SWOOD & SolidWorks Where a section cannot describe the shape.

Assemblies rather than units.

A fixture is one object made of several materials, and modelling it as one object is what makes the interfaces visible before fabrication rather than at assembly.

Geometry a section cannot describe.

Curved and faceted work, compound surfaces, and continuous forms built from discrete parts. A section through a curve does not tell a fabricator what the surface does.

Interference checking before anything is cut.

Where components from different trades occupy the same space, a model shows it and a set of separate drawings does not.

Parts extracted from the model.

Sheet-metal components, timber parts and their flat patterns derived from the same source, so they cannot disagree with each other.

Modelled assemblies for mixed-material fixtures. Complex and feature millwork geometry. Sheet-metal parts and flat patterns developed to your fabricator's parameters. Derived drawings that stay consistent with the model, and part geometry extractable for fabrication.

Everything is produced in your environment where you run one, to your conventions and under your title block.

We do not offer structural analysis or simulation.

Where a condition raises a structural question, it is flagged for a qualified engineer rather than answered in the model.

We do not write post-processors or G-code.

Machine-specific output stays with your programmer or your machine integrator.

We are not a SolidWorks or SWOOD reseller, partner or implementation consultancy.

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Worth saying plainly, because it is true more often than a platform page usually admits.

For repetitive standard casework, a parametric casework environment is more efficient and produces better downstream data. Modelling straightforward casework adds cost without adding certainty.

The case for modelling is geometry that cannot be described any other way, and assemblies where materials meet. If your work is mostly the former, use the platform built for it.