Yes We CAD!
By Paul Mignone, Dejan Jotanovic & Dr. Colin Burvill
It’s been a long time coming and now it’s here! The first (of many) dedicated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) training workshops for engineering students at the University of Melbourne. For those that don’t know. CAD is a piece of software allowing you to design and modify your own 2D or 3D Computer-Aided Design (it’s really all in the name). Users are enabled to sharpen the quality of their designs, establish databases and record their progress through documentation.
But the fun of CAD is watching your 3D model come to life…enter 3D Printing. Letting your 3D model gather dust seems like too much of a waste when considering that the University of Melbourne’s Engineering Workshop houses around ten beautiful 3D Printers. So, you may ask, what are the possibilities?
CAD helps you unleash your inner designer! (Source)
Between CAD and 3D Printing, the possibilities are endless. Do you love to skate? Why not print your own skateboard? Broken hand? 3D Printing has you (or perhaps it) covered. CAD modeling & printing has even been successful in building a woman’s hip! For engineering students, this class will get you started on developing a highly valuable skill set for your engineering or research careers. These skills will also be handy when designing models for your Warman (MCEN30014), gearbox (MCEN90013), mechatronic design (MCEN90024) and Capstone (MCEN90022) projects, as well as any models you need to 3D print.
CAD animation of a Subaru EJ25 engine (Source)
The first classes will be taught using Solidworks, and will be held on Saturdays (9am - 5pm) in the Alice Hoy building. Please select one of the links below to register. Please note that you MUST be a University of Melbourne Engineering student or staff member to register. In the first instance, priority will be given to students within the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Thanks to the fantastic efforts of Dr. Colin Burvill, the Melbourne School of Engineering and ITS research services, we can finally say: Yes, we can! Yes, we CAD!
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