SolidWorks is a subsidiary of dassault systemes (S.A.), which is responsible for developing and selling Windows products of mechanical design software. Dassault Company is responsible for the supply of system software and provides support services with Internet integration capability for manufacturers. The group provides systems covering the whole product life cycle, including the best software systems in various fields, such as design, engineering, manufacturing and product data management. The famous CATIAV5 comes from this company. At present, the market share of Dassault CAD products ranks among the top in the world.

SolidWorks was founded in 1993, initiated by the vice president of technology of PTC Company and the vice president of CV Company, and its headquarters is located in the startup page of SolidWorks20 10 in Massachusetts, USA.

In Concord, Massachusetts, the initial goal was to provide an efficient solid model design system on every engineer's desktop. From 1995, the first set of SolidWorks three-dimensional mechanical design software was launched, and in 20 10, offices were set up all over the world, and the product was sold and distributed in 140 countries through 300 dealers. From 65438 to 0997, Solidworks was acquired by Dassault Systemes in France and became the main brand of Dassault's mid-range mainstream market.