Our SolidWorks Course combines hands-on projects with expert instruction, helping you build real, job-ready skills in Dubai.
Join our professional SolidWorks training course in Dubai, available in-person and online. Learn to build 3D parametric models, detailed assemblies, engineering drawings, and run FEA simulations using SolidWorks software. Suitable for mechanical engineers, product designers, manufacturing professionals, and fresh graduates starting a CAD career.
SolidWorks training at Orbit Training Centre equips you with practical skills in 3D parametric modelling, part and assembly design, sheet metal fabrication drawings, and simulation using SolidWorks software. The course is delivered by Nishank Kumar, a CAD and mechanical design trainer with 6 years of experience who has trained over 1,000 professionals across the Emirates. On completion, you receive an internationally recognized, UAE-accepted certification. The programme runs across 30–35 hours in 2-hour sessions to fit working professionals.
SolidWorks training at Orbit Training Centre equips you with practical skills in 3D parametric modelling, part and assembly design, sheet metal fabrication drawings, and simulation using SolidWorks software. The course is delivered by Nishank Kumar, a CAD and mechanical design trainer with 6 years of experience who has trained over 1,000 professionals across the Emirates. On completion, you receive an internationally recognized, UAE-accepted certification. The programme runs across 30–35 hours in 2-hour sessions to fit working professionals.
Training covers exercises drawn from real manufacturing and product design scenarios relevant to Dubai’s industrial and construction sectors — including mechanical component modelling for HVAC equipment, structural brackets, and sheet metal ductwork. Batch sizes are kept to a maximum of 8 students; one-to-one formats are also available. The certification is aligned with KHDA standards and recognized by UAE employers for roles including Mechanical Designer, CAD Technician, and Product Development Engineer.
Nishank Kumar is a dedicated and versatile engineering professional with over 6 years of hands-on experience in CAD design, mechanical engineering, BIM modeling, and technical training. He specializes in delivering innovative solutions for product development, interior design, MEP systems, and skill enhancement programs.
With strong expertise in AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Revit MEP, and C++ programming, Nishank has conducted numerous workshops and training sessions in CAD, BIM, and MEP domains for corporate teams and individual learners. He has actively contributed to team projects, trained peers, and led BIM-focused workshops in educational and industrial settings across India and the UAE.
Since February 2024, he has been working as CAD, BIM, and MEP Trainer at Orbit Training Center in Dubai, UAE. He delivers specialized training in Revit MEP and MEP Technician/Engineer courses, helping candidates build practical skills for the construction and engineering industry.
Nishank stays updated with the latest industry developments in the UAE and Middle East region. His practical mechanical and MEP engineering experience, combined with a passion for teaching, allows him to approach training with seriousness, diligence, and a strong focus on real-world applications. He has also completed several freelance projects in CAD, BIM, and mechanical domains for academic and corporate clients.
| Day | Timing | Classes Type | Class Hour’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | Batches | 2 Hours Session |
| Wednesday | 12:00 PM – 09:00 PM | One to one | 2 Hours Session |
| Thursday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | One to one | 2 Hours Session |
| Friday | 12:00 PM – 09:00 PM | Private | 2 Hours Session |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | Batches | 2 Hours Session |
| Sunday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | One to one | 2 Hours Session |
SolidWorks is a parametric 3D CAD software used by mechanical engineers, product designers, and manufacturing teams to design parts, assemblies, and production documentation from initial concept through to manufacture. In Dubai, SolidWorks is used across the industrial, MEP, construction product manufacturing, oil and gas, and aerospace sectors for creating precise 3D models and simulation-validated engineering drawings. SolidWorks training at Orbit Training Centre equips engineers and designers to produce work-ready models aligned with Dubai’s manufacturing and product development requirements.
Dubai’s manufacturing and industrial design sector has expanded steadily as part of the UAE’s Make in UAE and advanced manufacturing initiatives. The advanced manufacturing sector contributes over AED 90 billion annually to the national economy, with strong demand for certified 3D CAD professionals across automotive parts suppliers, HVAC equipment manufacturers, MEP product fabricators, and oil & gas equipment companies in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai Industrial City, and Dubai South.
Companies including Daikin Middle East, Drake and Scull Engineering, Honeywell UAE, and major MEP contractors regularly specify SolidWorks proficiency for design and draughting roles.
