# Page 15 | SolidWorks Premium Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 15 - Is SolidWorks Premium the right Engineering CAD solution for you? Explore 755 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/reviews --- SolidWorks Premium 4.6 (755) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated December 15th, 2025 # Page 15 - Reviews of SolidWorks Premium ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 351-375 of 755 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MK Mina K. PhD Student Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good Software" June 6, 2021 5.0 I used this software when I worked as Head of design department. I think this software can be easily replaced by other software if it is not improved. Pros This software is not really user friendly compared to AutoCAD. It is really hard to learn the software. You have to go to relevant courses or read books in this regard. Cons It takes a long time to run this software and it requires lots of space to be installed on the computer system. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Manufacturing Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "You are only limited by your imagination!" July 22, 2021 5.0 Pros My favorite thing about solidworks is that there is a limitless supply of support videos, tutorials, etc to help you design whatever you need Cons If there was a simple, streamlined, integrated PDM package, that would be greatly appreciated. Review Source PF Patrick F. Sr. Applications Engineer Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solidworks review" June 11, 2020 5.0 It has been a great transition program from a basic 2D to 3D, I love using it for my work because I can see things in the models that I couldn't in 2D. Pros It is very easy to learn and to be able to manipulate items. The 2d portion is extremely easy to use as well, not like other programs that have way too many steps. Cons There aren't too many things that I don't like about the software that I have noticed in the over 15 years of using it. Review Source mT mpho T. student Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "solidworks as the go to software for mechanical designs" October 11, 2019 4.0 my overall exprience has been great. being an industrial design i have been using solidworks for more than a year and it has become one of my to go software in designing products that mechanically applicable. The software being absolutely user friendly and allowing me to simulate my mechanisms, it have proven to be very helpful. Pros the software was easy to learn and also very user friendly for designing mechanical designs. one of the best thing about the software is it allows for simulation of mechanisms and allow designers to view and make quick changes edits to their designs. the new CAM add-on software has made manufacturing using laser cutter easier and has been very helpful in most of my products. Cons one of my main concern is that one cannot open files designed on an early version using a new or different version. also some shapes which are organic and dynamic are hard to design meaning i have to use other softwares. the image rendering is still lacking as compared to other software. Review Source TL Trevor L. Controls Engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A nice balance of power and usability" November 11, 2022 5.0 Solidworks is easy to use, most people know how to use it, it’s very powerful, and electrical and 3D tie in nicely. Pros Solidworks strikes a great balance of being feature rich, yet still easy to pick up and use. It would be difficult to find something you couldn’t model in Solidworks. Additionally, Solidworks electrical is very good and it ties in well with 3D. Cons With Solidworks we use the collaboration database which is great for revision control and collaboration but it causes all sorts of issues. If I remove my laptop from the dock it will lose connection and then when I try to reconnect it will say someone is using that page. I have to restart my computer to fix this issue. Review Source NV Norman V. Implementador Food Production Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excelente Herramientas" November 28, 2022 5.0 Es una excelente herramienta la recomiendo bastante para comenzar hacer piezas en 3D, es mas fácil y técnico que otros softwares CATS Pros Es muy bueno y compresible, maneja la mejor interfaz de softwares, esto ayuda mucho al usuario Cons Siento que llega a tener muchos bugs pequeños, también es muy caro como un usuario promedio lo menciono ya que si no estas en una institución que pueda pagar estas licencias quedas muy limitado Switched from [AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) Usabilidad y Portabilidad 3D Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Design Engineer Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Review Of Solidworks " September 18, 2022 4.0 Pros Very good options for 3D modelling and 2D drafting. All the options in modelling are very useful and user friendly. Cons Nothing as such as far as I have observed and faced. Review Source Tim F. Systems Engineer Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Awesome design software!" June 2, 2018 5.0 Pros We started working in 3D design with AutoCAD but soon switched to SolidWorks for its powerful feature set, excellent performance and ease of use. Cons As with any software of this magnitude aimed at business use, licensing is a bit steep but it is on par with competitors. It would be nice to see a version for hobbyists, priced accordingly. