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Tokens, Workflows, Use Cases
SOLIDWORKS AI in practice — AURA, LEO, MARIE, and what’s built into CAD — so design and manufacturing teams move beyond guesswork.
SOLIDWORKS AI is the practical stack Hawk Ridge Systems helps teams adopt first — knowledge guidance with AURA, agentic capabilities with LEO, materials science with MARIE, and cloud-enabled features you can turn on directly in SOLIDWORKS, no Virtual Companion required. From there, the same habits extend into manufacturing automation and design-to-manufacturing (D2M) workflows.
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AURA is Dassault Systèmes’ conversational AI assistant for SOLIDWORKS, 3DEXPERIENCE, and related apps. It returns step-by-step help drawn from trusted Dassault Systèmes sources — with citations — and is included free with SOLIDWORKS as part of your Cloud Services subscription. It does not “see” your model; it helps you get work done faster with clear, source-backed answers.
LEO is Dassault Systèmes’ agentic assistant unveiled at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2026. Where AURA explains how, LEO can perform tasks — drawings, reverse engineering, prompt-driven modeling and simulation setup. Start with one workflow and expand from there.
MARIE is the materials-scientist companion in the SOLIDWORKS AI lineup — computational science, materials expertise, chemical formulations, and compliance. It helps evaluate candidate materials under thermal or mechanical stress, check regulatory compliance, and select specialized formulations. It has less of a direct “drive SOLIDWORKS” connection than LEO, but it can cut rework cycles. Availability: available now.
Beyond AURA, LEO, and MARIE, SOLIDWORKS already ships built-in intelligence — Automatic Drawings, Mate Assistance, and other AI helpers that work right inside your SOLIDWORKS session. These are cloud-enabled features built directly into SOLIDWORKS that don’t require use of the Virtual Companions.
“AI is the multiplier. You are the value.”
— Manish Kumar, CEO, SOLIDWORKS (3DEXPERIENCE World 2026)
From keynote demos to shops on the floor, here’s how customers and partners put AI and automation to work — without waiting for a perfect roadmap.
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Straight answers buyers and engineers ask before they commit time or tokens.
You’ll need SOLIDWORKS 2026 with an active Cloud Services subscription. Standalone and network licenses both qualify. Once you’re in, the red play button in the Task Pane lets you try AURA for guidance and LEO for actions such as drawings and macros. Follow Xavier Meyer’s step-by-step walkthrough in our AI how-to.
AURA answers from SOLIDWORKS help and 3DSwym knowledge — cited guidance when you need to know how. LEO takes action: it can generate drawings and macros from your prompts. Drawings still need a human pass for standards and intent, and you can iterate macros in the same chat until they behave. That’s the companion model spelled out in the AI how-to.
Blue Tokens are pooled organization credits for AURA, LEO, and upcoming MARIE prompts. AURA-style guidance often costs about one token per prompt, while LEO actions that change your design can cost more — up to around twenty tokens per prompt in the article’s framing. Route lookup to AURA and reserve LEO for work worth the spend; MARIE is positioned for materials and compliance as it arrives. Read the full picture in the Engineer’s guide to SOLIDWORKS AI tokens.
Start small on one well-understood problem — don’t boil the ocean. Automate good-enough workflows, not disasters waiting to happen, and build trust with transparent, auditable outputs. Treat AI as a companion to engineering judgment, not a replacement, and use enterprise LLMs when proprietary IP is in play. AURA cites sources and does not crawl the open web, which makes it a safer first step than a public chatbot. Use the 5 things manufacturers can do now playbook as your checklist.
AURA draws from trusted Dassault Systèmes documentation and community sources — not Reddit, Wikipedia, or a random open-web crawl. That grounding is why engineers can audit answers, and why Hawk Ridge Systems pairs AURA with features already shipping today such as Automatic Drawings and Mate Assistance. The human still validates before anything hits production. Beyond the Hype separates practical AI in design from promotional noise.
LEO’s drawing tool runs through Cloud Services and My Session for AI-assisted drawing creation. It can jump-start views and annotations, but the engineer stays in control of the final drawing — standards, GD&T, and release intent are still your call. Pair it with templates and other SOLIDWORKS drawing automation when you want speed without surrendering quality. The 2026 drawing automation guide walks through the options.
Five high-value patterns show up again and again: documentation, troubleshooting, code and technical writing, validation, and learning. Keep a human in the loop on every critical output, and ground assistants in your internal knowledge base whenever you can. That mix beats chasing every new model for its own sake. Adapt the prompts in How engineers are actually using AI in 2026.
SOLIDWORKS CEO Manish Kumar framed it clearly: “AI is the multiplier. You are the value.” The keynote water-tank demo showed LEO turning a natural-language prompt into assembly, simulation setup, and reporting in minutes. Start with focused workflows, then expand to broader rollout. Damon Tordini’s 3DX World AI recap is the best single read.
Yes. LEO is available today through all licenses of SOLIDWORKS 2026 (requires active Cloud Services subscription).
Yes. Hawk Ridge Systems supports SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE adoption with training, services, and expert guidance so teams can enable AURA, evaluate AI features honestly, and connect design automation to manufacturing workflows. We help you scope low-risk pilots, protect proprietary data practices, and build fluency without boiling the ocean. Contact us when you’re ready to move from interest to a plan.