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What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2026

What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2026

Dec 10, 2025 | SolidWorks, TMS

With more than 400 enhancements, including AI-powered drawings, Selective Loading, and the AURA AI assistant, SOLIDWORKS 2026 is here to help you save time, reduce manual effort, and improve design accuracy.

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AI-Powered Drawing Automation — Auto-Generate Drawings & Smart Detailing

SOLIDWORKS 2026 adds AI-driven drawing automation that auto-generates drawing sheets, views, hole callouts and suggested dimensions, dramatically cutting the time spent on repetitive detailing.

It intelligently places views, scales sheets and proposes annotations so engineers can focus on design decisions instead of manual drafting.

AI-Assisted Component Recognition & Fastener Automation

The 2026 release includes AI that recognises fasteners and common components and can auto-assemble or suggest replacements, speeding up assembly tasks and improving accuracy in BOMs and cut-lists. The enhancement reduces manual placement and repetitive mate work.

Major Performance Gains for Large Assemblies & Background Imports

SOLIDWORKS 2026 focuses heavily on performance: background processing for heavy imports, improved large-assembly settings, and general speed/stability improvements so teams can open large STEP/assembly files without locking up workstations. It’s a practical productivity win for companies handling complex products.

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(Condensed) SOLIDWORKS Hardware Requirements

(Condensed) SOLIDWORKS Hardware Requirements

This blog is a summarised version of our longer blog on recommended hardware for SOLIDWORKS, which can be found HERE.CPU (Processor) Supported: Intel or AMD Intel Xeon processors recommended Unsupported: Apple Silicon or ARM   Prioritise clock speeds over core...

Nvidia & Dassault Systèmes Partnership

Nvidia & Dassault Systèmes Partnership

Dassault Systèmes has announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to develop an industrial AI platform designed to accelerate the adoption of Virtual Twin technology across global industries. The collaboration combines Dassault Systèmes’ virtual twin expertise and...

SOLIDWORKS Certification Program – 2026

SOLIDWORKS Certification Program – 2026

SOLIDWORKS Certifications are a great way to show your level of competency with the full SOLIDWORKS portfolio, allowing you to stand out amongst your colleagues and the wider SOLIDWORKS community. SOLIDWORKS offer 33 different exams for users to take to further their...