CAD and Digital Manufacturing Specialization

Start your Career in Digital Manufacturing. Practice your CAD/CAM/CAE skills and learn about industry trends, while creating your own drone.

About This Specialization

The future of making is here, bringing with it radical changes in the way things are designed, made, and used. And it’s disrupting every industry. With the right knowledge and tools, this disruption is your opportunity—whether you're an entrepreneur, designer, or engineer. Today’s dominant technology trends—cloud computing, mobile technology, social connection, and collaboration—are driving businesses and consumers alike to explore profoundly different ways to design, make, and use things. This kind of industry transformation has happened before, but the pace of change is now much faster. In today’s competitive landscape, anyone can be an innovator—and it’s all about who innovates first. Through this specialization, you will learn the foundations of product innovation and digital manufacturing while developing your technical skills within Autodesk® Fusion 360™.

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5 courses

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Courses

Intermediate Specialization.: Some related experience required.

COURSE 1
Intro to Digital Manufacturing with Autodesk Fusion 360
Upcoming session: Apr 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study
Subtitles
English
About the Course
The manufacturing industry is making a digital transformation, allowing companies to customize production through advances in machine learning, sustainable design, generative design, and collaboration, with integrated design and manuf
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COURSE 2
Autodesk Fusion 360 Integrated CAD/CAM/CAE
Upcoming session: Apr 30
Commitment
5 weeks of study
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Design, engineering, and manufacturing are undergoing a digital transformation, and the need for a collaborative product development environment is becoming an ever-growing requirement. Autodesk® Fusion 360™ meets this need by connecting CAD, CAM, and
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COURSE 3
3D Model Creation with Autodesk Fusion 360
Upcoming session: Apr 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Design is the first phase in the digital manufacturing process. In this course, through a series of lectures and hands-on lessons, we’ll examine a designer’s approach to the design and manufacturing process—from concept to 3D model. We’ll start by
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COURSE 4
Engineering Design Process with Autodesk Fusion 360
Upcoming session: Apr 30
Commitment
4 weeks of study
Subtitles
English
About the Course
This course provides a deeper exploration of mechanical assemblies and simulation, which are key engineering features of the design and manufacturing process. The foundation of engineering design is exploration and iteration. Design is rarely a perfectly li
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COURSE 5
Manufacturing Process with Autodesk Fusion 360
Current session: Apr 23
Commitment
4 weeks of study
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Designing a product is only part of the process. Now, can that product be manufactured? A CNC machinist works with computer numeric controlled (CNC) machines from generating the machine code to machine setup and run. Understanding both CAD and CAM is e
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