diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index fb01cb47cc..d80b99d8c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ jobs:
           NUM_CORES: 1
           ANSYS_WORKBENCH_LOGGING_FILTER_LEVEL: 0
           BUILD_CHEATSHEET: true
+          PYMECHANICAL_GALLERY_PARALLEL: "4"
           CONTAINER_STABLE_EXIT: ${{ needs.container-stability-check.outputs.container_stable_exit }}
         run: |
           . /env/bin/activate
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1572.test.md b/doc/changelog.d/1572.test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b7e1d122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1572.test.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Parallel example test
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 2665ac0d4b..7fe5635837 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import warnings
 
+# Sphinx-Gallery parallel workers are separate processes that never import this
+# file. PyVista reads PYVISTA_* from the environment at package import time, so
+# set these before importing pyvista; child processes inherit os.environ.
+os.environ.setdefault("PYVISTA_BUILDING_GALLERY", "true")
+os.environ.setdefault("PYVISTA_OFF_SCREEN", "true")
+# Parallel gallery workers may reuse a process; embedded App() then needs
+# BUILDING_GALLERY so a later example can attach via _share instead of erroring.
+os.environ.setdefault("PYMECHANICAL_BUILDING_GALLERY", "true")
+
 from ansys_sphinx_theme import ansys_favicon, get_version_match
 import pyvista
 from pyvista.plotting.utilities.sphinx_gallery import DynamicScraper
@@ -22,9 +31,6 @@
 import ansys.mechanical.core as pymechanical
 from ansys.mechanical.core.embedding.initializer import SUPPORTED_MECHANICAL_EMBEDDING_VERSIONS
 
-# necessary when building the sphinx gallery
-pymechanical.BUILDING_GALLERY = True
-
 # Ensure that offscreen rendering is used for docs generation
 pyvista.OFF_SCREEN = True
 
@@ -182,11 +188,21 @@
 copybutton_prompt_is_regexp = True
 
 # -- Sphinx Gallery Options ---------------------------------------------------
+# Parallel example execution (separate Python subprocess per running example).
+# Each subprocess can host one embedded Mechanical App, so N workers means up
+# to N concurrent Mechanical processes—only use N>1 when licenses and RAM allow.
+# https://sphinx-gallery.github.io/stable/configuration.html#parallel-gallery-builds
+try:
+    _gallery_parallel = max(1, int(os.environ.get("PYMECHANICAL_GALLERY_PARALLEL", "1")))
+except ValueError:
+    _gallery_parallel = 1
+
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {
     # convert rst to md for ipynb
     "pypandoc": True,
     # path to your examples scripts
     "examples_dirs": ["../../examples/"],
+    "abort_on_example_error": True,
     # path where to save gallery generated examples
     "gallery_dirs": ["examples/gallery_examples"],  # Pattern to search for example files
     "filename_pattern": r"\.py",
@@ -202,6 +218,7 @@
     # Files to ignore
     "ignore_pattern": "flycheck*",  # noqa: E501
     "thumbnail_size": (350, 350),
+    "parallel": _gallery_parallel,
 }
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 041b75cc66..65aadbf109 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ tests = [
 
 doc = [
     "sphinx>=8.2.3,<9",
+    "joblib>=1.4.0,<2",
     "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi,changelog]>=1.7.0,<2",
     "imageio-ffmpeg>=0.6.0,<1",
     "imageio>=2.37.2,<3",
diff --git a/src/ansys/mechanical/core/__init__.py b/src/ansys/mechanical/core/__init__.py
index a6da4c7426..d75c561d81 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mechanical/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mechanical/core/__init__.py
@@ -75,5 +75,10 @@
 
 from ansys.mechanical.core.pool import LocalMechanicalPool
 
-BUILDING_GALLERY = False
-"""Whether or not to build gallery examples."""
+_gallery_env = os.environ.get("PYMECHANICAL_BUILDING_GALLERY", "").strip().lower()
+BUILDING_GALLERY = _gallery_env in ("1", "true", "yes")
+"""Gallery mode for embedded ``App`` (shared instance when a process runs multiple examples).
+
+Parallel Sphinx-Gallery workers inherit ``PYMECHANICAL_BUILDING_GALLERY=true`` from the
+environment; they do not execute ``doc/source/conf.py``.
+"""
diff --git a/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/resolver.py b/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/resolver.py
index bb46a5b103..1588a7a958 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/resolver.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/resolver.py
@@ -27,6 +27,28 @@
 starting in version 23.1 and on Linux starting in version 23.2
 """
 
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+
+
+def _sys_path_has_shadow_ansys_dir(path_entry: str) -> bool:
+    """Check whether *path_entry* contains a subdirectory named exactly ``Ansys``.
+
+    Such a folder is imported as a namespace package and shadows the CLR
+    ``Ansys`` module from ``clr.AddReference``, causing
+    ``module 'Ansys' has no attribute 'Mechanical'``.
+
+    Only the exact spelling ``Ansys`` is treated as a shadow so
+    ``site-packages/ansys`` is not removed from ``sys.path``.
+    """
+    base = Path(path_entry) if path_entry else Path.cwd()
+    try:
+        if not base.is_dir():
+            return False
+        return any(p.is_dir() and p.name == "Ansys" for p in base.iterdir())
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+
 
 def resolve(version):
     """Resolve function for all versions of Ansys Mechanical."""
@@ -34,15 +56,23 @@ def resolve(version):
     import System  # isort: skip
 
     clr.AddReference("Ansys.Mechanical.Embedding")
-    import Ansys  # isort: skip
+
+    _original_sys_path = sys.path[:]
+    try:
+        sys.path[:] = [p for p in sys.path if not _sys_path_has_shadow_ansys_dir(p)]
+        import Ansys  # isort: skip
+    finally:
+        sys.path[:] = _original_sys_path
 
     try:
         assembly_resolver = Ansys.Mechanical.Embedding.AssemblyResolver
         resolve_handler = assembly_resolver.MechanicalResolveEventHandler
         System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += resolve_handler
-    except AttributeError:
-        error_msg = """Unable to resolve Mechanical assemblies. Please ensure the following:
-    1. Mechanical is installed.
-    2. A folder with the name "Ansys" does not exist in the same directory as the script being run.
-    """
-        raise AttributeError(error_msg)
+    except AttributeError as err:
+        error_msg = (
+            "Unable to resolve Mechanical assemblies. Please ensure the following:\n"
+            "    1. Mechanical is installed.\n"
+            '    2. A subdirectory named exactly "Ansys" does not exist on sys.path '
+            "(e.g. next to an example script), which shadows the CLR Ansys module.\n"
+        )
+        raise AttributeError(error_msg) from err