SOLIDWORKS for faster design, stronger collaboration and better engineering outcomes
Design, validate and manage product development with SOLIDWORKS — backed by local ANZ experts across implementation, training, data management and long-term support.
Why should you buy from us?
- 30+ years supporting ANZ engineering teams
- Largest local engineering team
- 98% Customer Satisfaction rating
- Longest local support window in ANZ
- Local support across Australia & New Zealand
Why engineering teams choose SOLIDWORKS
Design faster
Reduce modelling friction and move concepts forward sooner.
Collaborate better
Keep design decisions, revisions and stakeholders aligned.
Validate earlier
Catch issues before they become costly physical rework.
Scale with more control
Build a stronger design environment around data, training and process.
What's New in SOLIDWORKS Design
See the top enhancements across SOLIDWORKS 2026 and what they mean for day-to-day engineering productivity, design quality and workflow efficiency.
Which SOLIDWORKS Design Plan fits your team?
Choose the package that matches your design complexity, collaboration needs and validation requirements.
SOLIDWORKS Design Standard
Best for small to mid-sized design teams that need core 3D CAD and cloud-connected collaboration without advanced analysis or routing.
Choose this if you mainly design parts, assemblies and drawings, need secure file and revision management, and want a straightforward way to get productive quickly.
Key Capabilities
- Core CAD
- Cloud-connected collaboration
- Revision management
- Manufacturing documentation
- NC programming
- Local technical support with any purchase from Central Innovation
- Move up to SOLIDWORKS Professional if you need rendering, cost estimation, standards checking, or tolerance analysis.
SOLIDWORKS Design Professional
Best for teams that need stronger design validation, presentation and design governance tools.
Choose this if you need to communicate designs more clearly, estimate cost earlier, enforce CAD standards, or work faster with component libraries.
Key Capabilities
- Everything included in SOLIDWORKS Standard, plus;
- Component Libraries
- Photorealistic rendering
- Tolerance stack-up analysis
- Cost estimation
- CAD standards checking
- Local technical support with any purchase from Central Innovation
- Move up to SOLIDWORKS Premium if you need routing or built-in engineering analysis for more complex products.
SOLIDWORKS Design Premium
Best for engineering teams designing more complex products with routing and validation requirements.
Choose this if your products involve cables, wiring, piping, tubing, or you need motion and linear static analysis inside the design workflow.
Key Capabilities
- Everything included in SOLIDWORKS Professional, plus;
- Electrical cable and wiring harness routing
- Pipe and tube routing
- Linear static analysis
- Motion analysis
- Local technical support with any purchase from Central Innovation
- Ideal for more complex mechanical systems, equipment, and products where design validation and routed systems matter.
Need help comparing packages?
Use our SOLIDWORKS design product matrix to compare capabilities across editions and shortlist the right option faster.
Get more from your CAD
SOLIDWORKS is the core design platform. Central Innovation helps you get even more from it with Australian-built tools that reduce admin, improve BOM continuity and connect engineering more effectively to downstream operations.
Automate repetitive SOLIDWORKS work
#Task automates the low-value, repetitive work that slows engineering teams down. From batch processing and file actions to standardised outputs, it helps reduce manual effort, improve consistency and lower the risk of avoidable errors. The result is faster turnaround, cleaner workflows and more engineering time spent on design instead of file handling.
Bring control, accuracy and continuity to your CAD BOMs
MaXXlink gives teams a governed BOM environment for CAD data — not just an ERP connector. It helps you manage BOMs with less manual effort, better traceability and more confidence in the data flowing through your business. Whether you need a standalone BOM solution around CAD or a path into ERP, procurement or production systems, MaXXlink helps reduce risk and improve control. And if a custom connector is needed, Central Innovation can build it in-house.
Why cloud-connected SOLIDWORKS matters now
Cloud-connected SOLIDWORKS gives teams better visibility, smoother collaboration, faster onboarding and a stronger foundation for modern engineering workflows. It is not just a licensing change — it is a better way to connect people, files and decisions across the product development process.
- Collaboration across teams and locations
- Simpler access to current information
- More connected product development workflows
- Future-ready foundation for AI-assisted workflows
Build the right SOLIDWORKS environment around your team
Simulation
Validate earlier. Reduce physical testing pressure. Strengthen engineering decisions sooner.
PDM (Product Data Management)
Control revisions, reduce file chaos and improve traceability across the team.
SOLIDWORKS training
Get value from your software faster with structured enablement and upskilling. SOLIDWORKS training that works for you – virtual, on-demand or private courses tailored to your organisation.
What our customers are saying
Central Innovation has helped us gain a commanding share of our market, and SOLIDWORKS software is one of the tools that helps us to innovate freely.
Kai Birger Olsen
Engineering Director, Ramboll Offshore Wind
Central Innovation provided the support we needed to keep the system (SOLIDWORKS) always up and running and continue to provide ideas around improvements and helping us get our workflow as close to perfect as possible.
Eiman Nosrati
Engineering Manager, Tieman Tankers
Central Innovation did multiple test migrations of all CAD data to ensure any issues were identified and rectified. Any remaining issues were generally due to legacy or corrupt CAD data, which we were made aware of.
Jonathan Roberts
Engineering Manager, Goldacres
Central Innovation & SOLIDWORKS streamlined the design process, made it more professional and facilitated the transfer of information between design and engineering – all of which has really improved our workflows.
Carl
Design Manager, Frontline Fire & Rescue Equipment
More than a software supplier
Central Innovation helps engineering teams improve outcomes across design, validation, data, training and downstream workflow. From SOLIDWORKS and Cloud Services through to #Task automation, MaXXlink BOM integration, PDM, training and support, we help customers build connected environments that work in the real world.
- Local engineering team
- Implementation and migration support
- Training and enablement
- Support across the lifecycle
Australian-built workflow IP