Autodesk Inventor at ResBaz 2016!

By Aliza Wajih

Oh, what a fantastic experience ResBaz always is, full of fun & surprises! 

Last year it was one of my goals to attract as many female participants to attend Inventor CAD class as I could. Through the year I managed to find a few communities like WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) Unimelb and RoboGals and was able to reach it with a 75% majority female class at ResBaz. I was also able to find two brilliant female helpers!

At Resbaz, we had a wonderful group of people from diverse academic backgrounds. We had two artists, Emilie and Tiziana, who plan on using 3D modelling and printing technologies for sculpting. We also had engineers, architects and PhD students. One of our participant, Lisa Giusti, plans on using Inventor to design safety vests for jockeys as an intrinsic case study in the role of design in radical product innovation! Inventor is just the kind of tool she would need!

We were a class of about twenty-four people with five helpers. Having this participant-to-helper ratio allowed us to maintain a collaborative space where we could get everyone talking. There were many questions, no hesitations, and a lot of collaboration and mingling. From my point of view, that is exactly what makes a successful workshop!

The Inventor course covered everything from basic sketching skills to complicated sketch designs and assemblies. This time however, we also focused quite heavily on free form modeling - as this feature in Inventor gives designers more ergonomic design capabilities.

Featured below is our most innovative member, Eve, participating in our Makerspace meditative colouring event!

All in all, ResBaz was another successful event but I could not have done this without my fantastic helpers! Pictured below are Bobby and Vincent , the Inventor training experts from last year, and five brand new additions to our Inventor family: Alison, Melissa, Bentley, Basit and Aston! We had been running intensive training workshops in preparation for ResBaz led by Bobby and I. From the excellent feedback we have received it is evident that everyone’s hard work has paid off.

Lastly, I would like to thank all the participants and helpers for the wonderful experience. I hope Inventor is going to be helpful for you and that you enjoyed this as much as I did!

The Inventor course can be found here.

More workshops will be run for Inventor throughout the year so keep an eyen on the calendar if you have missed out on ResBaz!