Leo AI (getleo.ai) is an AI assistant for mechanical engineers: it answers engineering questions, runs calculations and finds parts across your PLM and vendor catalogs. It isn’t LEO, the SOLIDWORKS companion. Adam is an AI mechanical engineer that works across your CAD, simulation and PLM tools. Here is how they compare, with sources.
An AI mechanical engineer for hardware teams. It plugs into the workspace you already have, so there is no new CAD app to learn and nothing to migrate.
An AI assistant for mechanical engineers that answers questions from your PLM data and engineering sources, runs calculations, finds parts and generates CAD assemblies.12
| What you need | Adam | Leo AI |
|---|---|---|
| 01How it works | ||
| Where it works | Inside the tools your team already uses, with no extra setup or migration | In the browser, or installed on Windows, where it integrates into your CAD tool4 |
| Tools named | Onshape, Autodesk Fusion, SOLIDWORKS and Rhino | SolidWorks, Onshape, CATIA and Inventor for CAD; Windchill, Teamcenter and Onshape for data2 |
| 02What it does | ||
| Generate a part from a description | Yes, from a prompt | Generates CAD assemblies from a description, after finding formulas and running the calculations12 |
| Work with existing designs | Yes, including ECO-driven changes that pull failure data from PLM and simulation | Reads native CAD in your PLM and PDM, finds parts to reuse and inspects assemblies2 |
| Analysis | A CAD-to-FEA loop: Adam connects your simulation and CAD software and iterates on the design | Runs engineering calculations, such as stress analysis, and cites its sources1 |
| 2D drawing to 3D model | Yes, from a 2D drawing to a 3D CAD model | Not confirmed on the pages checked |
| 03Security and data | ||
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 compliant | SOC 2 Type II3 |
| Your data | Your data stays private on enterprise plans | Business and Enterprise data isn’t used to train its model; files are indexed as encrypted vectors, not stored3 |
| 04Buying | ||
| How to start | Try Adam, or book a demo with our team | Self-serve onboarding on its site1 |
Leo AI focuses on engineering knowledge: answers from your PLM data and engineering sources, calculations and part search, plus CAD generation. Adam is an AI mechanical engineer that works across your CAD, simulation and PLM tools, from prompts and drawings to ECO-driven edits, CAD-to-FEA loops and DFM checks.12
No. LEO is a virtual companion built into SOLIDWORKS by Dassault Systèmes. Leo AI (getleo.ai) is a separate product. We compare Adam with SOLIDWORKS’ AI on its own page.15
Leo AI lists SolidWorks, Onshape, CATIA and Inventor for CAD, and Windchill, Teamcenter and Onshape for data.2
Yes. Adam is SOC 2 compliant, and your data stays private on enterprise plans. Leo AI says it is SOC 2 Type II certified.3
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Everything this page says about Leo AI comes from Leo AI’s own public pages, checked on 2 Oct 2026. Products change, so if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.