SolidWorks Copilot — What It Is, What It Actually Does, and How to Use It

Dassault Systèmes announced over a dozen AI features for SolidWorks at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026. The marketing materials show engineers describing geometry in plain English, generating drawings on demand, and having AI explain why a feature failed. Most of that is real — but the gap between what runs on your desktop today and what requires a 3DEXPERIENCE subscription is larger than the announcements suggest. This is a precise breakdown: which features ship, which platform they require, what they can and cannot do, and where API macros still outperform them. ...

10 August 2026 · 10 min · CadShift