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Researcher & Product Development Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SolidWorks is excellent 3D modeling software." September 19, 2019 4.0 SolidWorks has always met my needs for parts and equipment design very well, without doubt one of the best software available for it. Pros SolidWorks has all the tools you need for a complete equipment design. Allows from simple part design to complex assemblies. Cons In complex assemblies, it requires a computer with good memory capacity to function perfectly. Project detailing is a little unintuitive at first. Review Source Jose R. Chief programming officer at Flyon.app Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "solid works a good parameterized modeling tool" May 14, 2021 5.0 I have used it to design and model many objects, I love it because it is complete. Pros Solid Works is a very complete modeling tool that allows you to do many things: modeling, analyzing many forces, temperature resistance, air, designing circuits. It is one of the most complete tools on the market that you can find. Cons A price is a high-cost tool. therefore not just anyone can buy it. Review Source AL Antonio L. Ingegnere Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CAD Parametrico Solid Works" March 28, 2022 4.0 Sono un utilizzatore del SW per l'interfacciamento con i SW di calcolo ad Elementi Finiti, come Ansys, Patran etc Pros Interfaccia grafica molto intuitiva ed allineata a quella di CAD parametrici più conosciuti, come Catia e Pro E. Semplice gestione di geometrie complesse, ampia e flessibile inclusione di TAG per il MRP Aziendale Cons Per l'utilizzo effettuato in Azienda il SW non ha punti di debolezza. Reason for choosing SolidWorks Premium Rapporto Prestazioni/prezzo Review Source PARDEEP S. Sr .design engineer Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great 3d design software. Very good experience by using it. " March 23, 2018 5.0 I really recommend this software for making 3d modeling. I make different 3d models in it Pros Easy, clean, simple to use work interface. Well aligned tools and easy customizable windows. It also works both in offline and online mode Cons Some time it lags while working with large assembly files. It's online mode is very good but it works very slow. Review Source Eduardo P. Supervisor Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The software for the design of your mechanical parts" June 15, 2018 4.0 It is useful and necessary for the mechanical engineer to develop in the design area and optimize your work Pros Ease to create 3D mechanical parts, as long as you have CAD knowledge, it is compatible to save in various types of files Cons The files are heavy and the initial investment is expensive if you have a small company it is difficult to access all the benefits offered by this software Review Source Manuel G. Geólogo Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Essential software for every engineer." May 17, 2018 5.0 Pros It is such a powerful software that every engineer needs to learn. It has so much precission, you can design parts or prototypes with a lot of quality. It is really great that you can see all of the type of efforts applied to your designs and the response they will have, so you can estimate the breaking point and all of the limitations it may have. Cons It can be really overwhelming and it really require for you to have a lot of domain over lots of command for you to start using it to it's full potential, perhaps an inside tutorial would be helpfull- Review Source AT André T. Student Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solidworks is THE best CAD program" December 4, 2022 5.0 Nog nooit problemen gehad Pros Handig om mee te werken, Gemakkelijk. Je vind alles heel snel en je kan er alles mee tekenen. Cons Geen minpunten. Ik heb nog nooit problemen gehad Review Source RS Robert S. Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A useful engineering critical must have software for small business or large" August 3, 2022 5.0 Pros User friendly, ease of handling files internal or external Cons Software simple layout are pretty friendly. However, taking a class for training is necessary Alternatives considered [AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) Reason for choosing SolidWorks Premium Cost and value in industry Review Source David B. Co-Owner (Managing Member) Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Anything you need to design - limited learning curve." January 18, 2018 4.0 This was a great to building my business. I was able to save money purchasing this software, and I also greatly enjoyed how sketches can quickly become 3D. Once you get past the learning curve, it's smooth sailing. Pros I love the ability to create exact dimensions and sketch planes. This software is significantly easier to use than some of the other flagship brands in that it is a bit more user friendly. It's also not as resource intensive. You can create scenes. Cons I don't like that there is still quite a learning curve to really dive into this product. Also, I do wish it would have a less proprietary file format for parts and assemblies. However, it can save as many things for 3D printing and prototyping. Review Source Chamara W. Undergraduate Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy but powerful CAD software" July 30, 2019 5.0 As a mechanical engineering undergraduate I get to work with lot of CAD software. But when it comes to 3D modeling and simulation my first choice is Solidworks. It is very easy to use but a software with powerful capabilities. Learning Solidworks is easy as its interface and features are intuitive and explained contextually. Also it is very easy to find support on online. It is very important to me as I self learning the software. Finally I can say Solidworks is one of the best 3D modeling software for engineer and recommend to anyone. Pros 1\. Powerful 3D design capabilities. 