Welcome to SOLIDWORKS Design Checker

SOLIDWORKS Design Checker verifies design elements such as dimensioning standards, fonts, materials, and sketches to ensure that SOLIDWORKS documents meet pre-defined design criteria.

SOLIDWORKS Design Checker is available in SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium only.

SOLIDWORKS Design Checker has the following modules:

Build Checks

Use this tool to set the requirements for evaluation. The requirements are saved in a file with a .swstd extension.

Check Active Document

Use this tool to validate your document.

Check Against Existing File

Use this tool to validate the active document against design checks created from existing files.

Learn Checks Wizard

Use this tool to retrieve design checks based on attributes from an existing SOLIDWORKS part, assembly, or drawing document.

Adding SOLIDWORKS Design Checker to SOLIDWORKS

To add SOLIDWORKS Design Checker to SOLIDWORKS:

  1. Click Tools > Add-ins.
  2. Select SOLIDWORKS Design Checker , then click OK.
  3. Click Tools > Design Checker.
    You can also access the Design Checker tools from the Tools toolbar.

Welcome to SOLIDWORKS Design Checker Dialog Box

From the Welcome to SOLIDWORKS Design Checker dialog box, access the following:
Create a New Standards File Build a new .swstd file.
Open an Existing Standards File Browse to a .swstd file to check an active document.
Design Checker Help Opens the help document with table of contents and index.
Design Checker Tutorial Opens a tutorial that teaches you the basics about SOLIDWORKS Design Checker.