Best of SOLIDWORKS CAD 2025: Parts and Assemblies Enhancements

SOLIDWORKS continues to push the boundaries of design productivity with powerful new enhancements delivered throughout the year, not just in the annual release.

Instead of waiting twelve months for upgrades, SOLIDWORKS R&D delivers five major Functional Delivery (FD) releases every year. This means designers and engineers gain access to new features, quality boosts, and performance improvements roughly every ten weeks.

If you missed the first three FD releases of 2025, now’s the perfect time to catch up. Watch the video to see the top parts and assemblies enhancements that have already been introduced this year:

• Fastener Automation: Dramatically speed up the process of adding, placing, and managing fasteners in your designs. This automation reduces repetitive tasks and ensures consistency across assemblies.

• Selective Open with Filtered Assemblies: Save valuable time by opening only the components you need, rather than loading an entire large assembly. With a filtered opening, you can focus on specific areas of a project without sacrificing accuracy.

• Large Assembly Performance Improvements: Handle complex models with ease thanks to performance optimisations that keep assemblies responsive, even as the number of components grows.

These enhancements are already improving the daily workflows of thousands of SOLIDWORKS users. And this is just the beginning, leading up to the SOLIDWORKS 2026 release, more updates are on the way across drawings, user experience, and collaboration.

👉 Watch the video now to see these parts and assemblies improvements in action.