SolidWorks Premium 2012 gives you powerful, easy-to-use functionality that increases your productivity and empowers innovative design. It automates the tasks you use most often and allows you to streamline your product development workflow.You can quickly define and validate the form, fit, and function of your design and clearly share your concepts with your team and clients.
Part of the SolidWorks suite of product development solutions—covering design, simulation, sustainable design, technical communication, and data management—SolidWorks Premium 2012 is a comprehensive solution for engineers and designers. By providing application- specific tools for sheet metal, weldments, routed systems, surfacing, and mold and die design, as well as an extensive component parts library, SolidWorks Premium 2012 helps
you work more efficiently and make better design decisions throughout your product development process.

SolidWorks combines ease-of-use capabilities with a broad range of customization so that new users can learn fast, and experienced users can work faster.
Learn fast
Designed to make you instantly productive, the intuitive SolidWorks user interface is
easy to learn and use. In-context menus present the right command at the right time. Toolbar commands are organized by design function for fast access. Automated Command Search takes you to any command instantly. And an extensive set of tutorials and support documentation keeps you progressing at a fast pace.

• 3D solid modeling: create and edit 3D parts; drawings and assemblies automatically update with part changes
• Large assembly design capabilities: create and manage extremely large designs, and work in either detailed or simplified modes
• Advanced surfacing: create and edit complex solid and surface geometry, including stylish, curve-continuous (C2) surfaces
• Sheet metal: design from scratch or convert your 3D part to sheet metal—includes automatic flattening of sheet metal design with bend length compensation
• Weldments: quickly design welded structures composed of structural members, plates, and gussets; includes a library of pre-defined structural shapes
• Mold design: design molded parts and the tooling to make them, including core and cavity, draft, automated parting surfaces, and mold base components
• Piping/tubing design: generate and document 3D mechanical systems, including pipe/tube paths and a complete bill of materials (BOM)
• Electrical cable/harness and conduit design: import electrical connection information, generate and document 3D electrical route paths, and complete the BOM for your design
• SolidWorks Search: search for any file—on your computer, network, SolidWorks PDM system, or the Internet
• Design automation: automate repetitive design tasks—including part, assembly, and drawing generation—using DriveWorksXpress
• Configurations: automatically create multiple versions of parts and assemblies, and save them in the same file for easy reference
• Design Library: save frequently used parts, features, templates, and more in the Design Library for easy access
• 3D models from suppliers: reduce design time by using 2D and 3D catalog components from 3D ContentCentral®
• Smart Components and Smart Fasteners: reduce assembly
• time and promote standardization with smart hardware that automatically assembles, sizes, and even creates mounting holes and cuts in parts, as needed
• Component Library: SolidWorks Toolbox provides over one million hardware components and other items to add to your assemblies
• Photoview 360: create photorealistic images and animations quickly, without being a graphics expert
• Walk-through/fly-through animations: take a virtual walk-through of your design or record a video to help explain it to others
• Assembly animation: demonstrate your design’s basic operations by applying motion, gravity, and component contact, or by manually moving components; record and save a video

• Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP. Windows 8 is not supported!
• RAM: 2 GB or more
• Disk Space: 5 GB or more
• Video Card: Certified cards and drivers
• Processor: Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended
• Install Media: Broadband Internet Connection