3D Design

Students will gain basic skills in the powerful design software OnShape, which is widely used by FIRST Robotics competition teams and across many industries. Students will create original designs and learn how 3D printers work to fabricate their designs. Students will learn to work with sketches, geometries, 3D design tools like champfering and extrusion, learning how to make more complex geometries, assemblies based on multiple parts, renderings of their parts, and drawings of their final designs. Students will be encouraged to work on a project of their choosing, using each day’s lessons to enhance their work, leading to a final “product” with schematics, renderings, and designs.

Advanced students may choose and work on an advanced project to solve a real world problem relevant to their own lives. Each class will include both technical instruction and free work time, where students will be able to work with their instructor, one-on-one, solving problems and learning design skills while applying them to a real world use.

We hope to allow each student to choose one model to be printed by Robotics And Beyond and picked up in New Milford or mailed to the home.

Learn more about OnShape and free student accounts.

Requirements:

- Experience with Fusion 360, OnShape, Blender, TinkerCAD, Solidworks or any other 3D modeling software.

Optional but highly recommended: Create a student OnShape account before camp so all work can be saved and used from home.