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About IronCAD
IronCAD is a mechanical CAD suite for 3D and 2D design, built around drag-and-drop modelling from catalogs and a mix of direct and feature-based editing. It covers machinery, modular, sheet metal, part and tooling design, and can be used on its own or alongside an existing CAD setup.
The product family includes IRONCAD, INOVATE, DRAFT and COMPOSE, plus the SYNERGY collaboration platform and extensions for multiphysics, motion and nesting. A trial and a student version are available.
Strengths
- Drag-and-drop design from catalogs
- Hybrid direct and feature-based modelling
- Covers sheet metal, tooling and machinery design
- Student version and trial available
Limitations
- Commercial pricing through sales and resellers
- Several product tiers to choose between
Details
- Pricing
- PaidCommercial licences, with a trial and a student version.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- IronCAD
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Mechanical engineers designing machinery and parts who want fast, flexible modelling
- Categories
- 3D and CAD
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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IronCAD as an alternative
Listings that name IronCAD as an alternative.
DesignSpark Mechanical
A direct-modelling 3D CAD program with push-pull tools, aimed at engineers and makers without deep CAD experience.
IronCAD is commercial Windows mechanical CAD combining direct and feature-based modelling with drag-and-drop catalogs, sold through resellers rather than on a free plan.
VariCAD
A 3D and 2D CAD program for mechanical engineering design on Windows and Linux.
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