SolidWorks acquires UK-based Priware Ltd

BANGALORE, INDIA: SolidWorks Corporation today announced that it has acquired UK-based Priware Limited, a SolidWorks Gold Partner and developer of CircuitWorks software, which bridges the gap between electronic CAD and mechanical CAD software.

A release from SolidWorks said that the acquisition gives engineers around the world a platform to integrate electronic and mechanical designs for the millions of electronic products developed every year.

According to BCC Research, the electronics industry will reach $3 trillion by 2012. CircuitWorks enables engineers to accelerate and simplify electronic product design by integrating ECAD files into their 3D models and 2D drawings.

As a SolidWorks Gold Partner Product, CircuitWorks allows engineers to ensure electronic components such as printed circuit boards (PCBs) which will fit and work correctly in their products – all within the SolidWorks software design window.

“The electronics industry is inherently becoming more complex, meaning we as engineers are increasingly challenged to arrange for proper interaction between electronic components and their mechanical environment,” said Gert Lamberts, project manager at security and electronic control unit supplier N.V. Nedap.

“Working in separate programs with PCB makers slows the process and increases the chance we’ll have to re-work something. The integration of SolidWorks and CircuitWorks is a marriage of high-performing tools that lets us innovate and collaborate, rather than simply recreate new products,” he said.