. (1 reviews) - Performance Issues (1 reviews) - Poor Customer Support (1 reviews) - Simulation Issues (1 reviews) - Slow Simulation (1 reviews) ## SolidWorks Simulation Reviews ### 1. Easy to use and good for simple simulation. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anuj M. | Product Design and Development Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2024 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It's work quickly with provide accurate result. Helpful to quick evaluate our product design for it's reliability **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Very few simulation modules available. Waiting for future updates for new simulation modules. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use static and thermal simulation problems for our clients product design ### 2. Easy to Use for Engineering Students Learning Simulations **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The ease of use as an engineering student still in the process of learning. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** It could be a bit clearer on what’s necessary before running a simulation. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** As an engineering student it helps me prove my designs work. ### 3. Looks nice, feels unreliable. **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maarten G. | Simulation engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2024 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Fast learning curve. Intuitive interface allows even a novice user, with the right background, to effectively run a straightforward analysis, by generating a mesh and applying loads and constraints quickly. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Unfortunately, this list is a very long. In my opinion the software is underdeveloped in many ways. I would rate it "fair" or "mediocre" when using it as a tool for basic analysis only (not more than a few parts, mostly linear analysis with maybe a bit of semi-linear contacts and some geometric nonlinearity). It gets worse if you, or someone in your organisation, actually believed the marketing and expects the software to be suitable for analyses featuring the advertised capabilities. Much worse. You may be able to analyse a shell, to use cyclic symmetry, or to considere geometric nonleanearity. But don't expect to combine any of those features in one analysis. If you're attempting plasticity or hyperelasticity, you should hire a priest to pray for the solver to converge. Don't expect the solver to run on more than one CPU core. If you plan to postprocess a larger problem, cancel your other appointments for the day. Don't contact customer support, it's a waste of time. And if you ever find yourself analysing composites with this software, please don't despair: life is too precious to lose and there is better software out there! **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Weight reduction, strenght verification. ### 4. User-Friendly and Easy, Though Some Features Need Clarity **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2025 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** I really appreciate how user-friendly it is. It's so easy to use. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Some features are still a bit confusing, but overall it's good. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Meshing ### 5. Solidworks is a great tool to use when using solidworks 3d cad **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** frank W. | Plant superintendent, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2024 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Gives us the ability to test out differnet components and assemblies in solid works to see if the will perform as intended and have the ability to last for many cycles of operation. eay to use. cuctomer support has benn very helpfull with all feedback we needed. We use it on a daily basis with every new design we make or any changes **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** i have not found anything unhelpfull as this time. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps use design better products and visualizes for the customer the out come of the product. ### 6. Way to simulation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Saurabh s. | Analysis Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 05, 2024 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It's easy to use and understand even for the beginner and has a good interpretation of results. Solidworks does the meshing and contact setting work automatically in most of the cases that's really good thing for a beginner. It has great tools to perform all kind of simulation either it's a static dynamic thermal or flow problem. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** In Solidworks simulation user doesn't has the control over meshing so it's not really good for the professionals and also the for the flow problem's it doesn't have all the turbulence models. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's solving all kind of cae and cfd problems and it has the benefit that for using this tool user doesn't need much of fundamental knowledge. ### 7. Limited simulation software perfect for initial FEA **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It's simplicity and integration directly in Solidworks it a huge plus. Other FEA have a complicated setup and rather complex solver settings. SW Simulation reduces the time to get an design product in CAD. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Solidworks Simulation is not optimised for solving speed, but rather for simplicity and less time initialising the simulation setup. Also, you have little flexibility with solver settings and the solvers are not the most accurate variants. Boundary conditions are also limited. