Introduction to Modeling and Design for Manufacturing - The basics of modeling | Autodesk

Introduction to Modeling and Design for Manufacturing

Outline

1

Getting started

Module overview

Course overview

What's new in this course

Get the software

Course resources

2

The basics of modeling

Module overview

Project overview

Create parameters

Link parameters and dimensions

Use symmetry and construction geometry

Create construction planes

Create extruded features

Create extruded cuts

Project edges vs. including them

Create a revolved solid

Use boundary fill

Create sheet metal parts

Practice exercise

Challenge exercise

3

The basics of assemblies

Module overview

The different ways to create components

Use scripts to create gears

Component color swatch and color cycling

Use McMaster-Carr parts in a design

Copy, paste, and paste new

Distributed designs

Create as-built joints

Joint origins and midplane joints

Drive joints and motion studies

Interference detection and contact sets

Isolation and opacity control

Create groups and organize a timeline

Practice exercise

Challenge exercise

4

Exploring design tools for production

Module overview

Create draft during a feature

Create draft as a feature

Add ribs and plastic supports

Analyze draft on a design

Create holes and threads

Use a coil feature

Mirrors and patterns

Surface creation for complex geometry

Use surfaces to replace faces

Use surfaces to split bodies and faces

Practice exercise

Challenge exercise

5

Creating complex designs with form tools

Module overview

Introduction to forms

Create a form primitive

Add or remove symmetry

Manipulate faces edges and vertices

Convert BREP faces to forms

Crease or uncrease an edge

Insert edges and subdivisions

Repairs and modifications

Work with a form as a BREP

Practice exercise

Challenge exercise

6

Course challenge

Module overview

Challenge exercise

7

Final test

Module overview

Start your final test

Professional | ~2 hr.

The basics of modeling

Module | Skill builder

Explore the control and creation of sketches, construction geometry, and conversion into solid bodies. Understanding how to define and reuse sketch elements is a critical step in defining geometry that can be easily updated later to accomodate design changes.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

Demonstrate how to create sketches that can be updated easily.
Use symmetry and construction geometry in sketches to reduce control variables.
Create and modify solid bodies defined by parametric sketches.

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