The Dassault Systèmes company has announced the global availability of SolidWorks 2026, its portfolio of 3D design, collaboration and data management applications powered by AI, which will allow millions of users around the world to transform the way they innovate in the generative economy thanks to the advanced use of AI.
The new edition of SolidWorks 2026 incorporates hundreds of improvements in its design, simulation and electrical and product data management solutions, many of them powered by AI, which respond to user requirements to achieve greater efficiency and productivity through AI-based technologies.
This offering is based on 30 years of research and development know-how, integrates AI innovations continuously throughout the year and connects with Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, where AI plays a key role in data management and analysis.
With SolidWorks 2026, users can address challenges such as complexity, time-to-market, labor shortages, searching and generating knowledge through AI, and other challenges in creating products that align experience, sustainability, and AI-based automation.
SolidWorks 2026 Key Enhancements
- Generative AI accelerates drawing creation and detailing, and streamlines assembly creation by automatically recognizing and assembling components that look like fasteners, such as nuts and bolts, to save time and improve accuracy with AI.
- Integrated, AI-powered virtual assistant for rapid knowledge extraction, summarizing community posts, wikis, questions and ideas, identifying key points and generating increasingly relevant answers, driving collaboration and productivity through AI.
- Enhanced features for large assemblies, such as selective loading, enable you to work smarter with optimized, production-ready workflows, complemented by AI-assisted analytics.
- Improved user experience that allows you to maintain continuity even in the face of internet disruptions, increase productivity by highlighting frequently used commands with AI-based recommendations, and improve rapid learning with AI-optimized command search.
- Improvements to part design features, including streamlined creation of physical products, faster drawing, and easier definition of start and end points for flanges in sheet metal, accelerating part creation with AI support.
- Stamping drawings with newly added user attributes to ensure more accurate and fluid change management, improving traceability and communication through AI-assisted processes.
- Cut lists managed on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform that integrate both engineering and manufacturing BOMs, effortlessly aligning design and production with AI support.
- Improved view of recent files that shows only the files relevant to each active user, reducing clutter and avoiding duplicates thanks to smart AI-based filters.
Generative AI accelerates drawing creation and detailing, and streamlines assembly creation
The next generation of browser-based, mobile-friendly SolidWorks applications also offers cutting-edge capabilities such as AI, machine learning, and generative design, bringing the potential of AI to all designers.
True to its mission to democratize 3D design, SolidWorks continues to empower its community—millions of students, educators, creators, professionals, and lifelong learners—who use AI to create cutting-edge products and develop innovations that are transforming the world.
