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Design

Learn how to create Parts, Assemblies, Drawings, Sheet Metal, Molds, and Routing

Simulation Analysis

Learn how to create Parts, Assemblies, Drawings, Sheet Metal, Molds, and Routing

Data Management

Manage engineering data, automate workflows, and eliminate version control chaos.

Electrical Design

Learn how to create Parts, Assemblies, Drawings, Sheet Metal, Molds, and Routing

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Our SOLIDWORKS online, instructor-led training programs are the perfect investment for organizations looking to boost productivity, reduce design errors and accelerate project timelines through expert-level CAD skills.

SOLIDWORKS Design

3D modeling fundamentals through advanced techniques

Build parts, assemblies, and drawings that work. From essentials to complex surfacing and specialized applications like sheet metal and weldments.

Courses

  • Essentials

    Essentials

    Topics covered are: sketching, multi-contour sketching, reference geometry creation, design intent, feature creation, shelling, configurations, assemblies, drawings/detailing, editing, parent-child relationships, relations, rudimentary top-down design, and advanced
    mating techniques.

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  • Advanced Part Modeling

    Advanced Part Modeling

    Advanced Part Modeling teaches you how to use multibody solids, sweeping and lofting features, and the more advanced shaping capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.

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  • Assembly Modeling

    Assembly Modeling

    Assembly Modeling teaches you how to maximize your use of the assembly modeling capabilities of SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.

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  • Surface Modeling

    Surface Modeling

    Surface Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.

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  • Sheet Metal

    Sheet Metal

    Sheet Metal teaches you how to build sheet metal parts using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software. Building standalone sheet metal parts, and converting conventional parts to sheet metal, including in the assembly context, are covered.

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  • Weldments

    Weldments

    Weldments teaches you how to create welded structures with standard
    structural members. Weld beads are also covered.

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  • Drawings

    Drawings

    This SOLIDWORKS training course teaches you how to make drawings of
    SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies.

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  • Routing Piping and Tubing

    Routing Piping and Tubing

    Routing – Piping and Tubing explains how to create, edit and manage Piping and Tubing routes, from the critical routing components and their design requirements to the subassemblies that contain the routes.

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  • DraftSight Essentials

    DraftSight Essentials

    This course aims to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimize your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximize quality,
    avoid rework and decrease time to market.

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  • Refresher

    Refresher

    SOLIDWORKS Refresher is intended to review functions of the SOLIDWORKS software for users who may have been removed from regular use for an extended period. It includes selected lessons and exercises from SOLIDWORKS Essentials, Advanced Part Modeling, and Assembly Modeling.

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SOLIDWORKS Essentials

May 11, 2026 | $1,960.00$2,090.00/person

Topics covered are: sketching, multi-contour sketching, reference geometry creation, design intent, feature creation, shelling, configurations, assemblies, drawings/detailing, editing, parent-child relationships, relations, rudimentary top-down design, and advanced
mating techniques.

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SOLIDWORKS Advanced Part Modeling

May 11, 2026 | $1,265.00$1,350.00/person

Advanced Part Modeling teaches you how to use multibody solids, sweeping and lofting features, and the more advanced shaping capabilities of SOLIDWORKS.

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SOLIDWORKS Assembly Modeling

June 01, 2026 | $1,265.00$1,350.00/person

Assembly Modeling teaches you how to maximize your use of the assembly modeling capabilities of SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.

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SOLIDWORKS Surface Modeling

May 14, 2026 | $810.00$865.00/person

Surface Modeling teaches you how to build freeform shapes using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software.

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SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal

May 06, 2026 | $810.00$865.00/person

Sheet Metal teaches you how to build sheet metal parts using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software. Building standalone sheet metal parts, and converting conventional parts to sheet metal, including in the assembly context, are covered.

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SOLIDWORKS Weldments

April 27, 2026 | $810.00$865.00/person

Weldments teaches you how to create welded structures with standard
structural members. Weld beads are also covered.

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SOLIDWORKS Drawings

$1,265.00$1,350.00/person

This SOLIDWORKS training course teaches you how to make drawings of
SOLIDWORKS parts and assemblies.

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SOLIDWORKS Routing Piping and Tubing

Routing – Piping and Tubing explains how to create, edit and manage Piping and Tubing routes, from the critical routing components and their design requirements to the subassemblies that contain the routes.

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DraftSight Essentials

June 22, 2026 | $810.00$865.00/person

This course aims to teach you how to use DraftSight to optimize your drawings and designs for manufacturability so you can maximize quality,
avoid rework and decrease time to market.

