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DigiFab: Introduction to Digital Fabrication

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DigiFab: Introduction to Digital Fabrication

Skill Level

Beginner

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English

Topics

Digital Fabrication, Autodesk Fusion 360, 3D design, 3D Printing, Meshmixer

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Go at your own pace

4 Sessions / 10 hours of work per session

Price

Program ($500 USD)

Certificate

Included w/ premium membership ($20/month)

Program

DigiFab: Introduction to Digital Fabrication

Skill Level

Beginner

Video Transcripts

English

Topics

Digital Fabrication, Autodesk Fusion 360, 3D design, 3D Printing, Meshmixer

Not available for purchase in India

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Course Description

This course is designed to get you quickly up and running with the 3D printing design processes using Autodesk Fusion 360 and Meshmixer.

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Session 1: Introduction to 3D Printing (January 1, 2025)

This session will give you a knowledge base to start creating virtual 3D objects for 3D printing.

6 lessons

1. Introduction

2. 3D Printing: Getting on the Same Page

3. 3D Printing with FDM

4. Things to Know

5. More Things to Know

6. In Closing

Session 2: Autodesk Fusion 360 Sculpt Workspace (January 8, 2025)

In this session we will explore the sculpting workspace and how to integrate it into sculpted meshes to create interesting and practical objects.

18 lessons

1. Other Stuff You Can Do in Fusion 360

2. Making Stuff for 3D Printing: Integrating McMaster-Carr Parts

3. Fidgeting and Spinning

4. REVOLVE Via a Top

5. SWEEP

6. LOFT

7. The Primitives

8. Making a 3D Object

9. Let's Make it Mine

10. The Sculpt Environment

11. Starting with a PLANE or a CYLINDER

12. Starting with a SPHERE or a TORUS

13. The QUADBALL and some PIPES

14. Introducing the MODIFY Toolbar

15. Other Tools in the MODIFY Toolbar

16. Sculpting with a Purpose

17. Sculpt, Model, Sculpt, Repeat

18. Just Because I Don't Use It Does Not Mean You Shouldn't

Session 3: Learning Autodesk Meshmixer (January 15, 2025)

An introduction to sculpting shapes and mixed meshes within Autodesk Meshmixer to prep for 3D printing.

12 lessons

1. An Introduction

2. Importing an STL from Fusion 360

3. Overhangs; Making Your Own Supports

4. Making Your Own Supports Part 2

5. Cleaning Up Your 3D Scans

6. Selection Tool - Filling Holes

7. A Little Sculpting

8. The Edit Toolbar

9. Hollowing a Solid

10. Tubes and Analysis Tools

11. Mixing Meshes

12. Don't Be Afraid to Ruin Anything

Session 4: Rendering and Drafting with Autodesk Fusion 360 (January 22, 2025)

Show the world what you can make and how to build it.

11 lessons

1. How to Render and Draw

2. Render Environment / GUI

3. Rendering Basics: Materials

4. Rendering Basics: Environment

5. Advanced Rendering

6. Adding Your Own Materials

7. Adding Your Own Materials: Changing Directions

8. Creating a Scene

9. The Drawing Environment: Placing Views

10. The Drawing Environment: Dimensioning and Annotating

11. The World is Now Your Oyster

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Learning Outcomes

Below you will find an overview of the Learning Outcomes you will achieve as you complete this course.

Not Just Once Piece

Develop an understanding of the essential hardware and the processes used to integrate it into the 3D printing process
Learn how to design and create assemblies for more than one 3D printed object

Scanning and Cleaning

Gain knowledge of how 3D scanning works and how it is utilized
Understand how to clean up and create usable scans utilizing Autodesk Meshmixer

What is 3D Printing?

Learn about the various processes involved in 3D printing, and the parameters for successful 3D prints
Develop a cohesive vocabulary for the 3D printing process, from modeling to printing

Instructors And Guests

Michael Darling

instructor

mdarling@calarts.edu

Michael Darling is a sculptor, fabricator and tinkerer based in Los Angeles, CA. Known for his assemblages of small wooden blocks and technically creative and highly crafted constructions. He has used his skills in fabrication and technical design on projects large and small in theater, TV, film and themed entertainment all over the world. Michael is on faculty at the California Institute of the Arts where he is the head of technical design and production for the school of theater as well as teaching Digital Fabrication for artists. Prior to teaching Michael was the technical director for Richard Foreman’s Ontological Hysteric Theater in New York City where he built and toured some of the most beautiful and technically designed sets imaginable. Michael rarely knows what is impossible and has learned over his lifetime not only how to take things apart but how to put them back together by making the parts that get lost.

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What You Need to Take This Course

Software:
- Autodesk Slicer ( Free)
- Autodesk Fusion 360 (Free)
  - Students should download Fusion 360 via a free, 3-year educational license, from this page.
- Autodesk Meshmixer (Free)
- Adobe Illustrator
- *You will need administrator privileges on your computer in order to download software.
- *You will be required to sign up for an Autodesk account in order to download software.
Equipment:
- Digital caliper
- 2 button mouse with scroll wheel
- This class will be using a print service to make our projects, but if you have any DigiFab equipment at your disposal (a makerspace or collage fablab) you will be able to explore deeper.
Materials
- You will be responsible for the cost of getting your project printed, as well as the cost of the materials, which you will select yourself.

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Additional Information

If a student signs up for the Introduction to Digital Fabrication program, it is recommended that these courses are taken sequentially.

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