New AI features are here to help you save time, reduce manual effort, and improve design accuracy. Explore hundreds of user-driven enhancements in SOLIDWORKS 2026.
Vermeer Corporation is a global manufacturer of industrial and agricultural machines. From self-propelled balers and stump cutters to utility drills and pipeline trenchers, Vermeer’s leading machines have been designed in SOLIDWORKS® since the 1990s.
Watch the video to see how Vermeer uses SOLIDWORKS design, simulation, and data management tools to bring its groundbreaking machinery to market.
SOLIDWORKS 2026 is poised to help you accelerate design innovation with hundreds of user-driven enhancements, performance upgrades, and AI-powered features. Explore the new design, data management, and collaboration features coming to your product development toolbox.
Parts, Assemblies, Drawings, and User Experience. Watch the video to learn how SOLIDWORKS 2026 enhancements help save time, reduce manual effort, and boost accuracy with AI-drawing generation, smarter assembly rebuilds, faster sketching, enhanced sheet metal tools, easier Physical Product setup, improved offline mode, and a streamlined interface.
Accelerate design innovation and time to market with SOLIDWORKS 2026. Explore hundreds of user-driven enhancements to the SOLIDWORKS portfolio, including Design, PDM, Simulation, ECAD, 2D CAD, Collaboration, and more.
Did you know the annual SOLIDWORKS release is just one of five major functional delivery (FD) releases issued each year? While SOLIDWORKS 2026 includes hundreds of enhancements, even more were already released earlier this year. Watch these videos to see capabilities delivered in the 2025 FD releases.
SOLIDWORKS delivers new features and performance upgrades every ten weeks throughout the year. Watch these videos to recap the enhancements to parts and assemblies, drawings, UX, and collaborative features released so far this year. Want more information or have feedback for R&D? Visit the design enhancements page to explore previous releases and suggest enhancements to the R&D team.
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Enhance efficiency with SOLIDWORKS PDM: Easily work across multiple devices and prevent data loss with synchronized vault views. Stay organized by archiving workflows to block new files and access sub-folders securely without parent folder permissions.
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Improve the fidelity, control, and efficiency of complex analyses with SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Enhance structural simulations with precise beam load options for ‘Per Item’ or ‘Total’ and pin connector force results in random vibration. See a 30% performance boost with SOLIDWORKS Plastics injection molding simulations, and automatically fill thin gaps in SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation thermal analyses.
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Enhance design accuracy and efficiency with SOLIDWORKS Electrical: Assign accessory parts to specific terminals or circuits, improve flexibility in export PDFs, and import manufacturer parts and cable data from Excel for faster workflows and reliable documentation.
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DraftSight is professional-grade 2D CAD design software from the makers of SOLIDWORKS. The latest enhancements in DraftSight 2026 are designed with efficiency in mind, promising to save time and increase productivity. Watch our DraftSight 2026 Enhancements Video and download the Top Enhancements list to explore the latest features.
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