IRONCAD was originally developed by Visionary Design Systems (VDS) based in Santa Clara, CA.

[1][2] In 2001 the development team led by Dr. Tao-Yan Han split from VDS (now known as Alventive) to form IronCAD LLC to continue the development of the IRONCAD product.

[3] IronCAD descended from a product called Trispectives, developed by 3D Eye, an Atlanta-based company that was acquired by VDS.

IRONCAD primary focus is on 3D CAD design using solid modeling technology.

Users create designs in 3D using a drag and drop design methodology by dragging and dropping shapes and components from 3D catalogs to build parts and assemblies.