What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2026: Smarter Parts & More Control Over Features

Get more flexibility and control over your part designs with SOLIDWORKS 2026! In this video, GoEngineer’s Will Cashen walks through the latest Parts and Features enhancements, covering everything from smarter sheet metal workflows to new bounding box and equation tools designed to make modeling easier and faster. 🔍 Here’s what you’ll see: 0:00 – Introduction 0:24 – Sheet Metal Updates: Control your base flange start location and internal corner selection with ease. 1:32 – Delete with Equations: Automatically clean up equations when deleting sketches or features—no more error messages. 2:03 – Structure System Improvements: A clearer, color-coded corner treatment UI for simpler node management. 2:51 – Cut List Enhancements: Use cut list properties in top-level custom properties for better ERP integration. 3:43 – Reference Points: Define XYZ points directly for easier 3D sketching and routing. 4:26 – Bounding Box Control: Map bounding boxes to coordinate systems for consistent length, width, and thickness orientation. 5:42 – Cancel Long Commands: Quickly cancel fillet, chamfer, and pattern operations that take too long to process. 6:36 – Wrap-up and closing thoughts 🧠 Why it matters: These updates make SOLIDWORKS 2026 more intuitive than ever, helping you save time, reduce rework, and get more consistent results across part and feature design. 🔥 Want to see more SOLIDWORKS 2026 enhancements? Check out our full What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2026 series here: https://hubs.la/Q03NVknj0 💬 Join the conversation: What feature are you most excited to try in SOLIDWORKS 2026? Comment below! 📌 Stay Connected: Website: http://www.goengineer.com Blog: https://www.goengineer.com/blog   / goengineer     / goengineer     / goengineer     / goengineer   Get To Know GoEngineer: Collaboration and partnership with our customers is at the center of everything we do. With more than 35 years of experience and thousands of customers in high-tech, medical, machine design, energy, and other industries, GoEngineer provides best-in-class design solutions, carefully selected that are easy to use, manage, and integrate with other platforms. We are also pleased to support Educational communities as the National and Global leader for Colleges, Universities, and schools. #SOLIDWORKS2026 #CAD #engineering