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Free CAD courses with certificate

AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion 360 and Revit MEP, free and complete: 2D drafting, 3D modelling, assemblies, drawings and building services design, with notes, quizzes and an optional verifiable certificate.

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Why learn it

Why CAD and 3D design

Engineers in every discipline read and make drawings. These courses teach the main tools from the basics, with practice files.

8 free CAD and 3D design courses

Showing 8 of 8 courses

Practise as you learn

Watching is a start. Do it in the Lab, free.

The EDWartens Lab runs in your browser, with nothing to install. It is a practice environment, not the vendors' own software.

  • Build ladder, SFC and structured text programs
  • Go online and watch power flow through each rung
  • Force inputs and outputs and see the machine respond
Try the PLC programming lab freeHow the Lab works
PLC programmingProgram a PLC, see it run.

Before you start

What you can and cannot get

  • All 8 courses are free to learn: video lessons, notes, a quiz after each module and a final exam.
  • About 184 hours of study in total, self-paced, with no card needed.
  • An optional certificate of completion, £19 including VAT per course, with a number anyone can check at edwartens.co.uk/verify.

Not included

  • A regulated qualification, an accredited or CPD-accredited award, or a job. We never promise one.
  • Real hardware or paid software: practice runs in simulators, free tools and the EDWartens Lab in your browser.

Read how the optional certificate works on the certificate page.

Questions

CAD and 3D design: common questions

Last reviewed 28 October 2026.

Is the software free?
Autodesk gives education licences; SolidWorks has education and trial options; every course names what it needs.
Do I need a licence for SolidWorks or Fusion 360?
Fusion 360 has a free personal licence and SolidWorks a free-for-makers edition and student trials; every exercise in the courses runs in those.