Understanding SOLIDWORKS AI Blue Tokens

Understanding SOLIDWORKS AI Blue Tokens: A Practical Guide for Engineers

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a valuable engineering tool, helping designers and engineers find information faster, automate repetitive tasks, and make better decisions throughout the product development process. As more SOLIDWORKS users begin exploring AI-powered capabilities, one question comes up frequently:

What exactly are Blue Tokens, and how do they work?

If you’re looking to adopt SOLIDWORKS AI within your organisation, understanding Blue Tokens is key to getting the most value from your investment.

Why SOLIDWORKS AI Uses a Token System

The latest AI capabilities within SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform are powered by intelligent Virtual Companions that can assist with everything from answering technical questions to generating design-related outputs and supporting engineering decision-making.

Rather than purchasing separate licences for every AI capability, Dassault Systèmes uses Blue Tokens as a flexible consumption model. This approach allows businesses to scale their AI usage according to their needs, whether they’re experimenting with AI for the first time or integrating it into daily engineering workflows.

Think of Blue Tokens as an engineering resource that is consumed when AI performs meaningful work on your behalf.

What Can You Use Blue Tokens For?

Blue Tokens power interactions with the growing family of 3DEXPERIENCE Virtual Companions, including:

AURA

Your AI-powered knowledge companion, helping engineers access information from company resources, technical documentation, and trusted web sources more efficiently.

LEO

An engineering-focused assistant designed to support design, validation, manufacturing, and systems engineering activities.

MARIE

A scientific research companion that can assist with materials selection, scientific analysis, research exploration, and technical investigations.

Together, these companions enable engineers to spend less time searching and more time innovating.

How Token Consumption Works

One of the common misconceptions about Blue Tokens is that every prompt consumes large quantities of tokens.

In reality, token usage is designed around the value and complexity of the task being performed.

For example:

Low Consumption Activities

These typically include:

• Asking technical questions
• Requesting design guidance
• Researching concepts or standards
• Accessing engineering knowledge

Moderate Consumption Activities

Examples include:

• Feature recognition
• Assembly investigations
• Workflow assistance
• Engineering data analysis

Higher Consumption Activities

More advanced engineering tasks may require additional tokens, such as:

• Drawing generation
• Complex design assistance
• Simulation-related activities
• Automated engineering workflows

The goal is simple: the greater the engineering effort being offloaded to AI, the more tokens are likely to be used.

Your Included Tokens

To help organisations begin their AI journey, SOLIDWORKS Design customers receive a complimentary allocation of Blue Tokens.

These introductory tokens allow users to explore AI capabilities, evaluate real-world use cases, and understand where AI can drive measurable productivity improvements within their teams.

For many organisations, this provides an excellent opportunity to identify quick wins before expanding AI adoption across the wider engineering department.

Getting the Most Value from SOLIDWORKS AI

The most successful AI implementations aren’t about replacing engineers. They’re about eliminating low-value tasks that consume valuable engineering time.

We are already seeing customers use Virtual Companions to:

1. Accelerate information discovery
2. Improve design decision-making
3. Reduce time spent searching for technical answers
4. Support design validation activities
5. Increase overall engineering productivity

When used strategically, AI becomes another tool in the engineer’s toolkit, allowing teams to focus on innovation, problem-solving, and product development rather than repetitive administrative work.

Planning for Future AI Adoption

As SOLIDWORKS continues to introduce new AI-powered capabilities, Blue Tokens provide organisations with a flexible way to access emerging technologies without committing to fixed usage levels.

Whether you’re exploring AI-powered knowledge assistants today or preparing for more advanced design automation tomorrow, understanding token consumption helps you plan and budget with confidence.

The key question isn’t how many tokens you use. It’s how much engineering time you save.

Why Solid Solutions?

At Solid Solutions, we’re helping organisations across the UK understand where AI can deliver genuine value throughout the design and engineering process.

Whether you’re interested in AURA, LEO, MARIE, or the broader SOLIDWORKS AI roadmap, our experts can demonstrate real-world use cases and help you make the most of your available Blue Tokens.