SolidWorks-certified mechanical designers in Dubai earn between AED 6,000 and AED 18,000 per month depending on experience and specialization.
This course teaches you to model mechanical parts from scratch using SolidWorks feature-based parametric tools, assemble multiple components with precise mating relationships, and produce fully annotated engineering drawings to ISO and ASME drafting standards.
You will practice modelling a mechanical bracket assembly for an HVAC unit — complete with material properties, tolerances, and drawing callouts. Across 30–35 hours in 2-hour sessions, you will also learn:
The course includes structured preparation for the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) examination.
This course is open to anyone — no prior experience in SolidWorks is required. The training starts from the SolidWorks interface and builds progressively.
It is ideal for mechanical engineers, production engineers, product designers, MEP draughtsmen, industrial designers, and manufacturing technicians. Fresh graduates from engineering programmes and professionals upgrading from 2D AutoCAD to parametric 3D modelling are also well suited.
| Job Title | Industry | AED Monthly Salary |
|---|---|---|
| CAD Technician / Draughtsman | MEP, Construction Products | AED 4,500–7,000 |
| Mechanical Design Engineer | Manufacturing, Oil & Gas | AED 7,000–14,000 |
| Product Development Engineer | Industrial Equipment, Consumer Products | AED 9,000–16,000 |
| SolidWorks Simulation Engineer | Aerospace, Energy, Automotive | AED 12,000–20,000 |
| Senior Mechanical Designer | Consultancy, EPC Contractors | AED 14,000–22,000 |
| Freelance Product Designer | Multi-industry | AED 5,000–15,000 (project-based) |
Dubai’s industrial base at Jebel Ali Free Zone and Dubai Industrial City maintains consistent demand for certified SolidWorks professionals. Engineers who add SolidWorks to their AutoCAD background typically move into senior draughting or junior design roles within 12–18 months.
Nishank Kumar, CAD and mechanical design trainer with 6 years of experience, has trained over 1,000 professionals in mechanical design and CAD software across the UAE.
The free demo session includes a live walkthrough of the SolidWorks interface, a trainer-led Q&A, and a short hands-on exercise so you can assess the course before committing.
One-to-one training allows you to progress at your own pace — ideal for working professionals with tight timelines. Post-training support includes 30-day material access and direct mentor queries.
The curriculum is KHDA-aligned, and certificates are recognized by UAE employers, including Dubai Municipality engineering departments and private engineering consultancies.
SolidWorks is a parametric, feature-based 3D CAD software developed by Dassault Systèmes, used by mechanical engineers and product designers to model individual parts, assemble them into complete products, and produce the detailed engineering drawings manufacturing relies on. “Parametric” means every feature you create — an extrusion, a hole, a fillet — is driven by dimensions and relationships you define, so changing one value automatically and predictably updates the model and every drawing derived from it, rather than requiring you to manually redraw geometry every time a design changes. This associativity between the 3D model, the assembly, and the 2D drawing is SolidWorks’ core value proposition: a change made once propagates everywhere it’s needed, which is precisely what makes iterative mechanical design practical at a professional pace. SolidWorks has been a dominant force in mechanical CAD since the mid-1990s, particularly known for its intuitive interface relative to older-generation CAD platforms, and remains one of the most widely specified 3D CAD tools across mechanical engineering, product design, and manufacturing industries globally, including throughout the UAE’s growing industrial and manufacturing sector.
In daily engineering practice, SolidWorks is used to design individual mechanical parts and components, define their material properties and manufacturing tolerances, and assemble multiple parts together with mating relationships that determine how they physically fit and move relative to each other. Once a design is modeled, SolidWorks produces fully annotated 2D engineering drawings — to ISO or ASME drafting standards — that communicate exact dimensions, tolerances, and manufacturing notes to a production team or fabricator, which remains the actual deliverable most manufacturing processes depend on even in a 3D-first design world. SolidWorks Simulation, built into the platform, lets engineers run finite element analysis (FEA) to verify a part or assembly can withstand real-world loads before it’s physically built, catching structural weaknesses on screen rather than through a costly prototype failure. Sheet metal design tools generate flat pattern layouts for parts that will be laser-cut or bent from sheet material, automatically calculating bend allowances so the flat pattern folds up into the correct final shape. Beyond individual product design, SolidWorks is used throughout manufacturing documentation — generating exploded views, automated bills of materials, and the complete drawing packages that connect a design team’s work to an actual production line.
