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SolidWorks Premium vs Canvas X Pro: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 8th, 2024
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 2,399 reviews from Engineering CAD users.
% Fit
Feature ratings
CAD Tools
4.6
Document Generation
4.5
2D Drawing
4.4
Data Import/Export
4.2
Design Analysis
4.3
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Feature ratings
CAD Tools
5.0
Document Generation
NA
2D Drawing
4.5
Data Import/Export
4.6
Design Analysis
5.0
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews738
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.1
Customer support
4.2
4.5
User reviews24
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.1
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On-premise and cloud-based manufacturing design platform that allows individuals and enterprises of all sizes to create and collaborate 2D drafts, 3D designs, CAD models, animations and more.

Companies across a wide variety of sectors, from start-ups to Fortune 50 brands, use Canvas technical illustration software to create optimized and cost-effective documentation workflows

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Video reviews
Dev K
Design Engineer
4.0

Dev K.: Hi there. I'm Dev with a small company called Studiokumar and I would give SolidWorks Premium a rating of four out of five. I started using SolidWorks Premium to replace a previous product, which was Autodesk Inventor, and Autodesk Inventor is a fine mechanical CAD package, but I found that more and more when I was collaborating with other companies that SolidWorks is essentially the defective standard these days for 3D modeling and mechanical CAD, so it made it a lot easier working with other companies to be using the most mainstream product. I found SolidWorks to be a good choice for my business because it has a lot of the tools for both design modeling as well as analysis, and it also supports all the file formats and vendor specific extensions that I might run into in my work in mechanical design and product engineering. Getting started with SolidWorks was fairly straightforward. It had an installer package, if memory serves, so it was not too much different than installing other desktop software. The total setup time for installing, downloading and getting it going was probably not more than about 30 to 45 minutes, and once it was there, it was pretty easy to get going. There's tutorials and there's a lot of information about SolidWorks works if you're totally new to it in terms of how to use the modeling and mechanical CAD parts of it, but those are pretty standard compared to other types of CAD that you may be familiar with. So not too much that's going to be different or hard to get going with on SolidWorks. In terms of recommendations for other businesses regarding SolidWorks, I think SolidWorks would be a good choice for you if you are looking for a mechanical CAD package. I think it's particularly good if you're looking to work with other companies that might be using similar assets. It's a very common choice and it has a lot of powerful features that are considered standard in mechanical CAD these days. In terms of SolidWorks versus SolidWorks Premium, I think you have to look at the use within your business of whether you're going to need some of the more advanced modeling or analytics features that that includes. For my business and for my work, it made sense, so that's why I ended up using.

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SolidWorks Premium

Top Features
32/33
  • Civil
  • 2D Drawing
  • 3D Imaging
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Bills of Material
  • CAD Tools
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Content Library
  • Customizable Fields
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Design Analysis
  • Design Management
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Electrical
  • File Management
  • Manufacturing Design Data
  • Mechanical
  • Mechatronics
  • Presentation Tools
  • Process Control
  • Product Data Management
  • Project Management
  • Project Templates
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Version Control
  • Visual Analytics
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Canvas X Pro

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SolidWorks Premium
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Canvas X Pro
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
SolidWorks Premium
  • By SolidWorks
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1993
Canvas X Pro
  • By Canvas GFX
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1986
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