What's New in 3DEXPERIENCE for Education?
The 3DEXPERIENCE for Education public cloud platform is regularly updated with enhancements, fixes, and new features. There are two release rhythms you should know:
▪ GA (General Availability): the major annual release. It brings significant innovations, new apps, and an enhanced user experience.
▪ FD (Functional Delivery): 4 times per year. These boost the platform with functional improvements, performance upgrades, and customer-requested features.
November 2025
R2026x GA | Pedagogical Highlights for Academic Institutions
Here's a recap of the key new functionalities delivered in the upgrade, more details below.
- Education-related enhancements
- A new “3D Learn” application has been added, allowing users to learn directly within the platform.
Working and learning in the same environment has never been easier, giving students seamless access to the right learning content. - Certification now included natively in your subscription: boost your students employability by certifying them with the right Associate exams, without the extra hassle.
At any time, students can take exams using 3D Learn (4 credits are delivered per user, enabling up to 2 certifications). - Teacher Experience UI enhancements: a revamped interface for clearer insights and faster interactions with your curriculum and classrooms.
- A new “3D Learn” application has been added, allowing users to learn directly within the platform.
- CATIA-related Apps and evolutions:
- Command Intelligence to accelerate students’ learning curve with AI support.
- 3D Tolerancing & Annotation: automates 2D drawings from the 3D virtual twin with AI support.
- Enhanced human centric user experience with the motion designer improvements that includes a better motion simulation.
- SOLIDWORKS xDesign-related enhancements:
- Generative Picture to Mechanism: AI converts sketches to mechanisms
- Create Design configurations with Part Tables: students can explore real engineering scenarios, compare variations, and manage parameters, all in a single web-based environment.
- 3DEXCITE enhancements:
- Build interactive labels to design seamless learning scenarios in digital twins.
- Easily publish simulation results into immersive experiences, ready for your students on Apple Vision Pro.
- New webinar for Educators on Thursday, November 20: discover the AI Capabilities for CATIA & DELMIA!
Webinar | AI-Powered CATIA and DELMIA for Educators
The future of engineering is powered by AI. Register for the webinar on Thursday, November 20 and equip your students with the skills and knowledge to thrive in the new era of digital design and manufacturing.
1. CATIA COMMAND INTELLIGENCE
Accelerate students’ learning curve with AI support.
AI prediction will guide them through complex operations by suggesting the most relevant commands with Command Prediction, streamlining design steps with Smart Command Completion, enabling intuitive choices with Smart Selection (either in 3D or in the tree), and much more!
2. 3D TOLERANCING & ANNOTATION
Teach dimensioning and tolerancing directly in 3D and help your students embrace the industry shift.
While many still teach 2D drafting, industry now defines and communicates tolerances directly in 3D. With AI-driven 3D Tolerancing, your models carry all the information with embed annotations automatically and the system generates 2D drawings instantly on the fly, helping your students learn the industry’s model-based approach.
3. HUMAN ANIMATION ENHANCEMENTS
Bring dynamics and realism to your lessons with a more intuitive, human-centric interface and improved motion simulation. The latest Motion Designer empowers students to visualize, test, and refine how mechanisms truly move, helping them connect theory with real-world engineering behavior.
A powerful way to teach kinematics, design validation, and system thinking.
4. SOLIDWORKS GENERATIVE PICTURE TO MECHANISM
Bring creativity to life in seconds. With AI-powered image-to-mechanism, SOLIDWORKS xDesign transforms a simple sketch or photo into a functional 3D mechanism automatically.
It’s the perfect way to teach design thinking, mechanical principles and AI-assisted innovation helping students grasp how ideas move, connect, and come alive through intelligent automation.
5. 3DEXCITE INTERACTIVE LABELS
3DEXCITE now integrates Interactive labels for creating seamless learning scenarios in digital twins, empowering educators to build intuitive lessons, streamline student guidance, and enhance skill mastery.
6. 3DEXCITE IMMERSIVE SIMULATION
Easily publish simulation results into immersive experiences your students can explore on Apple Vision Pro, bringing complex engineering concepts to life through hands-on learning.
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