The course begins with part modeling fundamentals, teaching SolidWorks’ feature-based parametric tools by building individual mechanical components from scratch, before moving into assembly design where you’ll learn to combine multiple parts using precise mating relationships that define how an assembly fits and functions together. A central project has you model a complete mechanical bracket assembly for an HVAC unit — complete with material properties, manufacturing tolerances, and drawing callouts — mirroring the exact kind of documentation Dubai’s MEP manufacturers require from their design teams. The course covers sheet metal design in depth, including bend allowance calculation and flat pattern generation for parts destined for laser cutting or press brake forming. You’ll also run static stress FEA simulation on structural components, learning to interpret simulation results and use them to make design decisions rather than just generating a report. Documentation modules cover producing exploded views and automated bills of materials, essential outputs for any manufacturing handoff. The course closes with structured preparation for the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam, giving you a globally recognized credential alongside Orbit’s own KHDA-aligned certificate.
Dubai’s advanced manufacturing sector contributes over AED 90 billion annually to the national economy, with the UAE’s Make in UAE and Operation 300bn initiatives specifically targeting increased industrial output and reduced dependency on imported manufactured goods — both of which require a skilled base of engineers who can independently take a product from concept through to manufacturable documentation. Companies operating in Jebel Ali Free Zone and Dubai Industrial City — automotive parts suppliers, HVAC equipment manufacturers, MEP product fabricators, and oil and gas equipment producers — depend on SolidWorks-proficient staff to keep design and manufacturing tightly coordinated, since a modeling error or an unclear drawing at the design stage translates directly into wasted material and rework on a physical production line. As UAE manufacturing continues to diversify beyond its traditional oil and gas base into consumer products, medical devices, and precision components, the demand for engineers who can move fluidly between digital design and physical manufacturing constraints — exactly what SolidWorks training develops — continues to grow across an increasingly varied set of industrial employers rather than concentrating in one sector.
CAD Technicians and Draughtsmen working in MEP and construction products earn AED 4,500–7,000 per month at entry level, typically producing detailed drawings and minor design revisions under a senior engineer’s direction. Mechanical Design Engineers, working across manufacturing and oil and gas sectors with full design responsibility, earn AED 7,000–14,000 per month, while Product Development Engineers focused on industrial equipment and consumer products earn AED 9,000–16,000. SolidWorks Simulation Engineers — a specialized track combining CAD modeling with FEA analysis expertise, particularly valuable in aerospace, energy, and automotive sectors — earn AED 12,000–20,000, reflecting the smaller pool of engineers who combine strong modeling skills with genuine simulation and analysis competence. Senior Mechanical Designers at consultancies and EPC contractors earn AED 14,000–22,000 per month. Engineers who add SolidWorks to an existing AutoCAD background typically move into senior draughting or junior design roles within 12–18 months, and freelance product design work — a genuine option in Dubai’s project-based manufacturing consulting market — pays AED 5,000–15,000 per project depending on scope and complexity.
Orbit’s SolidWorks course is taught by Nishank Kumar, a CAD and mechanical design trainer with 6 years of experience who has trained over 1,000 professionals in mechanical design and CAD software across the UAE. The course centers on a real HVAC bracket assembly project rather than disconnected modeling exercises, so what you practice in each session maps directly onto the kind of manufacturing-ready documentation Dubai’s MEP manufacturers and engineering consultancies actually expect from junior and mid-level design staff. The free demo session includes a live walkthrough of the SolidWorks interface, a trainer-led Q&A about your specific engineering background, and a short hands-on exercise so you can assess the course before committing to the full program. One-to-one training allows you to progress at your own pace — particularly valuable for working professionals with tight project timelines who need to fit training around existing job commitments. Every completed course earns a KHDA-aligned certificate recognized by UAE employers, including Dubai Municipality engineering departments and private engineering consultancies, with post-training support including 30-day material access and direct mentor queries for questions that come up on your first real project.
