Intro to CAD

marc_nelson875

Matt_Shields said:

Are you using our Intro to CAD curriculum?  We'd love to know how it's going.  Share teaching tips, post pictures of your models, tell us your favorite unit, or let us know how you've expanded or extended it. 

I pick and choose some of the materials.  I use more of the lessons from the Learning Center as they are self-guided and I developed my curriculum before the Into to CAD curriculum was published.  I want my students to develop good modeling skills (fully constrained sketches, design intent, etc.) which I focus on in my classes.  I also include drafting concepts in the drawing creation and focus on ANSI dimensioning skills.  I prefer to personalize and build my curriculum to what I need, so I pick and choose from the curriculums and materials.

Matt_Shields

Hi @marc_nelson875.  Thank you for your feedback and perspective.  I'm glad to hear that the Learning Center courses, including Intro to CAD are useful.  For your courses focusing on drawing creation and dimensioning, check out our new CAD Drawings course.

michael_reid299

This may be a dumb question. But as a new CAD user, is there a place for me to do an intro to cad online? This seems to be resources for those putting on such a lesson. I am trying to do the lessons on the onshape website but there are two different areas that I confuse as which one offers what and which ones to do. 

Matt_Shields

Hi @michael_reid299.  Not a dumb question at all!  Yes, Intro to CAD was intended for teachers teaching CAD in a classroom, but the curriculum would also be great for a new CAD user.  You could just go through all of the lessons, step by step and that would be a great way to get into Onshape.  

The other suggested route would be the CAD Basics learning pathway in our Learning Center.

jamie_knapp

There are several errors in Lesson 1 and 2. Some of it stems from Onshape getting updates but the lessons aren't being corrected. How do we communicate the errors so the lessons work?

Matt_Shields

It's fun writing curriculum for a product that updates every 3 weeks

If you have specific feedback, please do submit it through the curriculum feedback form.

melissa_eker199

So far, we have just finished Unit 1. The kids seem to enjoy it. It does go faster than the recommended time frames. Is there an answer key to the assessments? Just to double check. Thanks. I love the instructions next to the video tutorials. Very helpful!

Matt_Shields

Glad you're enjoying the curriculum! Send an email to curriculum-support@ptc.com requesting the answer keys and someone will send them your way.

melissa_eker199

Okay, now that we are in Unit 2….there is a spot in 2.2 where students really struggle. It is when they are creating the truck baseplate. They offset lines from sketch 2 in a new sketch (sketch 3). Many students tend to try to offset sketch 2 on accident, and the biggest issue is in ensuring the holes are included when they extrude. Any tips for this?

Matt_Shields

I don't know how much help this will be, but you can click the animations in the instructions and they will go full screen. Maybe watch them 2 or 3 times through before moving on.

melissa_eker199

Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed the Unit 2 Design a Skateboard unit. The Assessment with the modelling practice was great! We even 3D printed a few of the designs to see what they would look like! Fun!

david_eckstrom388

I'm having a hard time with the prop from the spin copter project (Unit 4 of the curriculum). I have worked on this for a long time and feel like I'm doing exactly what the instructions say to do and mimicking the instructional video exactly, but when I do the final remove extrude it always creates two additional parts. Here's a video of me doing the sketch and extrusion if anyone in inclined to help:

https://app.screencastify.com/v3/watch/5x9FRIRU7xzQL4PhJ5iG

Matt_Shields

@david_eckstrom388 When I try to watch your video, I am getting

Video access denied
Looks like you don't have access to view this video.
Please reach out to the video owner for more information.

Make sure your Merge scope for that final extrude is just the Prop.