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SOLIDWORKS Refresher

SOLIDWORKS Refresher is intended to review functions of the SOLIDWORKS software for users who may have been removed from regular use for an extended period. It includes selected lessons and exercises from SOLIDWORKS Essentials, Advanced Part Modeling, and Assembly Modeling.

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Simulation & Analysis

Validate designs before you build

Run stress analysis, motion studies, and flow simulations. Catch problems in software instead of after manufacturing. FEA fundamentals through advanced dynamics.

Courses

  • Simulation Essentials

    Simulation Essentials

    Topics covered in this course are: introduction to FEA; FEA principles and theory; element quality; linear static analysis of parts; gap/contact and advanced assembly analysis; analysis setup and post-processing; evaluating FE convergence; limitations of linear analysis; load and boundary condition application; stress analysis with thermal loading; model and result validation; automatic report generation.

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  • Flow Simulation

    Flow Simulation

    This course teaches the essential skills you will need to start performing fundamental computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations on your own using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation. This two-day training program provides an in-depth session on the basics of fluid flow analysis, covering meshing concerns, modeling concerns, analysis, post-processing, available options, and preferences.

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  • Simulation Professional

    Simulation Professional

    Topics covered in this course are: heat transfer analysis, steady state, and transient; frequency analysis; effect of in-plane loading on thin-walled structures; structural failure under compressive loads; buckling of elastic structures; meshing options; drop testing; fatigue; optimization.

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  • Simulation Premium: Nonlinear

    Simulation Premium: Nonlinear

    This class will raise your SOLIDWORKS Simulation FEA skills to the next level! It offers hands-on experience using the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium nonlinear module. The 2-day course overviews various nonlinear structural/mechanical analysis topics. You will learn how to deal with models that exhibit large displacements and yielding, discuss and practice the use of many material models available in SOLIDWORKS Simulation, and, most importantly, how to drive a nonlinear analysis to successful completion.

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  • Simulation Premium: Dynamics

    Simulation Premium: Dynamics

    This course is designed for users who would like to become productive in analyzing structures subjected to various types of dynamic loading. The material covered includes the time-dependent analysis (force loads and motion shock loading examples), harmonic analysis and random vibration analysis (MILS-STD-810F example), response spectrum analysis, and introduction to nonlinear dynamics simulation.

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  • Motion Simulation

    Motion Simulation

    Motion Simulation is for users who would like to become productive quickly in using SOLIDWORKS Motion. This 2-day course will teach you how to use the SOLIDWORKS Motion simulation package to study your SOLIDWORKS assembly models’ kinematics and dynamic behavior. In addition, the course provides an in-depth session on the basics of building, simulating, and refining a mechanical design system.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials

April 27, 2026 | $1,455.00$1,550.00/person

Topics covered in this course are: introduction to FEA; FEA principles and theory; element quality; linear static analysis of parts; gap/contact and advanced assembly analysis; analysis setup and post-processing; evaluating FE convergence; limitations of linear analysis; load and boundary condition application; stress analysis with thermal loading; model and result validation; automatic report generation.

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SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation

June 15, 2026 | $1,020.00$1,090.00/person

This course teaches the essential skills you will need to start performing fundamental computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations on your own using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation. This two-day training program provides an in-depth session on the basics of fluid flow analysis, covering meshing concerns, modeling concerns, analysis, post-processing, available options, and preferences.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional

April 30, 2026 | $585.00$625.00/person

Topics covered in this course are: heat transfer analysis, steady state, and transient; frequency analysis; effect of in-plane loading on thin-walled structures; structural failure under compressive loads; buckling of elastic structures; meshing options; drop testing; fatigue; optimization.

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SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Nonlinear

$1,020.00$1,090.00/person

This class will raise your SOLIDWORKS Simulation FEA skills to the next level! It offers hands-on experience using the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium nonlinear module. The 2-day course overviews various nonlinear structural/mechanical analysis topics. You will learn how to deal with models that exhibit large displacements and yielding, discuss and practice the use of many material models available in SOLIDWORKS Simulation, and, most importantly, how to drive a nonlinear analysis to successful completion.

LEARN MORE

SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium: Dynamics

June 16, 2026 | $1,020.00$1,090.00/person

This course is designed for users who would like to become productive in analyzing structures subjected to various types of dynamic loading. The material covered includes the time-dependent analysis (force loads and motion shock loading examples), harmonic analysis and random vibration analysis (MILS-STD-810F example), response spectrum analysis, and introduction to nonlinear dynamics simulation.

