Autodesk has launched a free Education Manufacturing Curriculum designed to provide instructors with the tools they need to guide their students through the mechanical 3D design process. It will complement classes offered in first year mechanical engineering programs and will assist instructors in teaching students 3D design.
3D design is increasingly being adopted by mechanical engineers to improve design visualisation, automate drawing production, simplify design revisions and enable integration with downstream applications.
“The ability to design in 3D is widely recognised in Australia as delivering substantial benefits in terms of cost savings and improved business processes,” says Andre Pravaz, regional director of Autodesk. “Students that develop strong skills in the area of 3D design will best be placed to compete in the increasingly competitive engineering design workforce.”
According to Pravaz, while Australian design instructors have excellent skills in the area of 2D design, many are still to embrace 3D design as part of their curriculum. To assist in this process, Autodesk has developed a set of 3D design instructor materials and electronic tutorials for use in the classroom.
The Education Manufacturing curriculum content is delivered on CD and includes an instructor guide with lecture notes, additional instructor resources and the classroom materials needed to instruct students in 3D design. Students are provided with an Electronic Student Workbook with access to step-by-step skills-building exercises in Autodesk Inventor software, a high performance 3D mechanical design system which offers industry-leading DWG compatibility, adaptive technology, exceptional large-assembly performance and an intuitive workflow.
Source: Building Products News.