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solidworks reduces the CAD design time and ultimately the time to marked of a hardware product, by providing an integrated, easy to setup FEA simulation plugin. ### 8. Quick finite element studies to check gut feelings **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robbert K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** - Intregrated with Solidworks CAD - Easy to set up a study - Many types of studies (not only stiffness/strength) **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** - Expensive for small companies - Harder to check for convergence/accuracy than other FE packages **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple stiffness/stress simulations to confirm or deny 'gut feeling' engineering decisions. Simple flow calculation for cooling. ### 9. SOLID WORKS SIMULATION **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** santosh k. | MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Design, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 05, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Solid Work simulation helps to reduce the effort of modification of the model in Solid Works to get simulation as both are the same platform, so there is no need for file conversions. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** As extra price needed to take the Solidwork Simulation and as we are mainly using Ansysy for Simulation it is not know to many as the training modules for this is not available need to give free training along with software. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solid work simulations help to know if the model withstands the applied loads or if the stresses induced are with in the limits or not can be understood by using this software. ### 10. Solid works Design Engineer Mechanical **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Santosh Kumar D. | Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It is some easier than the other analysis softwares. It is quite easy to to no need of file formats. After modelling directly we can acess to analysis. More efficiently like other softwares. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** The results were done what different from the analysis of other softwares. Meshing and elements types are different to compare with other analysis. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to get the stress, Bending and deformation values easier than in theoretical values by manual calculations. Just by giving inputs of constrains and loads gives results ### 11. Great for Simulation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maher E. | Graduate Research Assistant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Solidworks Simulation is an excellent tool for product design, especially stress analysis. The process is very user-friendly, and the designer can easily set up the problem by setting the correct boundary condition and design conditions. The software takes care of the rest to reliable output results. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** There is not much to dislike about Solidworks Simulation. What could be improved is the mesh generation. Some designers might prefer to use other tools for simulation to have more control over the mesh size and quality. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Solidworks Simulation mostly for stress analysis to determine the maximum stresses in a part or assembly. This software has greatly benefited me in designing more reliable tools and prodcuts. ### 12. Accurate Simulation of Static and Dynamic stress test **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rishikkesh B. | Mechanical Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** I like the types of forces that can be applied to the part to simulate the actual working conditions. The simulation reports are very easy to read and share. Video can be easily captured simulating the stress and displacement **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** I don't see any downsides except maybe which might fall out of scope of the review is that this Simulation tool used to be a part of SOLIDWORKS but now it has to be brought separately at an added cost **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I validated all my oil and gas equipment that I designed by simulating them on the software since actual testing is very expensive physically. The designs increased confidence with the buyers ### 13. Solidworks simulation is best for Static structural analysis **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tatyaso K. | Sr. RnD Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Easy to use and user friendly interface. Results are much accurate. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** It is difficult to add welding joints it take more time **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** It will give a prior results before manufacturing any machine. It help to identify hoopholes in design ### 14. SolidWorks Simulation Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** J. B. | I, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2022 ### 15. Great Simulation tool | Easy to set up and use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rishikesh B. | Sr. Technical Program Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It is very easy to use this tool. It supports all types of loading conditions. Analysis is very fast, in general, it also depends on the computer you use. I also love the report generation **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Static simulation is available under the basic package but you have to pay for flow, heat and electrical simulation packages as an add-on. Dynamic simulation doesn't necessarily yield accurate results **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I designed mechanical equipment and tools using Solidworks and validated my design using the Simulation software. It has helped me tremendously as I can quickly change my designs and validate it using this tool saving me lot of time and money ### 16. Best tool for prototyping mechanical designs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Viviani K. | Brand Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** As a mechanical engineer working in business, I need to show the features of my components in a way that everyone can understand. SolidWorks is not only helping the ultimate design of mechanical pieces and provides visual renders for massive applications, also for business presentations!! **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Under all the commands, there are equations of finite elements and hard mechanical equations. If you want to break into this field and understand what is actually happing behind, you need to study mechanical engineering... **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** First, we understand the client's needs, and then we make a roadmap. My role is to sit down with young mechanical engineers who will spend 20 hours designing a little piece of a machine that will meet the needs we identified. SolidWorks is helping us in this process in creating and archiving this masterpiece. ### 17. Powerful Simulation Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sanyukta B. | Architectural Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** the accuracy of static simulation that I use is great. