SOLIDWORKS – What’s new?
What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2026
Streamlined Workflows. Intelligent Design. Faster Progress.
SOLIDWORKS 2026 delivers hundreds of user-driven enhancements to help you innovate quicker, manage data more smartly, and collaborate with ease. With improvements across design, simulation, data-management, and performance, this version is built to reduce manual effort and increase accuracy.
Key Enhancements
Smarter Design & Modeling
Improvements in sketching speed, smarter assembly rebuilds, better sheet metal tools, and the ability to set up Physical Products more easily.
Enhanced Collaboration & Data Management
Features like Selective Loading, improved PDM workflows, better folder access rights, and synchronized vault views make managing large datasets and team-based work vastly easier.
Performance Boosts
Opening files, switching drawing sheets, zooming and panning are significantly faster. Performance across simulation, especially for complex models, has also been improved.
Drawing, Documentation & UI Enhancements
More accurate drawing generation, smarter annotations, enhanced family tables, and improvements to the user interface to reduce clutter and increase clarity.
Electrical & ECAD-MCAD Improvements
Better integration for routing, cable data import from spreadsheets, improved PDF export options, and clearer documentation for circuits and accessories. (SOLIDWORKS)
