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March 18, 2026
Training the designers of the future in CAD often entails significant costs for schools—in software and expensive teacher time. Students are forced to deal with complicated programs featuring unnecessary issues like constraint and mate errors, all while lacking educational materials. We are now offering free IRONCAD and the world’s best educational materials for 3D CAD—for free! High schools are now switching to our acclaimed solution. Your school can save money, and your students can learn CAD in less time.
It’s no secret that many technology and industrial arts teachers struggle to make ends meet. At the same time, the Swedish National Agency for Education’s new guidelines (GY25) set clear requirements for what students must master in CAD, Levels 1 and 2. Having to work with outdated, unnecessarily complicated systems is a barrier to both the teacher’s planning and the student’s creativity.
It's here IRONCAD comes into the picture.
Instead of the traditional and often frustrating learning curve of older 3D programs, IRONCAD is based IRONCAD an intuitive "drag-and-drop" system. With the patented TriBall tool, students don’t have to struggle with cumbersome conditions and parameters. They can simply start designing from day one. The result? Significantly faster learning where the focus is on the design itself and problem-solving, rather than memorizing menus.
Tomake things easier for Swedish schools, we at Solidmakarna have developed a comprehensive, competency-based educational resource—tailored directly to the requirements of GY25. The program has already been tested in real-world settings and is being used with great success at schools such as Balderskolan in Skellefteå.
The course material, which is easily accessible 24/7 via IronCAD , covers everything from basic 3D modeling and 2D drafting to sheet metal design and rendering. In addition, instructors have access to ready-made sample assignments and practical exam questions. All you have to do is press start.
Johan Hertz of Ankarsrum Electric Motors AB, one of many industrial companies using the program, sums it up best:
"You can't get better training material than this. The learning process is truly effective."
Zero. Nothing. Students and teachers can download and install IRONCAD free of charge. The license is valid for one year at a time and can be easily renewed with a single click for as long as you are enrolled in school.
For schools that want to stay ahead of the curve and give their students the tools that modern industry actually demands—and that are used by companies like Husqvarna and Nefab—the switch is a no-brainer.
Stoppaying for complicated systems and save on unnecessary licensing costs.
Learn more about how your school can get the basic IRONCAD course IRONCAD schools completely free here and get started as early as this week!
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