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CAM and Design for Manufacturing for Milling

This course gives you a deeper look into design for manufacturing, so that you can confidently build the design skills to succeed in engineering challenges.


Course overview

The design for manufacturing process puts manufacturing at the core of a design, focusing on potential problems in the design phase, and prioritizing how parts are made. In many cases, the end-product is made up of an assembly of different pieces to simplify manufacturing or to achieve specific design goals. Each piece represents a certain tolerance, and might not work together if not accounted for in the design. 

Take a deeper look at leading-edge technologies and workflows for design for manufacturing, production drawings, and toolpaths to cut parts on a CNC mill. With increasing demands asked on the job, these skills help you adapt and solve tough challenges faced by the next generation of innovators. Hiring managers are looking for next generation innovators to solve tomorrow’s challenges and make an impact. This course will help you do just that.

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Inspect a multicomponent assembly.
  • Identify manufacturing methods based on part inspection.
  • Create detailed drawings for manufacturing.
  • Practice creating toolpaths for manufacture.

Course downloads

These downloadable resources will be used to complete modules in this course:

Course outline

1 min.

Getting started

Getting started

Discover what you'll learn in this course and download the software and resources you need. 


2 hr. 40 min.

Drafting for manufacture

Create detailed drawings for production and identify critical features or aspects of a design on a drawing.

Create detailed drawings for production and identify critical features or aspects of a design on a drawing.

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

  • Create a detailed drawing.
  • Create sheet metal flat patterns.
  • Add drawing annotations.
  • Create a drawing template.


3 hr.

Design for manufacture

Learn about the required tools and fixturing needed to CNC mill a part.

Learn about the required tools and fixturing needed to CNC mill a part.

After completing this module, you'll be able: 

  • Use measure tools.
  • Use direct modeling tools.
  • Create solid geometry.
  • Manage physical materials.


3 hr. 30 min.

Setting up a CNC milling program

Create toolpaths for a CNC Mill to better understand the requirements when designing parts to be manufactured.

Create toolpaths for a CNC Mill to better understand the requirements when designing parts to be manufactured.

After completing this module, you'll be able to 

  • Create a CNC Milling CAM setup.
  • Create roughing and finishing toolpaths.
  • Simulate stock removal.
  • Export an NC file.


2 hr. 40 min.

Machining complex geometry

Learn the toolpaths required to machine complex 3D shapes.


1 hr. 30 min.

Course challenge exercise

Course challenge exercise

Now that you've completed the learning material in this course, you can take the challenge exercise to measure your skills on the topics covered in this course.


45 min.

Final test

Ready to test your knowledge? 

Ready to test your knowledge? Pass this required test with a score of 75% or more to complete the course and earn a certificate of completion.


Announcements

This course was updated September 2022.

Some of the changes to this course include:

  • The proficiency level of this course has changed from Associate to Professional.