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SOLIDWORKS Motion Simulation

May 18, 2026 | $1,020.00$1,090.00/person

Motion Simulation is for users who would like to become productive quickly in using SOLIDWORKS Motion. This 2-day course will teach you how to use the SOLIDWORKS Motion simulation package to study your SOLIDWORKS assembly models’ kinematics and dynamic behavior. In addition, the course provides an in-depth session on the basics of building, simulating, and refining a mechanical design system.

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Data Governance

Organize engineering data and workflows

Stop losing files and wasting time searching. Learn to manage design data, document standards, and keep your team aligned with proper data management practices.

Courses

  • PDM Professional Administration

    PDM Professional Administration

    The focus of this course is on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of SOLIDWORKS PDM. The intended audience for this course is anyone who will set up and/or administer SOLIDWORKS PDM.

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  • PDM User

    PDM User

    This course focuses on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of SOLIDWORKS PDM. The intended audience for this course is anyone who will manage files with SOLIDWORKS PDM.

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SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional Administration

The focus of this course is on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of SOLIDWORKS PDM. The intended audience for this course is anyone who will set up and/or administer SOLIDWORKS PDM.

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SOLIDWORKS PDM User

This course focuses on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the successful use of SOLIDWORKS PDM. The intended audience for this course is anyone who will manage files with SOLIDWORKS PDM.

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Electrical Design

Integrate electrical and mechanical design

Connect electrical schematics with 3D mechanical models. Design wire harnesses, generate unified BOMs, and eliminate disconnects between disciplines.

Courses

  • Electrical Schematic

    Electrical Schematic

    Topics covered: projects, single line diagrams, cabling, creating schematics, cross-referencing the single line diagram, control drawings, managing origin-destination arrows, programmable logic controllers (PLC), creating and using macros, editing the PLC drawing, creating and running reports

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  • Electrical 3D

    Electrical 3D

    This class is designed for users of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D to understand how to place components and route wires. Topics covered are: Adding a Cabinet, Inserting Components in the Cabinet, Adding Door Components, Propagating 2D changes to 3D, and Routing Wires.

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SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic

August 17, 2026 | $1,455.00$1,550.00/person

Topics covered: projects, single line diagrams, cabling, creating schematics, cross-referencing the single line diagram, control drawings, managing origin-destination arrows, programmable logic controllers (PLC), creating and using macros, editing the PLC drawing, creating and running reports

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SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D

This class is designed for users of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D to understand how to place components and route wires. Topics covered are: Adding a Cabinet, Inserting Components in the Cabinet, Adding Door Components, Propagating 2D changes to 3D, and Routing Wires.

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Technical Communication

Technical Documentation

SOLIDWORKS Technical Communication tools streamline product development by creating high-quality visuals, animations, 3D documentation, and inspection reports directly from CAD data. Key products include Visualize (rendering), Composer (technical illustrations), MBD (3D PMI), and Inspection (quality control), reducing time-to-market by up to 90%

Courses

  • Inspection

    Inspection

    Learn the basics of working with SOLIDWORKS Inspection to automate the process of working with inspection documents. In this course, you will work with both the add-in and standalone versions of the product.

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  • MBD

    MBD

    This course aims to teach you how to use SOLIDWORKS MBD to present product and manufacturing information (PMI) in a 3D PDF file. This course includes using DimXpert and annotation views combined with capturing and publishing 3D views.

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  • Composer

    Composer

    This course teaches you how to use SOLIDWORKS Composer to create
    2D and 3D output from CAD design data.

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  • Visualize

    Visualize

    This course teaches how to use the SOLIDWORKS Visualize software to
    create professional, high-quality renderings, videos, and VR outputs for marketing purposes.

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SOLIDWORKS Inspection

April 24, 2026 | $490.00$525.00/person

Learn the basics of working with SOLIDWORKS Inspection to automate the process of working with inspection documents. In this course, you will work with both the add-in and standalone versions of the product.

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SOLIDWORKS MBD

April 23, 2026 | $490.00$525.00/person

This course aims to teach you how to use SOLIDWORKS MBD to present product and manufacturing information (PMI) in a 3D PDF file. This course includes using DimXpert and annotation views combined with capturing and publishing 3D views.

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SOLIDWORKS Composer

This course teaches you how to use SOLIDWORKS Composer to create
2D and 3D output from CAD design data.

