This section summarizes the new features in CAD Integration Release 2026 R1.
For more information, see the CAD Integration section of the Ansys Help.
Rocky Linux 8.10, 9.4, and 9.6 Support
The following interfaces are supported by Ansys:
ACIS (Reader)
AutoCAD (Reader)
CATIA V4 (Reader)
CATIA V5 (Reader)
CATIA V6 (Reader)
Creo Parametric (Reader)
IGES (Reader)
Inventor (Reader)
JT (Reader)
Monte Carlo N-Particle
NX (Reader and Plug-In)
Parasolid (Reader)
Rhinoceros (Reader)
Solid Edge (Reader)
SOLIDWORKS (Reader)
STEP (Reader)
Ubuntu LTS 22.04 and 24.04 Support
The following interfaces are supported by Ansys:
ACIS (Reader)
AutoCAD (Reader)
CATIA V4 (Reader)
CATIA V5 (Reader)
CATIA V6 (Reader)
Creo Parametric (Reader)
IGES (Reader)
Inventor (Reader)
JT (Reader)
Monte Carlo N-Particle
NX (Reader)
Parasolid (Reader)
Rhinoceros (Reader)
Solid Edge (Reader)
SOLIDWORKS (Reader)
STEP (Reader)
Geometry Interface Update for New CAD Releases
Geometry interfaces are updated to support new CAD releases including:
AutoCAD 2025 (Reader, Linux and Windows)
CATIA V5 V5-6R2025 (Reader, Linux and Windows)
CATIA V6 3DXML 4.3 (Reader, Linux and Windows)
Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.8 (Plug-In, Windows only)
Creo Parametric 12.4.0.0 (Reader, Linux and Windows)
Inventor 2026 (Reader, Linux and Windows)
NX 2506 (Reader, Linux and Windows)
Solid Edge 2026 (Plug-In, Windows only)
For detailed version support information, see CAD Integration> Geometry Interface Support in the CAD Integration section of the Ansys Help.
Information about past, present and future CAD, operating system and platform support is viewable via the Ansys, Inc. website (Customers > Support> More Support > Platform Support).