What's New in R2026x

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Industrial AI for Real-World Work

R2026x advances Dassault Systèmes’ 3D UNIVERSES strategy by introducing Virtual Companions on the 3DEXPERIENCE AI-native agentic platform. It marks a shift toward AI that understands industrial context and acts in the flow of work to help organizations drive better, faster outcomes across business, engineering and scientific domains.

Virtual Companions are built on competencies and operate across multiple domains. Each competency brings together deep industrial knowledge and scientific expertise that enable Virtual Companions to guide users, reveal insights, and execute relevant tasks across industrial workflows. Designed for collaboration and co-creation, these AI agents understand intent, augment human expertise, and automate tasks while always keeping users in control.

Work Capacity Grounded in Science and Industry Knowledge

R2026x brings to life AURA, LEO and MARIE—Virtual Companions embedded in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. They interpret user intent, reason in industrial context and support actions directly in the flow of work.

Rather than operating as AI chatbots, they are designed to work alongside users across business, engineering and scientific activities. By combining competencies with contextual understanding of models, plans and more, they help professionals and teams make better decisions and move from insight to action more efficiently.

New Competencies Powering Virtual Companions

R2026x FD03 expands the set of competencies available across business, engineering and scientific domains. These competencies represent structured industrial knowledge and expertise that Virtual Companions use to reason, recommend and support execution.

They enable more precise understanding of industrial problems, from planning and design to simulation and operations. By leveraging domain knowledge directly into AI-driven workflows, competencies help organizations improve consistency, speed and confidence in decision-making.

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R2026x FD02-03 introduces the following new competencies:

AURA

  • 3DSwym
  • Business Data Analysis
  • Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management
  • Engineering Product Management
  • Product Portfolio Management
  • Project Management
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LEO

  • Design Performance Analysis
  • Knowledge-Based Engineering
  • Manufacturing Operations Supervision
  • Mechanical Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • NC Machining Programming
  • Process Engineering
  • Systems Architecture
  • Systems Behavior Engineering

MARIE

  • Computational Science
  • Laboratory Science
  • Quality Authoring
  • Quality Expertise
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AI That Works Alongside People

Virtual Companions are designed to augment human expertise rather than replace it. They support engineers, scientists and business teams by helping them structure information, explore options and execute tasks more effectively.

AURA, LEO and MARIE unleash a new way to co-create and cooperate with users, to co-develop products, assets and services, solving complex industrial challenges in a faster and more efficient way.  By assisting you within your existing process, they help reduce friction and allow teams to focus on innovation, problem-solving and higher-value decisions.

Virtual Companion Benefits

Natural, Lifelike Conversations

that understand intent, maintain context, and enable intuitive collaboration throughout daily workflows. 

Free You From Low-Value Tasks

by accelerating routine activities while keeping you in control.

Smarter Decisions

grounded in industrial context, leveraging engineering knowledge, business expertise, and scientific principles.

Increased Confidence

with explainable industrial intelligence, combining trusted insights, contextual reasoning, and transparent recommendations.

Faster Onboarding

for new users through guided interactions, contextual assistance, and expert knowledge at every step.

Scalable AI

for thousands of employees across the enterprise, delivering expertise, governance and secure collaboration.

What's New across the Brands

R2026x FD03 includes enhancements across all roles. Explore the highlights for each brand below

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