CAD at ResBaz!
By Aliza Wajih
ResBaz was a great success in bringing researchers of diverse academic backgrounds together and giving them the opportunity to learn about the next generation digital tools to improve their research.
We saw a range of different academic come into our CADstream to create and design their ideas as well as see digital models of theirwork. We designed the course to cater for the needs of academics from diverse backgrounds as our class included researchers and PhD candidates from biomedical, social, and computer sciences as well as arts and a few more!
Look at us all ready to kick-start the 3 day training!
The CAD stream basically introduced the participants to the digital tool called AutoDesk Inventor. Inventor is used to design 3d models and is largely used in the engineering, entertainment and architectural industries. Autodesk inventor offers a 3 year free license for academics!
source (http://www.autodesk.com.au/products/inventor/overview)
As this software is a little difficult to get started with for new users we organized the rooms to encourage collaboration and teamwork! The participants brought their different sets of expertise to the table and shared their knowledge with each other. It was lovely to see how genuinely interested everyone was to learn and engage in the course and how quickly everyone picked up a very challenging software!
The best part about our class was the open line of communication between the demonstrators and the participants. Getting verbal feedback as well as live feedback from comments section in Google docs allowed us to stress, review and reteach areas of study that everyone found more challenging.
We got some great feedback from everyone, here are a few!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the participants for their lovely feedback, I would also like to thank Paul(@paulmignone) and our amazing team of volunteers (Vincent, Bobby, Karlo, Tony, and Serina) without whom this course could not have been the success that it was!
Last but not least, I hope this course was useful and that everyone goes on to design great things with it! My twitter handle is @awajih08 and would love to see some of your work! Good Luck!
