What’s New In the 2026 SOLIDWORKS API

This article covers notable enhancements to the 2026 SOLIDWORKS API, PDM API, and Document Manager API.

SOLIDWORKS API

• New interfaces
  • IDSPBRMaterial Interface – Allows access to Dassault Systemes Physically Based Rendering (DSPBR) material object.
  • IFamilyTableAnnotation – Allows access to the family table annotation.
  • IFamilyTableFeature – Allows access to the family table feature.
• New interface members
  • IBodyFolder
    • IBodyFolder::GetTopLevelFeatureCount
    • IBodyFolder::GetTopLevelFeatures
  • ISheet
    • ISheet::InsertFamilyTable
  • IRenderMaterial
    • IRenderMaterial::GetDSPBRMaterial
    • IRenderMaterial::HasDSPBRProperties
  • ISldWorks
    • ISldWorks::ShadedEdgeThickness
  • IView
    • IView::SetViewPosition
• New delegates
  • DAssemblyDocEvents_SolidBodyFolderReorderNotifyEventHandler
  • DDrawingDocEvents_ViewPositionChangeNotifyEventHandler
  • DPartDocEvents_SolidBodyFolderReorderNotifyEventHandler

SOLIDWORKS PDM API

• New interfaces
  • IEdmAddCustomRefs3

SOLIDWORKS DOCUMENT MANAGER API

• None

Not the most exciting year of enhancements, but that’s not a bad thing. It just goes to show how mature these APIs are.

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