Drive model dimensions, feature and component suppression states, and reference configurations directly from a Variability Table. Ask LEO to calculate surface area for an entire part, a specific set of faces or bodies, or faces grouped by color or feature type, ideal for estimating paint or coating coverage. Review models, assemblies, and drawings automatically against your company-specific or industry-standard release checklists.
User Experience Value
Get AI-guided recommendations for improving assembly performance based on your full assembly structure, component details, and mate and feature information. Launch the Assembly Instruction Creator directly into the viewer without typing a prompt, with the base part selected for you automatically. Ask about a manufacturing constraint, such as which faces have less than the required draft angle for a molded part, and see the offending faces highlighted directly on the model.
Define configuration inputs using variants, options, and numerical parameters in SOLIDWORKS Design. Use the Variability Table to drive model dimensions, feature and component suppression states, and reference configurations.
Access SOLIDWORKS design tasks directly for Derived Format/Output workflows on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, keeping configuration and design work connected without switching tools.
Access Content Explorer or the Bookmarks Editor from a dedicated Task Pane tab, based on your user preference, set as the default tab when SOLIDWORKS launches. Return to this tab anytime with a new title bar button, and enable, disable, or reposition it through the Customize Task Pane dialog. Access a bundled eDrawings installer directly from your SOLIDWORKS Design installation folder, ready to use with no separate download or registration.
BREP to Parametric now recognizes additional features, such as circular patterns and contextual draft, and uses them to rebuild the model. The result: a cleaner feature tree that more accurately captures design intent.
Automatically select the base or starting component when generating assembly instructions, reducing the need for follow up input and making the overall experience more streamlined.
Use the improved PropertyManager to generate drawings with greater control over sheet size, dimensioning scheme, and tolerancing while reducing the effort needed to prepare production-ready documentation.
Automatically arrange flat patterns to maximize material utilization, reduce scrap, and prepare efficient sheet layouts faster.
See the impact of a design change before you commit to it, including which components and stakeholders are affected. Make changes with full visibility into their downstream consequences.
Stay in control of the generate assembly structure with an option to manually refine an AI-generated assembly structure by dragging and dropping components to reorder them, deleting components with a keystroke, and selecting multiple components at once.
Create exploded assembly views using natural language prompts.
Create and propagate aligned Hole Wizard holes across assembly components using natural language prompts.
Solve SOLIDWORKS modeling problems faster and avoid rework by getting step-by-step guidance on the right features, mates, evaluation tools, and drawing methods for your design.
Ask LEO to create a pattern of a feature by describing the spacing and layout you want, or get suggested pattern limits and spacing automatically.
Quickly isolate the exact design geometry or information you need across parts, assemblies, drawings, and sketches, even with complex selection criteria, without manually hunting through trees, filters, or crowded graphics areas.
Ask LEO to calculate the surface area for an entire part, a specific set of faces or bodies, or faces grouped by color or feature type, ideal for estimating paint or coating coverage.
Get help with equation syntax and intent directly from LEO as you write equations, instead of consulting reference documentation.
Identify unused or non-contributing features in your model and remove or organize them automatically.
