About This Course
Build physical things, then prove they work. Unit 1 is the design cycle, precision, tolerance and measurement, aimed at a racquet ball launcher you test with real data. Unit 2 moves to digital manufacturing — CAD to CAM to the CNC — and an arcade cabinet.
Course Content
Unit 1: Design & Empirical Testing
Unit 2: Digital Manufacturing
Session 1: Welcome to Digital ManufacturingSession 2: Materials for Subtractive ManufacturingSession 3: Additive ManufacturingSession 4: CNC Safety CertificationSession 5: CAD Leveling-Up I — AssembliesSession 6: CAD Leveling-Up II — A Full Practice AssemblySession 7: Toolpath Types & Profile OffsetSession 8: Pockets, Step-Over & Step-DownSession 9: Apply CAM to a Practice PieceSession 10: Post-Processing & TroubleshootingSession 11: Design Your Practice BuildSession 12: Program Your Practice Build's CAMSession 13: Cut & Evaluate Your Practice Build