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EDUCATORS TRAINED
STUDENTS TAUGHT
ACTIVE LEARNERS
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CADclass gives you a complete, ready-to-teach curriculum with lesson plans, step-by-step videos, printable guides, pacing tools, and rubrics, all certification-aligned and ready to go. Designed for secondary, community college, and CTE programs.
You guide the class. The platform delivers the content. The book keeps everyone on the same page.
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Forget door hinges and pulleys. Your students design drones, electric guitars, and robotic hands — real builds with real functionality that teach the same fundamentals, just without the boredom.
Every project is rooted in the engineering design process and built around a project-based learning approach, so students learn to think like engineers, not just operate software.
The lessons are short, direct, and easy to follow. Students build confidence fast.
From single-teacher classrooms to entire districts, CADclass is used every day by educators across California, Canada, England, and beyond.
The same curriculum trusted by faculty at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, UCL, Cambridge, and Swansea University is the same one you'll use on Monday. It's also backed by partners including Autodesk, ASME, Bambu Lab, and Make Magazine.
When academic institutions need CAD to actually work at scale, they choose CADclass.
The STEM and engineering curriculum covers the skills that matter most, from sketching and constraints to parametric modeling, mechanical design, assemblies, engineering drawings, 3D printing and CNC prep, rendering, and animation. Every topic builds on the last, so learners never feel overwhelmed.
CADclass was created by educators, engineers, and makers who've spent years teaching design, fabrication, and engineering in real classrooms and makerspaces.
Before this became a platform, every lesson was tested with real students, from secondary CTE classrooms to university and career-tech programs, and refined through thousands of hours of hands-on teaching.
"This class, led by Josh and Jake from CADClass, was amazing. It was the most useful, engaging workshop I have attended in a very long time. After just this one course, I feel much more confident in using Fusion and supporting my students."
— Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University
From First Sketch to Finished Build: In Four Steps
Students watch a short video introducing the technique. Clear & focused.
They follow guided project steps and build alongside the instructor.
Lesson plans and worksheets reinforce the learning: printable guides, recall exercises, and assessment-ready materials built into every lesson.
They submit or print the finished design, something real they can hold or share.
The process is smooth for you and approachable for them. Every lesson follows the same structure, so students know what to expect, and you never have to improvise.
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The curriculum progresses through distinct levels, each designed to match a different stage of learning.
Suitable for grades 5 through university:
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Simple models that teach core tools and build confidence.
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Ideal for younger learners or absolute beginners.
Beginner to advanced builds with functional mechanisms and real-world applications.
Practice aligned specifically with the Autodesk Certified User exam, Certified Onshape Associate exam, and the SolidWorks Design Associate exams.
Consistent Instruction,
Regardless of the Instructor
When a strong teacher leaves, the program doesn't reset to zero. CADclass solves the instructor dependency problem because the curriculum doesn't live in any one teacher's head. It lives in the platform and the books.
Teachers follow the same scope and sequence. Students follow the same progression. The quality stays consistent year after year, classroom after classroom, even if the instructor has never touched CAD before.
Built for the Realities of
Modern Districts
The platform is Chromebook-compatible and web-based so that students can design from any device. Licensing scales from a single classroom to an entire district. And because the curriculum includes video, a structured course book, and ready-to-use lesson plans, onboarding a new teacher takes hours, not months.
A Program You Can Defend
CADclass is built for CTE, engineering, and manufacturing pathways. The curriculum supports Career Technical Education programs with certification-aligned instruction, workforce-ready skills, and real-world project-based learning. Built by an Autodesk Learning Partner, aligned to industry exams, and backed by published course materials. When the question is “why this program?” the answer is documented, measurable, and defensible.
It also helps that the same curriculum is trusted by faculty at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, UCL London, Cambridge, and Swansea University, institutions with every reason to be selective. That peer validation makes it easier to walk into a board meeting and defend the decision.
Whether you're building a CTE program from scratch, upgrading your CTE engineering pathway, or just looking for something better than what you've been piecing together, start with a single lesson. It's free, ungated, and takes about 20 minutes.
Educator or district looking for a quote? Get in touch.
Want to learn CAD on your own? Start here.
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