Customers would receive the same service, but from support personnel describing themselves as from SolidWorks and the name of that particular reseller. Other opportunities similar to this extend throughout training and support and SolidWorks will be announcing more similar developments in the near future. On 25 September SolidWorks announced the introduction of 3D Instant Website , a new, innovative way for the channel to interact with users. The current problem is that if people want someone to see their drawings in order to help them solve a problem, they have to send the whole drawing, sometimes in bits and this uses up a lot of bandwidth on the Internet. SolidWorks' new idea provides users with a button on their desktops which they can click on and receive an instant, password protected, web site where they can post their drawings.
Users can then just send the web link to the person they want to see the drawing.
They will need no technical knowledge of web site creation. Thus, this allows instant collaboration without requiring the knowledge of html pages or how to put a web site together. Firstly, where a user does not want the overhead expense of administering the ownership of the software, so they use ASPs as and when they need them. The vendor would host the site using an ASP hosting server so the customer will not need any CAD administrator or tools, they can just log on. Secondly, where users do the same thing but require a more flexible licensing model.