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Intro to CAD

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  • marc_nelson875marc_nelson875 Member Posts: 4 EDU
    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_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 723 EDU
    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_reid299michael_reid299 Member Posts: 2 ✭
    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_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 723 EDU
    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_knappjamie_knapp Member Posts: 2 ✭
    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_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 723 EDU
    It's fun writing curriculum for a product that updates every 3 weeks :wink:

    If you have specific feedback, please do submit it through the curriculum feedback form.
  • melissa_eker199melissa_eker199 Member Posts: 4 ✭

    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_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 723 EDU

    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_eker199melissa_eker199 Member Posts: 4 ✭

    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_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 723 EDU

    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.

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