Self-taught SolidWorks users, and even engineers who picked up the software informally on the job, tend to develop a specific set of bad habits that surface once they try to work on a real, changing design. The most common is over-constraining or under-constraining sketches — not fully defining a sketch’s dimensions and relations, which leaves geometry that can shift unpredictably when the model is edited later, or conversely over-constraining it with conflicting relations that make the sketch impossible to modify cleanly. Feature tree disorganization is another frequent problem: building a part with no logical feature order or naming convention works fine for a simple one-off model, but becomes a serious liability on a complex assembly where a colleague — or your future self — needs to understand and edit the design months later. Mating errors in assemblies are particularly common among self-taught users, where components are positioned to look correct visually but aren’t actually constrained with proper mates, meaning the assembly doesn’t move or behave the way a real mechanism would, which only becomes obvious when someone tries to animate it or run an interference check. Orbit’s course addresses each of these directly by teaching proper sketch relations, feature tree organization, and assembly mating as core disciplines from the first modeling exercise, not as advanced topics introduced later, because the gap between a SolidWorks model that looks correct and one that’s actually robust and editable is exactly what separates professional-grade design work from a self-taught habit that eventually causes real problems on a live project.
Whether you’re a mechanical or production engineer looking to formalize skills you’ve picked up informally, a fresh engineering graduate who studied CAD theoretically but needs practical, portfolio-ready modeling experience, or a professional upgrading from 2D AutoCAD drafting to parametric 3D design, the course is structured to start from your actual level rather than assuming a fixed baseline. A free demo session is available before enrollment, giving you a live look at the SolidWorks interface, direct time with the trainer to discuss your background and career goals, and a hands-on preview of the modeling workflow you’ll be learning. It’s a practical, low-commitment way to judge the course’s teaching style and pace before enrolling, and most students who attend the demo go on to book their preferred batch or one-to-one slot within the same week.
SolidWorks is a 3D parametric CAD software used by mechanical engineers and product designers to model parts, build assemblies, produce engineering drawings, and run stress simulations. In Dubai, it is used across MEP equipment manufacturing, industrial product design, HVAC fabrication, and oil and gas component engineering — particularly by companies operating in Jebel Ali Free Zone and Dubai Industrial City.
The SolidWorks course at Orbit Training Centre Dubai runs over 30–35 hours delivered in 2-hour sessions. Most students complete the full course in 4–6 weeks on a batch schedule. One-to-one students can complete the same content in 2–3 weeks by scheduling sessions more frequently. The course ends with preparation for the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) examination.
No prior experience in SolidWorks or any other 3D CAD software is required. The course starts from the SolidWorks interface fundamentals and builds progressively. Basic computer proficiency is sufficient to begin. Engineers already familiar with 2D AutoCAD typically find the transition to SolidWorks 3D modelling straightforward within the first two or three sessions at Orbit.
Yes. Orbit Training Centre’s certification is aligned with KHDA (Knowledge and Human Development Authority) standards, which is the regulatory body overseeing private training in Dubai. KHDA-aligned certificates are recognized by engineering employers across the UAE. The certificate also confirms completion of an internationally structured SolidWorks curriculum, which is accepted alongside the Dassault Systèmes CSWA qualification by most UAE employers.
Salaries for SolidWorks-certified professionals in Dubai range from AED 4,500 per month for entry-level CAD Technician roles to AED 22,000 per month for Senior Mechanical Designers with 5+ years of experience. Mechanical Design Engineers with SolidWorks and simulation skills typically earn AED 7,000–14,000 per month. Product Development Engineers in Dubai’s manufacturing and industrial equipment sector earn AED 9,000–16,000 per month.
SolidWorks is generally considered one of the more intuitive parametric CAD platforms to start with, largely because its feature-based modeling approach — extrude, cut, fillet, pattern — maps closely to how you’d naturally describe building a physical part step by step. Students with zero CAD background typically model their first simple bracket or bushing within the first two sessions of Orbit’s course. What takes longer to develop isn’t the individual commands but the parametric thinking behind them: understanding how to set up sketch relations and dimensions so a model updates predictably when you change a value, rather than breaking or distorting unexpectedly, is a skill that comes with repetition rather than instruction alone. Assembly work adds a second layer of complexity — managing mates between multiple components so an assembly moves and behaves correctly — which is why the course builds toward a complete HVAC bracket assembly rather than teaching assemblies as an isolated topic. Engineers with prior 2D AutoCAD experience typically find the conceptual jump to 3D parametric modeling smoother than complete beginners, since they already think in terms of dimensions and tolerances, but both groups reach a comfortable working level by the midpoint of the 30–35 hour course, well before starting CSWA exam preparation.
