IronCAD Mechanical 2027 Debuts

IronCAD has released IronCAD Mechanical 2027. The new enhancements include automation, steel design productivity, bill of materials accuracy, and workflow efficiency.

The solution is made for mechanical engineers and fabricators who work with complex assemblies, steel structures, and large projects. IronCAD Mechanical 2027 introduces new tools and smart improvements that reduce manual work while increasing design accuracy and consistency.

Key New Features

Enhanced Check BOM Tool: The CheckBOM command now includes material verification. It intelligently identifies parts with different shapes but identical Name/Part Numbers, as well as identical shapes with different names, while also checking material consistency.

External Link Manager: This allows users to manage internally linked elements across assemblies. The “Save Unlinked Elements” function intelligently saves and converts elements into proper external links.

Steel Design & Fabrication Tools

• Steel Joints – This tool streamlines application of joints to steel profiles. Users can place joints and insert fasteners in a single workflow, with full support for adding user-defined components to the library.
• Place Hole & Fasteners – New tool automatically places bolts into all holes on a steel plate and can create matching holes in underlying steel members.
• Steel Stiffener –Improved interface with enhanced options for placing reinforcements on H-profiles in one operation, better management of lateral reinforcements on C and H profiles, and expanded hole pattern control.
• Profile Creation & Custom Steels – Improved sweep behavior, updated dialogs for component type changes, automatic regeneration of Attachment Points, and handling of color/texture data from library profiles.
• Trim at Intersection – Uses the negative shape of the reference tube for more accurate trimming of tubular profiles.

Additional Productivity Enhancements

• Numbering System – New support for persistent, generic counters (starting with “%”) that are not tied to any specific project.
• IPRO Explode – Explosion lines are now drawn orthogonally for cleaner and professional presentation views.
• IPROActiveManager – Improved BOM generation for multiple assemblies and new ability to assign and display Material and Color at the assembly level.
• TreeView – Sheet metal parts are grouped by thickness in the type tree view. A new context menu for surface elements allows deletion of selected groups.

“IronCAD Mechanical 2027 continues our commitment to giving mechanical designers practical, time-saving tools that directly address daily challenges,” says Cary O’Connor, general manager of IronCAD Product Division and senior vice president of Product & Strategy. “From smarter steel workflows and fastener automation to improved BOM validation and drawing consistency, this release helps teams deliver higher quality designs faster.”

IronCAD Mechanical 2027 is available to all IronCAD Mechanical Software Support subscribers as part of the 2027 product release.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.