Using Instant3D, you can accurately achieve your customers' design visions by translating their 2D sketches and photos into 3D solids that you can use, manipulate, and modify in your automotive designs.

SolidWorks also offers:

• ScanTo3D. Scan and import physical part models into SolidWorks.
• FeatureWorks®. Edit and fine-tune imported designs in SolidWorks.
• The ability to import math models in Unigraphics®/NX™, I-DEAS®, Pro/E®, DWG, VDAFS, IGES, STEP, and other popular formats.

SolidWorks capabilities:

• SWIFT™ (SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology). Reduces the learning curve and allows beginners to design like experts.
• Heads-up Interface. Deliver innovative, accurate 3D models with fewer picks and clicks.
• FeatureXpert. Add fillets and draft features to your models with speed and ease, instead of trial-and-errorLarge Assembly capability.
• Model complete systems –even those with tens of thousands of parts – in their entirety within SolidWorks.
• Fully associative top-down and bottom-up design techniques. Make a change – and SolidWorks applies it across your entire model.
• Advanced surfacing tools for creating complex, aerodynamic shapes and composite surfaces. Create complex ergonomic shapes and surfaces by simply pushing and pulling on control points.
• Sheet-metal design tools with ready-made Smart Fasteners Technology.
• Mold development and analysis tools.
• Configuration Management for parts and assemblies. 
• Specialized routed system design tools for developing piping, tubing, pneumatics, hydraulics, and electric cabling systems – and integrating them with mechanical designs.
• Seamless, single-button integration of an extensive selection of SolidWorks Partner Solutions.

Before you commit to costly physical prototypes, SolidWorks gives you tools to optimize your models for weight and materials.

SolidWorks also offers:

• Fully integrated Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. Eliminate mechanism and structural design failure with stress, thermal, kinematics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis capabilities.
• DFMXpress. Test your models for manufacturing issues on screen, instead of on the production floor.

SolidWorks also offers:

• SolidWorks eDrawings®, DWGviewer, and 3D Instant Website. Securely and effectively communicate your work in 3D to any firm, regardless of their CAD platform.
• PhotoWorks™ and SolidWorks animation capabilities. Use photorealistic renderings and animations to clearly demonstrate how your products will look and perform.