Dassault Systèmes Announces SOLIDWORKS 2026: AI-Powered Design and Collaboration for the Productive Economy

Dassault Systèmes has announced the general availability of SOLIDWORKS 2026, its portfolio of AI-powered 3D design, collaboration, and data management applications. The portfolio will enable millions of SOLIDWORKS users to transform how they innovate for the productive economy.

SOLIDWORKS 2026 delivers hundreds of enhancements to design, simulation, electrical, and product data management solutions that address user demands for increased efficiency and productivity. The portfolio builds on 30 years of research and development. Throughout the year, it integrates technologies and connects to Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform. SOLIDWORKS 2026 users can overcome challenges such as complexity, time to market, labor shortages, and knowledge search and generation to create products that combine sustainability and experience. Key enhancements in SOLIDWORKS 2026:

• Generative AI that accelerates drawing creation and detailing and simplifies assembly creation by automatically recognizing and assembling components similar to fasteners like nuts and bolts, saving time and improving accuracy.
 

• An integrated AI-powered virtual assistant that quickly extracts insights from information by summarizing community posts, knowledge sources, questions, and ideas, capturing key points, and generating increasingly relevant answers to increase productivity and collaboration.

• Enhanced large assembly features, such as selective loading, enable smarter work with smoother, production-ready workflows.

• Enhanced user experience that keeps work running even during internet outages, increases productivity by highlighting frequently used commands, and allows users to quickly resume work with enhanced command search.

• Enhanced part features, including simplified physical product creation, faster sketching, and simpler flange start and end point definition in sheet metal, to accelerate part creation.

• Newly added drawing stamping with user attributes to ensure accurate and seamless change management while improving traceability and communication.

• Cut lists managed within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, integrating engineering and manufacturing bills of materials to effortlessly align design and manufacturing.

• Improved recent files view, showing only files relevant to the active user to reduce unnecessary file clutter and prevent duplication.