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SolidWorks is the most widely used CAD system, which has become a standard in both mechanical engineering and other areas of industry. Thanks to this position, many other third-party development teams create applications that are directly integrated into the SolidWorks environment, thereby expanding the capabilities of an already full-fledged CAD system. In any case, SolidWorks offers users simple and fast CAD processing while adhering to all standards in the CAD field.
Here too, it is possible to find certain differences, as integration can be at various levels. It can be said that in the CAM area, HSMWorks is best integrated, as it is not "just" integrated, but was created for SolidWorks from the beginning. This means that the integration into the SolidWorks system is complete (User environment, Usage logic, Database utilization...) and everything is unified. Once you know how to work in the SolidWorks system, you can also control HSMWorks.
SolidWorks is a fully parametric CAD system allowing the creation of solid or surface parts. Parts can be processed in part, assembly, and drawing modes. The advantage of the SolidWorks system is that it not only allows loading a full range of transfer formats, but also allows loading internal formats of other CAD systems directly. Of course, integrated applications use all CAD tools of the SolidWorks system, so integrated applications can focus only on the required functions, etc.
One of the most widespread CAD systems (large user base)
Simple and intuitive operation
Many third-party applications integrated into the SolidWorks system bringing the following benefits:
unified user environment
common training
better, 100% employee substitutability
eliminating data transfers, complete reliability of the link between CAD data and integrated applications
possibility of direct work on parts and in assemblies, etc.