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** There is nothing I dislike about the software so far **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I perform static mechanical stress testing on the architectural buildings to verify the designed loading ### 18. easy virtual CAD model testing software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jaydeep S. | Product design engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** SolidWorks simulation is one of the best options for me to determine the analysis of CAD models. It is user-friendly software and easy to use. 1. it gives a linear and dynamic analysis of objects 2.determination of product resistance,thermal stresses,heatflow 3. i can perform various physics simulation with it. 4. instant report generation. 5. checks product qualities. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** i dont get any issue during simulation in solidworks ,but sometimes it shows error in meshing when parts are compeletly mated. but overall performance is excellence **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** SolidWorks simulation helps me to determine the capability of my CAD model to withstand environmental effects, fatigue, loads, etc. I can test my product whether it is suitable for that region or not. I can check its durability, mechanical resistance, heat effects and create an automatic report based on it ### 19. Great tool for mechanical design of parts applied to warehouses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Working with data without any visual help sometimes make things hards; that is why I like SolidWorks Simulation is the best because I can visualize the operation of mechanical data when I run simulations. I can check the strenght and verify mechanical faliures. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** When I add too many items, it starts to work a bit slow. So I am separating the simulations into different sets of simulations. This also helps me to present my solutions to others. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** You should start with small mechanical pieces and then move to bigger pieces! You can do it! **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are designing mechanical pieces for the operation of warehouses. This tool also allows me to build cranes and different working mechanisms. It is a very cool tool. I can recommend it! ### 20. Perfect software for simulation study **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mayank S. | Mechanical design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It helps you to create and simulate your prototypes 3d model digitally. It shows you the results very quickly of the operations you did In simulation. There are many amazing features available that saves your time. Also by using this you can easily figure out the physical behaviour of the product you created in solidworks. This software helps you to identify the mistakes you did for creating the model, so that you can easily resolve those mistakes. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** There are no downsides of working with solidworks simulation, it the perfect solution for 3d models simulation. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** Perfect software for all kind of analysis and testing of the 3d modells. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it in my organization to test new ideas, and it helps me to do that quicky and effectively and provides me the knowledge of innovation of the products. I use this software to do fatigue analysis, thermal analysis, motion analysis and many more analysis. One of the best thing about using solidworks simulation is that it is the one place for all the analysis. It is a user friendly software available with many amazing features which helps me to do my work quickly and easily ### 21. Solid works simulation CAE **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 19, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It will match 90% with other software like optistruct, ansys **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Need strong preprocessing, connection, simplification, co simulation **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** CAE structural probelm in automotive ### 22. Simulation in solidworks **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** salaimanimagudam M. | Author, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The Solidworks stimulation helps in all types of stimulations, including topology optimization, computational fluid dynamics, electromagnetic, thermal, airflow in a single platform. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** In Solidworks, stimulation needs to give more concentration of topology optimization for anisotropic material and the dynamic simulation of the lattice structure. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** kindly give stimulations for concrete 3D printing **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** The stimulation can be used effectively even in custom material and composite material. The non-linear static test can be performed quickly and more accurately. ### 23. The most direct solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Caleb L. | Quality Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** SOLIDWORKS simulation easily integrates into your design projects as a plugin to SOLIDWORKS. It allows you to easily run FEA (stress test, strain test, torsion, etc,) on your parts while drafting them. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** It does not come free with SOLIDWORKS basic or professional license. It is an important tool for CAD and users would benefit from access with all licenses. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Optimize part diameters, material types, bolt patterns, and more. Quickly validate the structural integrity of designs. ### 24. Exceptional UI and a very friendly Interface **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 14, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The way things can be modeled and Simulated. Very user friendliness, navigation across tabs is very easy and also it's very easy to options under multiple tabs unlike other apps. