The rise of AI technology has marked a major leap in the technological revolution. Traders are now leveraging AI to study and generate new programming codes, accelerating trading processes on platforms and maximising profits from individual trades. Students also utilize AI solutions to produce lines of drafting code, significantly reducing the time required to build foundational programming for their software projects.
While the use of AI brings both advantages and challenges, we believe it is still possible to harness its power for automation work and features, particularly in the design process. AI can help speed up our workflows, while ensuring that the core creativity and originality of the product remains human-driven.
AI tools on the internet now, provide more options for end user to generate more idea with support of AI.
Trader even imposed AI study feature, to make more profit from the trading platform.
Is it fully run by AI, or do we still need to give specific commands?
Question of the day: why are we here talking about AI, while our blog usually covers DS solutions? Because in 2025, the newly released SOLIDWORKS and xDesign versions come with a special enhancement, allowing us to use AI and automation features to improve our design lead time.
Many years ago, Smart Selection tools were already introduced in SOLIDWORKS. When applying the Fillet feature, the Smart Selection will pop up after you click one of the edges.
This Smart Selection tool not only saves time by auto-selecting suggested edges for the fillet, but it also calculates how many edges will be selected. Vice versa, after selecting the edges, you can also deselect or cancel out certain edges in the instance to create custom fillet features.
In this section, we can see that the SOLIDWORKS R&D team already started including automation features even before the rise of AI.The developers even worked together with a partner to introduce DriveWorks to the world, providing a powerful feature that works with existing SOLIDWORKS files to generate different product variants by simply inputting dimension values into the CAD file.
It only requires a little time to auto-generate the CAD model not just the 3D data, but also the detailed drawing files which saving time from redrawing 3D models manually.In this version, they included similar automation features into the Assembly environment, and we did not expect this feature to be so handy!
As we know, when doing an assembly, you usually pin parts to the origin by clicking confirm after importing the part file. In SOLIDWORKS 2025, instead of simply placing the item into the graphic area, you can now directly mate components using the Insert Component feature.
By dragging the item near the edge or corner where you want to mate it, SOLIDWORKS will automatically activate the Mate feature at your cursor. This allows you to do quick mates for simple items without opening the full Mate command. However, if your assembly already contains many components, we still recommend using the full Mate feature to reduce model loading time during the mating process.
If you have already started using SOLIDWORKS 2025, you should give this feature a try! If you’re still on SOLIDWORKS 2024, and if your serial key is eligible, it might be time to upgrade
Auto generate drawing introduced in SOLIDWORKS.
Standard 3 view for the 3D model.
Auto-mate feature applicable to hole wizard feature.
Can direct mate the components while inserting the components.
Can direct mate the components while inserting the components.
Once complete, the preview of 3D model can be seen, whole process is automated designed from the STL file.
What’s the Big Deal with AI Enhancements in 3DEXPERIENCE Solutions?
In the new xDesign update, there’s a feature that looks like an assembly table. Essentially, you can import your 3D model parts onto the table and then type in commands, just like you would in a ChatGPT interface. By inputting commands for the AI to study and analyse the parts on the table, the AI self-learns and attempts to assemble the components, much like you would in SOLIDWORKS assemblies. This feature significantly speeds up the process of assembling parts in xDesign.
For example, one of our DS customers, who is designing a storage rack, has already begun integrating AI into the cloud design stages. In this setup, the customer or buyer can simply type in their desired specifications for the rack and request 3DEXPERIENCE to generate the rack based on the description, size, and variant. As long as the template is pre-made on the platform, the AI will receive the information, generate the template design, and still allow flexibility for adjustments. Once the CAD data for the template design is ready, the designer can directly import the solid geometry data into SOLIDWORKS, speeding up the design process without the need to redraw the entire storage rack.
Are we fast enough to catch up with the AI?
Despite the fear of how AI might affect our jobs and lives or even threaten our careers. Perhaps it’s time to shift our perspective. Instead of seeing AI as a threat, we should explore how its technology and features can improve our workflow, make us faster, and help us work smarter. By the end of this year, we hope to share success stories of how end users have harnessed the power of AI to enhance their design processes.
If you’re interested in this topic and want to see the features in action, be sure to join our webinar. Follow us on social media and check out our landing page for more updates. See you on the next blog!