Both are capable parametric CAD platforms, but they target different working environments. SolidWorks is a desktop-only tool with an established reputation in large enterprise and consultancy environments, offering deep simulation, sheet metal, and assembly-management capabilities refined over decades — it’s the more common choice at established manufacturing firms, MEP equipment producers, and engineering consultancies with existing licence infrastructure and legacy project files built in SolidWorks. Fusion 360 is a cloud-based platform combining CAD, CAM, and simulation in a single subscription, favored by startups, freelancers, and smaller product design studios that value its lower cost of entry and built-in collaboration features over SolidWorks’ more comprehensive but pricier desktop ecosystem. In Dubai specifically, SolidWorks tends to dominate at MEP manufacturers, oil and gas equipment producers, and consultancies with formal engineering documentation requirements, while Fusion 360 is more common at product design studios and smaller manufacturing operations in Dubai Industrial City that need integrated CAM without a separate software purchase. If your target employers are established manufacturers or engineering consultancies, SolidWorks is the safer first investment; students who want both perspectives often follow this course with our Fusion 360 course to add cloud-based CAM capability to a SolidWorks foundation.
MEP equipment manufacturing is one of the strongest SolidWorks-hiring sectors in Dubai, with companies producing HVAC units, ductwork components, and building services equipment across Jebel Ali Free Zone and Dubai Industrial City relying on SolidWorks for both product design and the detailed manufacturing drawings their production lines depend on. Oil and gas equipment producers, a significant presence in the UAE’s industrial base, use SolidWorks for pressure vessel components, piping equipment, and mechanical parts that must meet strict engineering documentation and simulation standards before manufacture. Automotive parts suppliers and aftermarket component manufacturers use SolidWorks for both original design work and reverse-engineering existing parts for local production. Consumer product and industrial equipment companies across Dubai’s growing manufacturing base use SolidWorks for everything from prototyping through to full production documentation, valuing its mature sheet metal and assembly tools for products that move from design through physical manufacturing at scale. Engineering consultancies serving all of these sectors also hire SolidWorks-certified draughtsmen and design engineers specifically because so many of their manufacturing clients already standardize on the software, making SolidWorks proficiency a practical requirement for consultancy work rather than a preference.
Yes — the SolidWorks course is available both in-person at Orbit’s Dubai campus and as a live online course, with an identical 30–35 hour curriculum and the same trainer-led format either way. Online sessions use real-time screen-sharing, so you follow the trainer building a mechanical part or assembly step by step and get your own model reviewed live, rather than working through a static recorded tutorial disconnected from actual feedback. This format suits engineers and designers based outside Dubai — in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, or working remotely for a Dubai-based manufacturer — who want the same structured, project-based instruction without needing to be physically present. Online students complete the same HVAC bracket assembly project and CSWA exam preparation as in-person students and receive an identical KHDA-aligned certificate on completion. Given that much production SolidWorks work happens independently at a CAD workstation once fundamentals are solid, the online training format closely mirrors how SolidWorks professionals actually work day to day in a real engineering or design role.
CAM and CNC programming knowledge is a valuable pairing for engineers who want to move from pure design into manufacturing-adjacent roles — SolidWorks CAM add-ins exist, but our Fusion 360 course offers a more integrated cloud-based CAM workflow worth understanding even for primarily SolidWorks-based engineers, since some Dubai manufacturers run mixed toolchains. For engineers targeting more complex assemblies and simulation-heavy industries like aerospace or advanced manufacturing, our Creo Parametric course broadens your platform versatility, since some UAE consultancies and larger manufacturers specify Creo for particular project types. AutoCAD remains relevant too, since many Dubai fabricators and subcontractors still exchange 2D drawings, and being able to move between SolidWorks 3D models and 2D AutoCAD documentation smoothly is a practical daily skill most mechanical design roles expect. For engineers focused on the analysis side, deepening FEA simulation knowledge beyond this course’s introductory stress analysis module — through SolidWorks Simulation Premium or a dedicated analysis tool — opens up specialized Simulation Engineer roles that carry a meaningful salary premium over general design positions.
