Engineering schools and universities
Mechanical, aerospace, robotics and mechatronics courses: assembly and maintenance coursework built from the course's own models.
TwinWorks for education
Free education licenses for universities and schools.
Teach assembly, maintenance and technical documentation on real 3D models. Students turn a model into interactive, step-by-step instructions; instructors review every step before it is shared. Free for teaching, student projects and non-commercial research.
Apply with your institution email address. Until your license is set up, the free plan works for anyone.
Who it is for
Built for the places where people learn how things go together
Wherever a course depends on a machine, a robot or an assembly, a static PDF leaves learners guessing. TwinWorks shows each step on the 3D model, with the exact parts highlighted.
Technical colleges and vocational training
Workshop procedures, machine inductions and maintenance training, as 3D guides learners can replay as often as they need.
Student teams and labs
Robotics, CubeSat, rocketry and racing teams: document the build so next year's team can maintain it.
Technical writing programs
Practise the real work of a documentation team: structured content, review and approval, revisions, and S1000D export.
A lab guide in four steps
From a 3D model to a guide the whole class can open
Students do the work a documentation team does in industry, on the same kind of tool.
- Import the modelOBJ, FBX, GLB, glTF or USDZ; STEP and STP import is in beta. Export it from the CAD tool the course already uses.
- Describe each stepWrite what happens in plain words. The assistant moves the parts and drafts the instruction for the student to correct.
- Review before it is sharedThe instructor reviews and approves, as an expert approves a procedure at work.
- Share itPublish the guide and send the class its link; it opens in the browser. Public guides can also join the TwinWorks Community as a portfolio piece.
Teach with what is already there
Open hardware your class can build, in 3D
The public TwinWorks Community holds free step-by-step 3D guides for real hardware, and some of it was designed by student teams: the LeKiwi mobile robot by SIGRobotics at the University of Illinois, and a 2U CubeSat built on CAD from the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association.
No account needed to start
Open any Community guide in the browser, or drop a STEP file into the free Animate tool to explode and animate it.
- SO-101 robot arm: a full assembly and a replacement guide for each of its six servos. See the project.
- Turbofan engine: fan and core bearing maintenance, and a components inspection.
- 3D printers: setup, resin changes and motor replacements on real printers.
- Mobile robots and drones: LeKiwi, OpenAMR, an F450 quadcopter and a QAV250 racing drone.
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Where TwinWorks fits in a course
Education license FAQ
Is TwinWorks free for universities and schools?
Yes. Education licenses are free for teaching, student projects and non-commercial research at universities, engineering schools, technical colleges and vocational training centres. Apply with your institution email address and tell us about your course.
Who can apply for an education license?
Instructors, lab and workshop managers, and the faculty advisers of student teams. One request can cover a course, a lab or a team.
What do students need to use TwinWorks?
A web browser and a 3D model. TwinWorks imports OBJ, FBX, GLB, glTF and USDZ models; STEP and STP import is in beta. Nothing to install.
Can we start before the license is set up?
Yes. The free Animate tool explodes and animates a STEP file with no account, and the public Community has guides you can teach with, from the SO-101 robot arm to a turbofan engine.
Does an education license cover projects with industry partners?
Education licenses cover teaching and non-commercial work. For a paid project with an industry partner, contact us and we will find the right plan.
Bring one course, lab or team project
Tell us about your course or team, and how many students will use TwinWorks. We will set up your institution's free license.
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