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Some feedback on the Intro to Design Course
andrew_pollack090
Member Posts: 2 ✭
First — thank you for the course. The free education is worth the work required.
That said, I ran into a clarity issue that took me a long time to figure out, so here's my feedback:
In the Introduction to Part Design Course
In the Feature Creation / Exercise: Extrude
Going from step 6 to step 7
When you select the back plane of the extrusion, create a new sketch, then hit "N" to orient the image, the rotation is to the back side not the front, so the next several steps in the course you're working from the back, not the front and some things do not work the same way.
The only indication is that the sketch plan is divided in two regions shaded the same color, not two colors.
To get the view shown in the less, you have to rotate yourself or press "N" a second time.
Once I got there, I had some challenges making the horizontal like coincident with the top surface, then a final challenge using the dimension tool to size the entirety of that left side. I think these last two challenges were probably "normal" for a student learning and I'll give you credit — but the time I figure it out I understood the use of of coincident, midpoint, and dimension use much more fully than before. I suppose the frustration was worth it.
I'd say with these challenges this course section took maybe 3 hours, having started over a couple of times.