3D/2D mechanical design CAD

IronCAD

Transforming CAD from concept to creation.

IronCAD significantly reduces manufacturing barriers and increases engineering productivity with intuitive 3D and 2D solutions for rapid design and seamless collaboration enterprise-wide.

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Why IronCAD

Fundamentally a better way to design.

IronCAD — 3D scene, 2D drafting and rendering — one suite

IronCAD — 3D scene, 2D drafting and rendering in one suite

30–50% shorter design cycles

Design how you think IronCAD lets you design intuitively in the way you interact in the world, in 3D. With this easier and faster design approach over traditional CAD software, it's a fundamentally better way to design.

Take your model to market faster IronCAD gives you the speed to invent the future, with time left to watch it unfold. Skip repetitive steps so you can get to market faster, ahead of your competitors, and with far more return on your investment.

Learn in days, not months Just like designing in the real world, learning IronCAD only takes days or even hours. Quickly integrate it into your existing workflows and start producing results immediately.

Make design changes in seconds Make design changes when you want, not when your CAD software decides to let you. IronCAD empowers you to model with or without history-dependency, so making a change is as simple as doing it.

Design.

Drag, drop, and click — an intuitive design methodology that mirrors how you interact with the physical world.

Drag-and-drop catalogs Kickstart the design process with catalogs of predefined shapes, parts and assemblies — drag them into the scene and stretch them into working geometry with handles.

The patented TriBall™ Reposition, rotate, copy and pattern anything in 3D with a few clicks — IronCAD's legendary TriBall is widely considered the most powerful positioning tool in any CAD system.

One scene, entire assembly Parts and assemblies live in a single unified design environment — one file no matter how complex, with no web of external references to manage.

Parametric and direct, on demand Choose history-based, direct, or both modeling modalities in the same design — explore ideas freely without pre-planning a feature tree in advance.

Document.

Production drawings, bills of materials and photoreal visuals — generated from the same scene you design in.

Production drawings, fast Create 2D production drawings directly from the 3D scene — views, sections and details land on the sheet in minutes and update with the model.

Bills of materials from the scene Generate BOMs directly from the assembly — always matching exactly what's in the model, ready for purchasing and production.

Dedicated sheet metal tools Precise sheet metal modeling with automatic unfolding, integrated seamlessly with fabrication workflows.

Photoreal visuals that sell Present concepts with integrated realistic rendering — the same model that goes to production wins the customer first, with real-time visualization and configuration.

Collaborate.

Share data in all major 3D and 2D formats — and extend the reach of your designs across the enterprise.

Open to every format Import and export STEP, IGES, Parasolid and DWG/DXF — and read native CATIA, SolidWorks and Inventor files — for design reuse without remodeling.

Large assemblies, light performance Innovative lightweight graphical representations and intelligent loading options keep even the largest assemblies fast and responsive.

Productive in days An interface that mirrors the real world, plus tutorials, video training and our local support, gets new users producing results almost immediately.

Examples of use

Designed, patterned, delivered.

Real models and results from IronCAD users — drag through the figures, click to enlarge.

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FIG. 01 Modular gantry system — machinery design in IronCAD

FIG. 02 IronCAD at the workstation — a frame structure in the single scene

FIG. 03 From 3D model to installed plant — industrial piping

Why IronCAD

Simply design faster than any other CAD system.

Choose how you design

Going from 2D to 3D and final assembly is as easy as drag, drop, and click with IronCAD's intuitive design methodology.

Simplify file management

Large or small, store all parts and assemblies in one document or save separately and link them via 3D Scene.

Save time with catalogs

Kickstart the design process with catalogs of predefined shapes that can be easily modified to create working geometry.

Seamlessly trade data

Share data in all major 3D and 2D file formats for design reuse or modification with flexible import-export options.

Become more productive

Accelerate your design process from concept to production with integrated, intuitive tools in one easy-to-use interface.

Empower sales

Foster collaboration with salespeople and customers via real-time design visualization and configuration.

Plays well with your BIM stack

STEP IGES Parasolid DWG / DXF CATIA SolidWorks Inventor

Companies designing with IronCAD.

Selected international references

Ankarsrum Motors Robotunits MARAB

Forsell Teknik AB Lakeside Cooling Towers

Who it's for

Built for the people who build machines.

IronCAD is trusted by companies across manufacturing — from one-off custom machinery to configurable modular product lines.

Industrial Equipment
Machinery Manufacturing
Metal Fabrication
Modular Product Manufacturing
Sheet Metal & Tooling Design
Assembly Layout & Facility Design

IronCAD — custom processing machinery, designed end-to-end

IronCAD — transparent assembly view of a drive unit

IronCAD — electric motor stator winding design

The ecosystem

One suite, every role.

Design Collaboration Suite

Design extensions

IRONCAD

The flagship

Integrated 3D and 2D design, in one scene
The patented TriBall™ — position anything in seconds

Design Collaboration Suite

INOVATE 3D design and collaboration

IRONCAD DRAFT 2D detailing and 3D collaboration

IRONCAD COMPOSE 2D/3D viewing and configuration

Design extensions

IronCAD Mechanical standards-based parts and tools

KeyShot photoreal rendering and animation

Multiphysics integrated FEA simulation

FAQs

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IRONCAD is the flagship of the IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite — an integrated 3D and 2D CAD solution for mechanical design. It combines drag-and-drop catalogs, the patented TriBall positioning tool and a unified single-scene environment, so an entire assembly lives in one file, from concept sketch to production drawings.

IronCAD offers unique drag-and-drop design capabilities, a unified single-scene environment, and flexible parametric and direct workflows you can mix on demand — drastically reducing design time. Design changes are as simple as making them, with no feature tree to fight, which is why design cycles typically come out 30–50% shorter.

Yes. IronCAD reads native CATIA, SolidWorks and Inventor files alongside STEP, IGES and Parasolid, so existing data carries over without remodeling — and its history-free direct editing keeps imported geometry fully editable. Teams switching for the single-scene workflow and the TriBall report dramatically faster design work.

IronCAD is offered in several configurations — the flagship IRONCAD, the wider Design Collaboration Suite (INOVATE, DRAFT, COMPOSE) and design extensions like IronCAD Mechanical or Multiphysics. Because the price depends on the combination that fits your workflow, there's no single number that covers every user.

Please contact us and we'll put together an offer tailored to your needs.

Yes, we're glad to. We can showcase the software and walk through exactly how it can benefit your business. If you're interested, just let us know and we'll arrange a live remote session with your team.

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