VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Nov 21, 2025 – Dassault Systèmes has released SOLIDWORKS 2026, adding new AI-driven tools for 3D design, collaboration and data management applications to help SOLIDWORKS users speed product development and streamline daily work.
SOLIDWORKS 2026 features enhancements across design, simulation, electrical and product data management solutions, reflecting user requests for efficient workflows. The release builds on 30 years of development work and links to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The new capabilities help teams manage complex products, shorten development timelines and manage workforce and domain-knowledge gaps in new-age engineering environments.
Key SOLIDWORKS 2026 Enhancements Include:
- Generative AI accelerates drawing and detailing tasks and automates assembly creation by identifying fastener-like components (nuts and bolts) to save time and improve accuracy.
- The AI virtual companion extracts knowledge by summarizing community posts, wikis, questions and ideas, capturing key points and generating relevant answers to support productivity and collaboration.
- Enhanced assembly features such as selective loading, to work smarter with production-ready workflows.
- Enhanced user experience maintains workflow during network issues, highlights frequently used commands and improves efficiency with upgraded command search.
- Improved part features, including physical product creation, faster sketching, and simpler flange start and end point definition in sheet metal, to speed up parts creation.
- Drawing stamping with newly added user attributes, to ensure accurate and seamless change management and improving traceability and communication.
- Managed cut lists on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform integrating both engineering and manufacturing bills of materials, to align design and production.
- Improved view of recent files showing only files relevant to the active tenant, to reduce clutter and prevent duplicates.
Source: Dassault Systèmes
About Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes SE, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, is a global software company focused on 3D design, digital mock-ups, and product lifecycle management. The company develops virtual tools that enable real-world applications across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, and consumer products. Its software portfolio includes CATIA for product design, SOLIDWORKS for mechanical engineering, DELMIA for manufacturing workflows, and SIMULIA for advanced simulation. These solutions are used in aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, consumer goods, life sciences, and technology sectors. As of 2024, Dassault Systèmes employed approximately 24,000 people across 200 offices worldwide.
About SolidWorks
SOLIDWORKS is a 3D CAD and data management software suite founded in 1993 and based in Waltham, MA. It provides tools for part modeling, assembly design, drawing creation, simulation and collaboration, and connects to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for broader design workflows. The software is used by product designers, engineers and manufacturers in industries including industrial equipment, consumer goods, life sciences, automotive and electronics. SOLIDWORKS is developed and maintained by Dassault Systèmes, which has experience in CAD, simulation and product lifecycle management (PLM).