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** I have used this software for almost more than a year. And I haven't found much to my dislike. Nothing much to complain about. All I found is it's usefullness. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Structural and CFD simulations to solve problems involved in aerospace industry. ### 25. A Powerful in-CAD solution for mechanical/structural analysis. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christopher S. | Product Development Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 01, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Simulation is easy-to-use, powerful, and accurate enough for daily work. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** It has a limited element library and known issues with solving highly non-linear contact situations. (but it is improving) **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use SWx simulation on individual piece part and small assembly analysis with linear, static and non-linear static and dynamic problems. ### 26. Solidworks simulation is one of best easiest tool for static structure simulation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Iftekhar A. | Mechanical Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** I do use Solidworks simulation almost twice in a week and what I like, it easy to use and give accurate results. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Sometimes meshing gives unexpected errors and it is hard to solve them. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used Solidworks simulation for static stimulation and I was successfully able to reduce the weight of that component. ### 27. User friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** user friendly, better options than other CAD software, easy to learn and teach others **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** price is higher than other softwares, only one machine can be run with one license (so remote working is painful) **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** Good tool, would still prefer Ansys due to pricing **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Design new products, simulation and creating 2D drawings using models, and getting the cost of products before manufacturing. ### 28. Must and should software for Academic Students & Entry Level Professionals. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shiva Kumar B. | FEA Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The interface is more user-friendly and has good yearly updates, easy to assign the FEA boundary conditions, Good Pre & Post-process also. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Have to work on Mesh controls and types of Elements, Contacts between Solid and shell & Weld elements , Solid and Weld element results don't come together **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** I would say very good for academic students just go for it, and even FEA beginners also. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mesh controls, Contacts, Solid and Weld element results don't come together ### 29. All in one best solution for simulation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Solidworks simulation works great because it has wide range of materials plus we can create. Also there are different profiles which help a lot **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Difference in accuracy +- 3% which is ok for users like bcz we consider fos, but still solidworks can improve **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used thermal, static, dynamic simulations which solved most of problems. Topology is best feature which is added for reducing weight of components ### 30. Solidworks Simulation is easy to use and has good interface. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 16, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Solidwork Simulation is easy to use and has good features for CAE simulation. It gives approx. accurate results **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** When it comes to complex simulation, it is hard to use. It gives errors which hard to understand **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used this software for the simulation of different mechancal parts. ### 31. easy to use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 17, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** easy to use software with nice UI and affordable licenses **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** simulation capability is limited as compared to other softwares like abaqus/ansys **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** simple part level analysis. mostly structural analysis. ### 32. Nodes adjustment and patching yet to be improve **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rakesh Kumar C. | Assistant manager , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2020 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The bestpart is applying bounadary condition in statisimaultion and results are quick in the same environment. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Large multidomain simulation is not possible. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** In case of product lot of hectic work is reduced as there is no migrating to other environment as it is very fast and quickly you can analyse the results. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Heavy hydraulic machine static simulation for different condition. ### 33. Powerful tool for simulation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hitesh A. | Hitesh Attree, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 09, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** I really like SolidWorks Simulation as it helps to subject my designs to real world conditions using Finite Element Analysis method. It determines the product mechanical resistance, natural frequencies, test heat transfer, product durability, topology etc with such ease. It provides a virtual testing environment where I can check my product's performing capabilities and save a lot of time. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Sometimes its difficult to understand errors but overall I am not disappointed with this software as it serves my purpose. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** I find it the best software for simulation which works efficiently and gives you accurate visual results. It also increases productivity and reduces costs. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have done various projects where it helped me to simulate a wide range of interacting physical models by performing sequential multi physics simulations. I have also evaluated my designs for linear, non linear, static and dynamic response. ### 34. Best design tool for simulation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pankaj A. | Pankaj Attri, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** SolidWorks Simulation is user friendly and has powerful 3D CAD design capabilities. Time is saved as the products are made at a quicker rate. Before doing physical testing, designs can be subjected to real world conditions to ensure the quality and efficiency of the product. I can check the diameter, radius, displacement, add colors to the product, view a 3D look etc. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** I have undergone training to learn this software where I was taught amazing features but some of them are very complex, for that I need to watch videos again and again to work thereafter. Hence, it requires a lot of time and practice to master these features. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** I think this is the best software to get a visualization of your product before the physical testing which saves both time and money and ensures quality. Although you have to practice a lot to be professional in the features but that's worth it. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has increased my productivity due to its lifelike visualization and a number of flexible and specialized tools that let me come up with designs in a quicker and more efficient manner. ### 35. An easy-to-use platform that generates advanced simulations **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Danny T. | Founder and Industrial Designer, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Solidworks simulation takes very complex computational scenarios and turns them into easy-to-perform, step-by-step sequences. It makes common requirements (such as drop-tests) almost as easy as one click. It is intuitive enough that it is possible to see the results of different scenarios very quickly – for example, if I want to change the height of a drop-test, I can do so usually by editing a single parameter and running the simulation again. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Simulation is a CPU-hungry game, but increased cloud integration will solve this within a few years. Currently, running fairly simple simulations means that my computer is unusable for at least an hour. Pushing these operations to the cloud would enable me to gain back that time. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** We simulate everything from simple drop and stress tests to thermal conductivity and ventilation. ### 36. Best software for doing analysis and simulation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nikhil G. | Nikhil Gupta, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The best thing I like about SolidWorks Simulation is that it enables the possibility to test assemblies. It becomes easier to understand the behavior of parts during different loading types in an assembly. This saves both time and efforts. SolidWorks Simulation offers several capabilities like optimization analysis, thermal stress analysis, frequency and heat transfer analysis etc and includes solid continuum elements and curved surface shell elements which makes the inspection easy. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** I have not found any significant issue with this software. It is very well developed to help you in your design work. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** I think this is the best design tool for simulation which is very efficient and improves accuracy. It offers a wide capabilities to do several types of analysis and ensures product quality. You may undergo training to gain more knowledge to utilize all the tools available. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** With SolidWorks Simulation, I have been able to use adaptive methods to improve accuracy of the results and apply symmetry restraints to analyse a quarter of the original model. I have done static analysis to identify stresses caused by static loading and thermal analysis to identify heat flow through a model. The analysis shows critical areas and based on the results, I can strengthen unsafe regions and remove material from over designed ones. ### 37. Most efficient simulation software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jatin A. | Jatin Arora, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** SolidWorks Simulation lets me test the CAD models virtually to predict a product's real world physical behavior. I can transform my ideas into reality anddo not have to wait for the physical testing to check if the product will perform properly hence reduces physical testing costs and time. It also reduces prototyping and raises the quality of product. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** I have been using this software for years now and did not have any concern. It is a bit complex to understand all the tools in the beginning but once you get to learn about this, you start admiring it. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** I highly recommend this software to every design and product engineer or someone who wants to do fluid, finite element, linear, non linear analysis. It is the best software to do simulation, virtually testing new ideas and gives accurate results. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** With SolidWorks Simulation, I do the linear, non linear, dynamic and static analysis which increases the product quality. I test it virtually, evaluate the performance and make the changes then and there which reduces time and money. It enables to optimize the design and determine product durability, frequencies, buckling instabilities etc. I evaluate the designs efficiently with this software. ### 38. It is an excellent computer engineering tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Miguel C. | Ingeniero, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** SOLIDWORKS Simulation is easy-to-use structural analysis tools, I really like this interface because it helps companies obtain finite element analysis (FEA) to predict the actual physical behavior of a product through virtual CAD model testing. It also has high capacities for linear and nonlinear static analysis, and dynamic analysis. