Events

IAP 2019: Intro to CAD/CAM

Learn the basics of design for additive and subtractive manufacturing and simple workflows in Fusion

Sponsored by: Project Manus & Autodesk, INC

This three-day workshop is an introduction to CAD and CAM using Fusion 360. Students will learn the basics of design for additive and subtractive manufacturing and simple workflows in Fusion. Students will leave the workshop with a small assembly they will have designed and prototyped on a 3D printer and a desktop CNC.

Fusion is the first 3D CAD/CAM/CAE tool that spans the entire product development cycle on a cloud-based platform. This class is a good introduction for students interested in classes such as 2.00b, 2.007, 2.008, 2.009, 2.75, D-Lab, and activities such as FSAE, SEVT, D4A, Hobby Shop, and all kinds of UROP projects.

This class is geared towards those with little/no previous CAD or CAM experience and those transitioning from other CAD software.

Learning Goals

  • CAD Fundamentals
  • CAD/CAM Workflow in Fusion 360
  • DFM for additive and subtractive
  • Use a 3D printer and a machine on a desktop CNC

Instructors

  • Gaby Waldman-Fried, Technical Program Manager, Autodesk Education Experiences
  • Jonathan Hunt, Associate Director, MIT Project Manus

*Adapted from The Intro to CAD Design taught by Mike Alcazaren in 2017

Details

January 9–11, 2019
9:00 am–4:00 pm
35-308

Note: There will be a break for lunch each day. Lunch will not be provided.

Workshop Schedule

Pre-Homework

  • Bring a computer and a mouse
  • Download Fusion 360 and log in
  • Watch a 20 minute video (we’ll send after you are registered)

Day 1: CAD

  • Sketch Features: Lines, splines, circles, sketch mirror
  • Solid Features: Extrude (boss and cut), revolve, hole, chamfer, fillet
  • Other: Assembly joints, referencing sketches on different parts

Day 2: CAM

  • Operations: Facing, 2D Adaptive Clearing, 2D Pocket, Bore, Chamfer
  • Other: Setting up a tool library, adding a tool, creating stock and choosing a coordinate system, general setup

Day 3: CNC Milling

  • CNC mill phone stand base
  • Assemble with 3D printed part from CAD section
  • Celebrate

Contact: Jonathan Hunt, jmhunt@mit.edu, (617) 253-0172

For more information and to register, visit the course page