<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
SOLIDWORKS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
solid	O
modeling	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
and	O
computer-aided	O
engineering	O
(	O
CAE	O
)	O
application	O
published	O
by	O
Dassault	O
Systèmes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
publisher	O
,	O
over	O
two	O
million	O
engineers	O
and	O
designers	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
165,000	O
companies	O
were	O
using	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
as	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
fiscal	O
year	O
2011	O
–	O
12	O
revenue	O
for	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
totaled	O
$483	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
December	O
1993	O
by	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
graduate	O
Jon	O
Hirschtick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
based	O
in	O
Waltham	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Hirschtick	O
recruited	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
engineers	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
building	O
3D	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
was	O
easy-to-use	O
,	O
affordable	O
,	O
and	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	O
later	O
from	O
Concord	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
released	O
its	O
first	O
product	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
95	O
,	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
Dassault	O
,	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
CATIA	B-Algorithm
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
acquired	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
for	O
$310	O
million	O
in	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
his	O
leadership	O
,	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
grew	O
to	O
a	O
$100	O
million	O
revenue	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
currently	O
markets	O
several	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
addition	O
to	O
eDrawings	O
,	O
a	O
collaboration	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
DraftSight	O
,	O
a	O
2D	O
CAD	B-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
was	O
headed	O
by	O
John	O
McEleney	O
from	O
2001	O
to	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Ray	O
from	O
2007	O
to	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
Bertrand	O
Sicot	O
from	O
2011	O
to	O
Jan	O
2015	O
and	O
Gian	O
Paolo	O
Bassi	O
from	O
2015	O
to	O
Jan	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Manish	O
Kumar	O
was	O
named	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
CEO	O
of	O
SOLIDWORKS	B-Application
while	O
Gian	O
Paolo	O
Bassi	O
was	O
promoted	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
Executive	O
VP	O
of	O
3DEXPERIENCE	O
WORKS	O
at	O
Dassault	O
Systèmes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DS	O
Solidworks	B-Application
Corp	I-Application
.	I-Application
has	O
sold	O
over	O
3.5	O
million	O
licenses	O
of	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
reseller	O
of	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
,	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
was	O
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Chicago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Directly	O
competitive	O
products	O
to	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
include	O
PTC	B-Algorithm
Creo	I-Algorithm
Elements/Pro	I-Algorithm
,	O
Solid	B-Algorithm
Edge	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
Autodesk	B-Device
Inventor	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
also	O
partners	O
with	O
third-party	O
developers	O
to	O
add	O
functionality	O
in	O
niche	O
market	O
applications	O
like	O
finite	O
element	O
analysis	O
,	O
circuit	O
layout	O
,	O
tolerance	O
checking	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
has	O
also	O
licensed	O
its	O
3D	O
modeling	O
capabilities	O
to	O
other	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	O
,	O
notably	O
ANVIL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
is	O
a	O
solid	O
modeler	O
,	O
and	O
utilizes	O
a	O
parametric	O
feature-based	O
approach	O
which	O
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
PTC	O
(	O
Creo/Pro	O
-Engineer	O
)	O
to	O
create	O
models	O
and	O
assemblies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
uses	O
the	O
Parasolid	B-Application
modelling	O
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
specify	O
that	O
the	O
hole	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
surface	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
then	O
honor	O
their	O
design	O
intent	O
no	O
matter	O
what	O
height	O
they	O
later	O
assign	O
to	O
the	O
can	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
a	O
model	O
in	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
usually	O
starts	O
with	O
a	O
2D	O
sketch	O
(	O
although	O
3D	O
sketches	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
power	B-General_Concept
users	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
parametric	O
nature	O
of	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
means	O
that	O
the	O
dimensions	O
and	O
relations	O
drive	O
the	O
geometry	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
other	O
way	O
around	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
additional	O
advanced	O
mating	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
gear	O
and	O
cam	O
follower	O
mates	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
modeled	O
gear	O
assemblies	O
to	O
accurately	O
reproduce	O
the	O
rotational	O
movement	O
of	O
an	O
actual	O
gear	O
train	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
drawing	O
module	O
includes	O
most	O
paper	O
sizes	O
and	O
standards	O
(	O
ANSI	O
,	O
ISO	O
,	O
DIN	B-Application
,	O
GOST	B-Algorithm
,	O
JIS	O
,	O
BSI	O
and	O
SAC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
files	O
(	O
previous	O
to	O
version	O
2015	O
)	O
use	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Structured	B-Library
Storage	I-Library
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
third-party	O
tools	O
(	O
see	O
COM	B-Library
Structured	I-Library
Storage	I-Library
)	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
extract	O
these	O
sub-files	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
sub-files	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
use	O
proprietary	O
binary	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
allows	O
saving	O
3D	O
model	O
information	O
in	O
*	O
.step	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
lets	O
the	O
model	O
be	O
displayed	O
and	O
modified	O
in	O
other	O
platforms	O
from	O
other	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SolidWorks	B-Application
has	O
developed	O
also	O
various	O
complementary	O
add-ins	B-Application
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
PhotoWorks	B-Application
:	O
3D	O
photorealistic	O
rendering	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3DVIA	O
Composer	O
:	O
content	O
creation	O
software	O
for	O
documentation	O
,	O
technical	O
illustration	O
,	O
catalogs	O
,	O
commercial	O
brochures	O
,	O
training	O
documents	O
,	O
maintenance	O
manuals	O
from	O
CAD	B-Application
data	O
with	O
updates	O
of	O
CAD	B-Application
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
Surfacing	O
is	O
an	O
add-in	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
complex	O
,	O
parametric	O
shapes	O
within	O
SOLIDWORKS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
