3DEXPERIENCE For Education
The industry has moved to the cloud, so teaching should too. 3DEXPERIENCE for Education gives schools, instructors, and students a single connected environment where modeling, collaboration, and data management all happen in one place. As your local SOLIDWORKS and CAMWorks partner, SWYFT helps you choose the right package, get students set up, and keep your program running without the IT headaches that used to come with a lab full of workstations.
Why Use 3DEXPERIENCE In Education?
The old model tied your program to a room full of high-powered PCs. 3DEXPERIENCE for Education breaks that constraint. Because the platform runs in the cloud, students can model, review, and collaborate from a Chromebook, a Mac, a tablet, or whatever hardware they already carry. There is nothing to install for the browser-based tools and nothing to license to a specific machine, so a student picks up exactly where they left off whether they are in your lab or working from home.
Real-time collaboration lets several students work against the same project, an instructor can drop in to review progress live, and every file lives in connected cloud storage instead of scattered across local drives and USB sticks. For a department that wants to support remote, hybrid, and in-person learning without maintaining three different workflows, 3DEXPERIENCE makes it seamless.
Who Is 3DEXPERIENCE Education Edition For?
For Colleges and Universities
Give engineering, design, and manufacturing programs the full cloud toolchain, from CAD to simulation to manufacturing. Named-user licensing scales from one course to a whole department, and SWYFT handles procurement, deployment, and support so your IT team is not left figuring it out alone.
For Instructors
Teach the way industry works. Students collaborate in real time on connected data, and you can run a virtual classroom and review any student's CAD model from any device. Open it, measure it, mark it up, and send feedback without leaving your chair.
For K-12 and Vocational Programs
Introduce students to professional CAD before they reach a college lab or a shop floor. The browser-based tools run on Chromebooks, Macs, and tablets with nothing to install, so you do not need a room full of workstations to start a credible program.
What’s Included in 3DEXPERIENCE For Education?
3DEXPERIENCE for Education is not a single product. It is a set of packages that scale with how deep you want to go, and the right fit depends on your curriculum and your hardware. SWYFT will walk you through the options, but here is the short version.
SOLIDWORKS xDesign
A fully web-based, next-generation CAD that runs entirely in the browser. It is the natural choice for programs teaching on Chromebooks and tablets, or any setting where zero installation and instant access matter most.
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS
The SOLIDWORKS interface your students will recognize connected directly to the platform. They learn the same modeling tools used across industry, plus cloud data management, lifecycle management, and task management built right into their workflow.
3DEXPERIENCE Engineer
Reaching well beyond CAD into simulation, manufacturing, advanced visualization, and more, it suits programs that want students exposed to the full engineering toolchain.
Project Collaborator
A lightweight entry point focused on connecting people and planning work, including a SOLIDWORKS connector and project planning tools.
Every order includes the core platform itself, which is what connects educators to students and students to each other. You can combine package sizes to land on the exact number of seats your program needs, and licenses are named-user rather than locked to a machine, so a student keeps access wherever they sign in.
Why work with SWYFT?
You can license software from anywhere. What you get with SWYFT is a partner who knows SOLIDWORKS and CAMWorks inside and out and who works with education programs specifically. We help you scope the right package for your curriculum and budget, get your students and instructors onboarded, and stay reachable when you have questions mid-semester. The platform is powerful, and a good partner is what turns that power into a program that actually runs smoothly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It is a cloud-based platform that combines 3D CAD with real-time collaboration, connected cloud storage, and product lifecycle management in one connected environment for schools, instructors, and students. Depending on the package, students can model in the browser, in a connected desktop version of SOLIDWORKS, or across a broader engineering toolset.
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No. Because the platform runs in the cloud, students can work from Chromebooks, Macs, tablets, and lower-spec machines. The browser-based tools require no installation, which removes most of the hardware barrier that used to come with a CAD lab.
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SOLIDWORKS Education Edition is installed software that runs locally. 3DEXPERIENCE for Education connects modeling to the cloud, adding collaboration, data management, and lifecycle tools, and in some packages lets students model entirely from a browser. Many programs use the platform to extend what they already teach rather than replace it, and existing SOLIDWORKS files and curriculum can connect to the platform.
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Licenses are named-user, meaning they follow the student rather than being tied to a specific machine. Packages come in set seat counts that can be combined to reach the total your program needs, and access is managed directly on the platform, where creating a user group per class keeps everything organized.
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Contact SWYFT. We will help you choose the right package for your curriculum, hardware, and budget, then handle setup and onboarding so your program is ready to teach.