Take a first look at the upcoming exciting enhancements when the SOLIDWORKS® 2026 Preview opens in mid-July. The preview program gives you hands-on access to SOLIDWORKS 2026. Test-drive user-driven enhancements, try new capabilities, and accelerate your processes with quality and performance improvements.
Check out the key release highlights.
SOLIDWORKS Design
Collaboration and Data Management
Enhance flexibility and ease of use by enabling compatibility of multiple SOLIDWORKS versions for compliance, linking BOM data directly to PLM attributes on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for accuracy, and managing 3D markups seamlessly within SOLIDWORKS for streamlined collaboration.
Drawings
Accelerate drawing creation by automatically generating detailed 2D drawings with proper sheet formats, intelligently arranging views and hole callouts using AI, displaying configuration data via Family Tables, and improving clarity with automatic dimension line breaks—reducing manual work and enhancing drawing accuracy and readability.
Assemblies
Boost assembly performance and efficiency with AI-powered fastener recognition and auto-mating, smarter rebuild handling that skips cosmetic-only changes, and greater control over lightweight component loading—saving time, reducing manual effort, and streamlining large assembly workflows.
SOLIDWORKS PDM
Enhance productivity, security, and administrative control with the ability to synchronize local vault views, provide user access to sub-folders without needing access to the parent folders, group unused workflows with the new Workflow archiving feature, and more.
SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Achieve precision and flexibility in your structural simulations with the ability to apply distributed mass and force to beam elements per item or as a total, define the start and end times for bolt tightening, extract detailed Pin Connector forces in random vibration simulation, and more.
For more information check out the resources on the SOLIDWORKS 2026 Preview website and the SOLIDWORKS Preview Community. Questions? Email us at preview@solidworks.com.
