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class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsw_onpremise_windows_portfolio-615x351-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48514\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsw_onpremise_windows_portfolio-615x351-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsw_onpremise_windows_portfolio-615x351-1-300x171.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>As part of Dassault Systemes, the largest engineering and scientific software company in the world, they extend to even more advanced technology applications and AI development.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-education-edition-on-premise-615x377-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48515\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-education-edition-on-premise-615x377-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-education-edition-on-premise-615x377-1-300x184.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>As a new educator or student that needs to learn SOLIDWORKS for a class or for a job, SOLIDWORKS is more than computer response.  With over 7 million users in the SOLIDWORKS Community and 25+ years of development, SOLIDWORKS is a vast collection of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fproduct\u002Fsolidworks-3d-cad\">software applications\u003C\u002Fa> and provides opportunity to have the best careers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If you have installed SOLIDWORKS, there are many ways to get started to learn more.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"welcome-solidworks-the-learn-tab-0\">Welcome -SOLIDWORKS The Learn Tab\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fwelcome-screen-solidworks-615x470-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48516\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fwelcome-screen-solidworks-615x470-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fwelcome-screen-solidworks-615x470-1-300x229.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Students learn in different ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul 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https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fintro-to-solidworks-part-assembly-drawing-553x615-1-270x300.png.webp 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-solidworks-tutorials-1\">The SOLIDWORKS Tutorials\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-tutorials-615x596-1.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48518\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-tutorials-615x596-1.png.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fsolidworks-tutorials-615x596-1-300x291.png.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>In 1997, I started 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