SolidWorks (AI Companions)
SOLIDWORKS AI pairs embedded capabilities like Command Predictor and Generative Drawings with Virtual Companions AURA, LEO, and MARIE for knowledge, engineering, and materials reasoning.
What it does and how it connects
SOLIDWORKS AI pairs embedded capabilities with Virtual Companions that work inside the design environment. Command Predictor anticipates the command likely needed next from current modeling behavior, and Generative Drawings automatically generate structured drawing layouts, views, and dimensions. The companions understand design intent, automate routine operations, and provide predictive insights.
Three companions cover different roles. AURA, the Connector and Explorer, connects users with enterprise and web knowledge to inspire and guide product development. LEO, the Engineer and Builder, solves technical challenges across engineering disciplines, generating assembly structures, converting images to mesh, adding parametric features to STEP files, running simulation studies, evaluating assemblies, and resolving design errors. MARIE, the Scientist and Researcher, brings materials science and scientific research skills for hypothesis development and exploration of new ideas.
The vendor states SOLIDWORKS Design and SOLIDWORKS Design with Cloud Services customers get access to AURA and LEO with no additional license required. Companion skills are cloud-enabled, and the vendor and reseller coverage notes some companion skills are in early access and intended for evaluation and feedback rather than production reliance.
Alternatives
Compare side by side- Onshape (AI Advisor)
An in-app AI expert that answers workflow questions from Onshape documentation, rather than SOLIDWORKS AI Companions AURA, LEO, and MARIE.
- MecAgent
A commercial desktop copilot that acts inside a live SolidWorks session, rather than the vendor's own AI Companions inside SOLIDWORKS.
- Hestus
An autocomplete plugin that suggests sketch constraints and dimensions inside Fusion as you draw, rather than the vendor's own AI Companions inside SOLIDWORKS.
- DraftAid
Turns finished 3D models into 2D fabrication drawings, rather than the vendor's own AI Companions inside SOLIDWORKS.
- Adam CAD
An AI copilot that works inside connected CAD and PLM from chat in Slack or email, rather than the vendor's own AI Companions inside SOLIDWORKS.
Recurring errors it addresses
Error Index entries this tool is built to reduce or work around.
- Saving an assembly can trigger rebuilds that break mates and randomly alter mate dimensions.Error Index
- Large assemblies can lock up on open with the feature tree failing to populate.Error Index
- Even simple save/check-in operations can take minutes on capable hardware.Error Index
- A shipped SolidWorks agent skill called interference-check API methods that do not exist (InterferenceDetection, GetInterference(index), GetComponents) and called Done() before computing, so its core validation step could never complete on a real machine. The check silently never ran.Error Index
- On SolidWorks 2016, the set_dimension tool reports success for a sketch dimension change the sketch cannot solve. The dimension stores the new value while the solver rejects it, the geometry does not move, the sketch is left no_solution, and check_errors reports nothing. Measured probes showed the mass and every segment unchanged against the ok:true answer.Error Index
Sources
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- A public repository: none; commercial product.
Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.