ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb 24, 2026 – ASCON presents KOMPAS-3D v24, a new release of its 3D computer-aided design system. The new CAD release meets the demands of high-tech industries for modeling complex geometries in aerospace, engine manufacturing, transport, power engineering, and shipbuilding. Nearly every wireframe, surface, solid, and direct modeling tool has been enhanced.
The system now handles imported geometry more effectively, ensuring better backward compatibility for using legacy models in KOMPAS-3D projects.
KOMPAS-3D introduces new reverse engineering capabilities that are in high demand. Release v21 offered tools for handling scanned (polygonal mesh) geometry. Release v24 can combine a polygonal object with a body or surface, and create analytical surfaces from polygonal meshes.
KOMPAS-3D v24 is accompanied by updated and new mechanical engineering and instrumentation applications.
KOMPAS-3D v24 is available for Windows 10 and 11. A Linux native version will be available in 2026.
Basic 3D Modeling Tools
KOMPAS-3D D 24 offers powerful tools for creating complex curves and surfaces. These include operations with curve fragments, projection of curves and points onto extruded and ruled surfaces, simultaneous extension of multiple surfaces, and creating fillets with the “rolling ball” method, among other features.
In so-called “flexible products”, users can now change the shape of assembly components without modifying the source files. The new “Check values” command detects if variables are out of the acceptable range.
The direct modeling tools can be used to modify history-free geometry imported from other systems, and to build manufacturing models.
Many new features are intended for general mechanical engineering users. Some of them are:
- The “Tubular element” command offers a new way to build a body (or cutout) along a path with a circular cross-section
- Mid-surface generation (for CAE applications, among other things)
- New model diagnostics tools identify, for example, small faces, non-parallel edges, and other geometry flaws.
Extended functionality is paired with a more user-friendly interface. We have implemented several user-suggested features, including deleting list items and table entries in the Parameters panel with the <Delete> key, parametric arrays in drawings and sketches, copying and pasting assembly components using <CTRL+C> and <CTRL+V>, and automatic hyphenation in BOM cells according to specified rules.
Mechanical Engineering Applications
The design concept in 3D Shafts and Mechanical Gears application has been changed: now, mechanical gears are designed in the context of a 3D assembly.
Shaft shoulders and grooves can now have arbitrary profile shapes. Another user-suggested feature is realistic chain and belt drive models.
The Equipment: Pipelines 3D application now has a new way of pipeline construction: point-to-point. A pipe can be routed over the edges and diagonals of a parallelepiped.
The POLYNOM:PDM access window now has a Favorites panel with commonly used components from the Equipment: Pipelines 3D and Equipment: Steel Structures 3D applications.
The APM FEM structural analysis application now has a new Named Groups tab with various geometric objects to accelerate analysis through assigning different boundary conditions to a group of identical objects.
The KompasFlow CFD and heat transfer analysis application now provides humidity analysis and a new method for visualizing pressure, velocity, and temperature distribution fields.
To learn more about what’s new in KOMPAS-3D v24, please refer to the interactive Help system.
Perpetual, annual, and quarterly licenses are available for purchase.
Try new KOMPAS-3D V24
- Download the 30-day free trial version: https://ascon.net/try/
- Learn more about KOMPAS-3D: https://ascon.net/products/kompas/kompas-3d/
- New to KOMPAS-3D? Explore our Online Academy with free video lessons for a quick start.
About ASCON
Founded in 1989 as a private company, ASCON, becoming one of the first CAD/AEC/PLM developers and integrators in Russian and CIS member countries. Its software solutions address key engineering design issues, such a accurate 3D modeling, preparation and release of drawings and design documentation, business process development, and engineering data management.
Today, ASCON is a dynamic company employing 800 highly qualified specialists. The company operates 60 offices and dealer centers in major industrial regions worldwide. Each branch office provides a full range of services in software implementation, IT consulting, personnel training, software integration and support.
The number of KOMPAS installations exceeds 80 000 seats in automotive, heavy machinery, aerospace and defense, agriculture, oil production and power generation, manufacturing and construction, electronics and engineering industries. For more information, visit https://ascon.net.
