SOLIDWORKS 2027 Parts, Weldments & Sheet Metal Updates

SOLIDWORKS 2027 delivers focused improvements across parts, weldments, and sheet metal, plus better ways to work with external and legacy data.

Here’s what changed, where to find it, and when each tool earns its place in your workflow.

The updates at a glance

Part modeling

Chord width fillets, now in the standard fillet command

A chord width fillet holds the straight-line distance between its two tangent edges constant, rather than holding the radius constant. That makes it the right choice when the width of the blend matters more than its curvature, such as a consistent land on faces that meet at changing angles.

Until now, that option lived only in the Face Fillet tool, which meant leaving the fillet type you normally use. In SOLIDWORKS 2027, chord width is available directly in the Constant Size Fillet command, right next to the option to switch between symmetric and asymmetric fillets. Same command, one more way to define it.

Enumerated groups for sketch relations

Introduced in 2026 FD01, enumerated groups organize sketch relations that are applied across multiple entities. Instead of tracking down the same relation on each entity one at a time, you can select the group and edit or delete it as a set.

For heavily constrained sketches, especially ones you inherit from someone else, that makes design changes faster and lowers the risk of leaving stray relations behind.

Point cloud import: bigger, standard, and in color

If you work from 3D scan data, SOLIDWORKS 2027 brings a significant upgrade to point cloud import:

Weldments

Auto-detect weldable edges in one click

Picking weld edges on a large multibody frame has always been tedious and easy to get wrong. The Weld Bead PropertyManager in SOLIDWORKS 2027 adds a button that does the selection for you:

Section modulus for any cross section

Released in 2026 FD02, Section Properties now reports the section modulus for any cross section. Standard profiles have published values, but custom and complex weldment profiles usually meant a separate calculation or a spreadsheet.

Sheet metal

Upgrade pre-2009 sheet metal parts

Sheet metal parts created in SOLIDWORKS 2008 or earlier use an older architecture that can’t take advantage of newer sheet metal features. Historically, the only way forward was to remodel them.

Stamp across multiple faces, including bends

The Stamp feature has always been limited to a single planar face. In SOLIDWORKS 2027, a stamp can span multiple faces, including a bend face when the body is unfolded.

The stamp still needs a planar face to work on, so the workflow is to unfold the part, place the stamp across the flat region, then fold it back up. When the part is refolded, the stamped geometry follows the bend exactly as you’d expect, so it reads correctly in both the formed model and the flat pattern.

Choose the radius for each bend in Convert to Sheet Metal

When you import a non-parametric solid of a sheet metal part, such as a STEP file from a supplier, Convert to Sheet Metal adds SOLIDWORKS sheet metal capabilities to the body. Previously, the command relied on the bend radii found on the imported model.

Since 2026 FD02, you can edit each bend individually and assign the radius you need. That’s useful when the imported geometry doesn’t match your shop’s tooling, or when a few bends need a different radius than the rest.

Who gets the most from these updates

Every SOLIDWORKS user will find something useful here, but three groups stand to gain the most right away:

Taken together, these tools help you model faster, reduce errors, and send higher-quality designs to production with confidence. Want to keep sharpening your skills? Take a look at the CSWPA-Sheet Metal and CSWPA-Weldments certifications.

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