2. Powerful analyzing capabilities. 3. Animation capabilities. 4. Easy to use. 5. Easy to find support online. 6. Price Cons 1\. Rendering and illumination is not much powerful. 2. Not compatible with old versions of Solidworks. 3. Takes up lot of ram. Review Source IW Ian W. Co-Founder Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Solidworks Review" January 10, 2023 4.0 Solidworks has been a decent product, although not the most intuitive, the tradeoff is its infinite features and tools. Pros Solidworks runs great on my computer which isn't the most powerful. I like the multitude of features which let me design whatever I need to make given enough trial and error. Cons SolidWorks definitely has quite the learning curve, many times errors that I've never encountered in other CAD software like Inventor or Fusion 360. These errors are frequent and sometimes frustrating to overcome. Review Source IO Iván O. Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Solidworks review" February 20, 2020 5.0 In my opinon is an excellent software, it gives you the opporutnity to modelate a simple part and a hole assembly, you can also simulate different things Pros In my user´s opinion i think Solidworks is one of the best design softwares available. I learn how to use it when i was developing my graduation project and i was really helpfull. It helped me to simulate in an excellent way the project i want to develop What i like the most about this software is the 3d modeling features, also is gives you the option to simulate different features like temperature, fluids, etc; and it is compatible with other softwares so can simulate other tings. One thing that is very usefull is that you can model each part separately and then assmble them in a hole piece using the same software. Cons As many other CAD softwares, when you are dealing with a big assembly or model the software slows down a litlle bit, but i have had this problem in many other CAD softwares Review Source Hellen O. Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very complete cad software " December 2, 2019 5.0 2D and 3D modeling Pros It runs on Mac and windows ! Solidworks premium is very complete! You can assembly, drawing capabilities with built in simulation, cost estimation rendering, product data management, animation all in the same software Cons Its VERY expensive!!! There is not a free version of SolidWorks Premium and it doesn’t offer a free trial. Review Source JW Jeremy W. Sales Engineer Mining & Metals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solidworks will not let you down" July 18, 2019 5.0 We have always used solidworks and it has never let us down, the constant updates can get old, but they are always worth it in the end. Pros I enjoy how user friendly it is, even for someone with little modeling experience, i feel like you could stumble your way through Solidworks fairly easily. Cons Some of the commands and functions can be a bit tedious to use, but nothing out of the ordinary for modeling software. Review Source GV GUDA V. Student Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "One stop for all CAD works" May 11, 2021 5.0 Overall, it is a best destination for all to perform CAD works . Pros Solid works is simply more professional compared to most of the other CAD software. The prime thing of Solid works is, it is user friendly , easy to understand and handful of options. The vast number of features make it more useful. To a student who is a beginner to a professional , its the prime destination for CAD software. Cons Analysis is the only aspect where solid works is less considered to use. It does the work but not that accurate and reliable as analysis softwares. Review Source JFP Juan Felipe P. Electrical Engineer Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solidworks is an excellent mechanical CAD sotware, it is very flexible and is always improving" June 19, 2018 5.0 It allowed me to learn a lot about mechanical design. I really enjoyed the fact that I may get certified by Solidworks Pros I like the ease of use. Also, the tutorials are very clear and it allows the user to be trained for a certification for free. The fact that it allows assemblies and mechanical drawings is very important. Other tools only allow to generate drawings no matter what you are going to model. With Solidworks, the tools are designed for mechanical assemblies, helping engineers to perform professional models with high quality. Cons I really do not like the electrical and piping tools. They are really hard to use. In addition, the surface tool not always do what I want. Finally, the dependency between subassemblies may be improved Review Source SO Sofia O. Student Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Student Review of SolidWorks Premium" June 26, 2022 4.0 Except for the mechanical tests on the created pieces, it is a nice software. Pros After you get used to it, it's super easy and simple to use. Cons It can get a bit difficult to understand the software at the beggining. At the same time, the software limits a lot the studies of the pieces because it has some bugs. Review Source Similar Products Featured