How to run SOLIDWORKS on a Mac? This is a question we receive on a regular basis and while not impossible it was a challenge in the past to get it running on a Mac. But with the new 3DEXPERIENCE WORKSDesign Roles, SOLIDWORKS 3D Creator for mechanical design, and SOLIDWORKS 3D Sculptor for industrial design, you can now design your products on a Mac via your web browser. That is probably the biggest advantage with the 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Cloud-based Apps…you just need a web browser (with a decent internet connection), allowing you to design anywhere and on any device.
Using a SOLIDWORKS App (such as xDesign) on a Mac is the same as a PC. The only requirement is that you run the App in a Mac web browser, Google Chrome is probably the best for performance. The user interface, look, and feel, is exactly the same as the PC version, you just happen to be working on a Mac. 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS is expanding and new roles/apps are being added all the time. At this time there are four distinct design roles to choose from depending on what type of product design you want to create on your Mac: - SOLIDWORKS 3D Creator, which provides access to a parametric modeling app known as SOLIDWORKS xDesign.
- SOLIDWORKS 3D Sculptor, which provides access to a surfacing sub-d modeling app known as SOLIDWORKS xShape.
- SOLIDWORKS Drafter, enables you to quickly create and detail 2D drawings, and communicate how your design must be manufactured.
- SOLIDWORKS 3D SheetMetal Creator is an intuitive, browser-based solution that offers associative parametric sheet metal design capabilities to build components, assemblies and enclosures.
- In a design environment where you are working with other people in your company they could use a PC or a Mac and be able to access your model (.sldxml) and make changes using a SOLIDWORKS App. Working between different devices, PCs, Macs, is seamless as you save your models to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. You don’t have to worry about file extensions, or file types as the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform takes care of all that for you making it a pain free experience (in 3D!).
But if required you can share a model as IGES or STEP for other 3D apps such as Autodesk Fusion 360 or OnShape, the SOLIDWORKS Design Roles/Apps have export capabilities.
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