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SOLIDWORKS Visualize

July 20, 2026 | $810.00$865.00/person

This course teaches how to use the SOLIDWORKS Visualize software to
create professional, high-quality renderings, videos, and VR outputs for marketing purposes.

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Injection Molding

Plastic Injection Molding

Mold Design teaches manual mold creation and SOLIDWORKS tools, while SOLIDWORKS Plastics uses simulation to predict flow and defects, enabling optimized part, mold, and process decisions.

Courses

  • Mold Design

    Mold Design

    Mold Design Using SOLIDWORKS teaches you several manual mold creation techniques and how to use the Mold Tools in SOLIDWORKS
    mechanical design automation software.

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  • Plastics

    Plastics

    The SOLIDWORKS Plastics course teaches you how to use specialized simulation software tools to predict how melted plastic flows during the injection molding process. Predicting how the plastic will flow enables you to predict manufacturing defects such as weld lines, air traps, short shots, and sink marks. By predicting these defects, you can change the part or mold geometry, the processing conditions, or the plastic material to eliminate or minimize them, saving energy, material, time, and money. The SOLIDWORKS Plastics course covers all the features and functions of both SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional (for part designers) and SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium (for mold designers).

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SOLIDWORKS Mold Design

Mold Design Using SOLIDWORKS teaches you several manual mold creation techniques and how to use the Mold Tools in SOLIDWORKS
mechanical design automation software.

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SOLIDWORKS Plastics

The SOLIDWORKS Plastics course teaches you how to use specialized simulation software tools to predict how melted plastic flows during the injection molding process. Predicting how the plastic will flow enables you to predict manufacturing defects such as weld lines, air traps, short shots, and sink marks. By predicting these defects, you can change the part or mold geometry, the processing conditions, or the plastic material to eliminate or minimize them, saving energy, material, time, and money. The SOLIDWORKS Plastics course covers all the features and functions of both SOLIDWORKS Plastics Professional (for part designers) and SOLIDWORKS Plastics Premium (for mold designers).

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All Upcoming Classes

  • SOLIDWORKS MBD

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    This course aims to teach you how to use SOLIDWORKS MBD to present product and manufacturing information (PMI) in a 3D PDF file. This course includes using DimXpert and annotation views combined with capturing and publishing 3D views.

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  • SOLIDWORKS Inspection

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Learn the basics of working with SOLIDWORKS Inspection to automate the process of working with inspection documents. In this course, you will work with both the add-in and standalone versions of the product.

    $490.00 – $525.00
  • SOLIDWORKS Weldments

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Weldments teaches you how to create welded structures with standard
    structural members. Weld beads are also covered.

    $810.00 – $865.00
  • SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Topics covered in this course are: introduction to FEA; FEA principles and theory; element quality; linear static analysis of parts; gap/contact and advanced assembly analysis; analysis setup and post-processing; evaluating FE convergence; limitations of linear analysis; load and boundary condition application; stress analysis with thermal loading; model and result validation; automatic report generation.

    $1,455.00 – $1,550.00
  • SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Topics covered in this course are: heat transfer analysis, steady state, and transient; frequency analysis; effect of in-plane loading on thin-walled structures; structural failure under compressive loads; buckling of elastic structures; meshing options; drop testing; fatigue; optimization.

    $585.00 – $625.00
  • SOLIDWORKS Simulation Essentials

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Topics covered in this course are: introduction to FEA; FEA principles and theory; element quality; linear static analysis of parts; gap/contact and advanced assembly analysis; analysis setup and post-processing; evaluating FE convergence; limitations of linear analysis; load and boundary condition application; stress analysis with thermal loading; model and result validation; automatic report generation.

    $1,455.00 – $1,550.00
  • SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Sheet Metal teaches you how to build sheet metal parts using SOLIDWORKS mechanical design automation software. Building standalone sheet metal parts, and converting conventional parts to sheet metal, including in the assembly context, are covered.

    $810.00 – $865.00
  • SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional

    Online (Live, Instructor-Led)

    Topics covered in this course are: heat transfer analysis, steady state, and transient; frequency analysis; effect of in-plane loading on thin-walled structures; structural failure under compressive loads; buckling of elastic structures; meshing options; drop testing; fatigue; optimization.

    $585.00 – $625.00

Classes are subject to a 6-participant minimum.
Should your selected training not meet this requirement, we'll gladly provide either a full refund or training credit for future use.

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