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** SolidWorks has less strength in fatigue analysis. It only has the stress life approach and will calculate the fatigue life based on the SN curve entered. The other problem is: it has only a limit of 5000 data points. You cannot enter more than 5000 data entry curves for any analysis. It can be the big problem. They must introduce a bolt connector, without penetration / penetration contact, interference adjustment contact, sliding contact in the dynamic analysis. These contacts are really creating software inferiority compared to other tools like ANSYS and ABAQUS. The other thing I don't like about this software is that they don't have a frequency response function tool. If you want to correlate your experimental data with the simulation tool, you must have a frequency response function, since FRF is the first measured amount of the experiment. Try not to confuse FRF with harmonic response analysis. FRF is the output to input ratio in the frequency domain, while the harmonic analysis in SolidWorks is only the maximum amplitude response in the excitation frequency range. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** It is an excellent software for engineering, if you want an ally is your industrial processes do not hesitate to use Soliworks **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Soliwords Simulation is integrated with CAD, so it is relatively easier to use. If you understand the theory of the problem you want to solve: the results you get from SolidWorks simulation tools are equivalent to other tools such as NASTRAN, ANSYS, etc. I am the process engineer and I use these tools for vibration analysis. , fatigue analysis and static analysis. I solved the real vibration problem using this tool. I am an expert in the theory of vibration analysis, so for me the use of SolidWorks is easier and requires less time than other software such as ANSYS, ABAQUS and NASTRAN. I have used ANSYS and NASTRAN in the past, but I really like SolidWorks Simulation because you can easily edit the geometry in SolidWorks. Basically, the only weak part of SolidWorks Simulation is mesh optimization, it doesn't have much, since it only uses the tetrahedral element for solid mesh, but you should keep in mind that mesh optimization is not just the thing through from which you get the results. to wish. You must fully understand the problem and only use simulation as a solver. For example, you first need the bibliographic survey and define the problem and the data related to the problem. ### 39. SolidWorks Simulation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Nanotechnology | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** SolidWorks Simulation is very user-friendly since this tool is embedded in SolidWorks. Also the technical support is timely and useful. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Options seems to be less robust compared to other tools such as time stepping, which is user-specified at a uniform value. Unfortunately, transient Structural analysis including the inertial terms in conservation of momentum is not an option. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being fairly new to SolidWorks Simulation, this is difficult to comment on but it's user friendliness and excellent technical support is very exciting. ### 40. simulation made easy with solidworks **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** PANKAJ A. | PANKAJ ATTREE, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 12, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** the time to complete the simulation is low as compared to other softwares like hypermesh and ansys and the user interface is very good even a new beginner can easily do simulation on solidworks **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** one thing i dislike about solidworks simulation is that during meshing it always shows interference between nut and bolts although they are already mated well. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** you can go with solidworks if u want to do simulation it has a very good interface but u need to learn every basics about simulation first only then u can go ahead **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** static beam analysis like wind pressure on the pole ### 41. Easy to learn, easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hamid F. | IEEE Student Member, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It is one of the best simulation software I have used. The simulation environments is very easy to implement and the visualization process is very professional **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Compared to its competitor some features and tools are missing. For example for structural analysis we don't have freedom in selecting analysis parameters **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it for design, optimize and simulation of mechanical systems ### 42. Good for quick simulations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jordan B. | Designer I, Machine Build, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The ability to create a mesh without having to convert a solid body and solve conversion errors is incredibly helpful. Also the ability to directly interact with simulation data within the design software is a big plus. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** The default fatigue life settings are lacking a substantial library. It is not clear how to import good data for material specific fatigue S-N curves. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** Requires SolidWorks Premium License to use **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Checking factors of safety and cyclical load failures is very helpful as we move into more automation and robot based systems. ### 43. Solidworks Simulation Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 13, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Simulation helps in the design process when you aren't sure if a machine isn't going to be strong enough. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Simulation is difficult to set up if you don't know what you're doing. You have to know exactly where to apply forces and make assemblies as parts. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to strengthen and design out any problematic areas ahead of time and saving money by not having to redo components because they are too weak. ### 44. FEA made easy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Machinery | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** User friendly, very simple. Has some nice features like interference and standard bolts. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Not good for large dense mesh. Needs a lot of RAM and time. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pressure vessel stress calculations. If you can get the mesh dense enough the results are quite accurate and acceptable to coding authorities (PED & ASME). ### 45. Useful for component and small product FEA analysis. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sports | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Easy to setup model for FEA and gives quick idea for design. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Not capable of performing FEA analysis of large models and results are approx. not accurate. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Performing FEA at component level to understand design. ### 46. Easy to use and accurate results **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Electronics | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** Easy of use and the visual results are great **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** The costs. When I was a student it's was cheap (student license) but it's expensive when you need a full license **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** I used a lot during my study and internship. It's easy to use but the license is expensive **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Force calculations to determine if the plastic parts are strong enough ### 47. Easy to know on forehand **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Wholesale | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2019 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** That you can simulate all forces you expect to have so the product is tested before even made **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Sometimes it is to heavy on the computer but that is not the programs fault **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to work with ### 48. Over the spectations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victor E. | Técnico en Departamento I+D, Logistics and Supply Chain, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2018 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It is a brilliant tool to make strength tests, and multiple kind of exercises to the assemblies and pieces modeled. When I started using it, I though that only few options were able to do the test, however it has overpass my spectations and knowledge. It has been carefully developed by Solid works team. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** Actually there are anything that I really dislike, but if I would had to say ones, it would be great that the simulation xpress application could be used with assemblies. In my solidworks version it is not possible to do test with more than one piece, and it is useful in many cases. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** This application is really useful if you have a good team to manage it. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** We make a lot of test of our new components. First of all, we designed and model the pieces. Then, we assembled them, and finally we test them all together. Now we are able to predict the final result of a component before manufacturing. ### 49. excellent software for the design and simulation of mechanical elements. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Felix Alejandro V. | Supervisor en mantenimiento, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2018 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** The functions you have are very good. Its difference with other software is excellent, this software allows me to create pieces and also simulate the behavior of them. This software allows me to verify how the piece would behave in the tangible field, in addition to differentiating various materials with which I can design the pieces according to the functions that it will fulfill. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** as it is a complex software it has functions that confuse but, for its use, a much more advanced knowledge is required than the necessary one to operate other less complex sofware. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** mainly that they are trained very, very well since this software is good and at the same time a little complex because it has different functions to other similar sofwares. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saving time and money are the main ways that this product solves problems. allows you to simulate any piece that is built without the need to build the piece. This makes the work much easier because it does not take much budget to design a piece that will later fulfill a function. ### 50. A FEA tool for analyzing structures or products modeled in SolidWorks **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bin C. | Graduate Research Assistant, Civil Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2018 **What do you like best about SolidWorks Simulation?** It integrates with SolidWorks modeling and the numerical analysis is similar to other commonly-used commercial programs such as ANSYS, SAP2000 and Abaqus. More options can be selected from analyzing industry products. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks Simulation?** To conduct a nonlinear analysis, an education-version user may need to upgrade to the premium version of SolidWorks since the education license does not include this package. Simple static analysis works fine with the education license. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks Simulation:** A powerful and sophisticated simulation tool for linear and nonlinear analysis of civil structures and mechanical products. It gives reasonable results of stresses, deformation, thermal transfer for designed components and/or systems. **What problems is SolidWorks Simulation solving and how is that benefiting you?** A performance analysis of a concrete structure under a long-term period of loading. The education license enables to perform fatigue analysis on a designed concrete component under desired loads. 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