New Program!

Discover how Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) can enhance a design practice through greater flexibility and improved capabilities. Learn to design in a variety of digital environments. Develop skills in digital manufacturing methodologies used in the industry, such as cutting and milling of wood, metal and plastics, rapid prototyping processes, and common file formats. Design and produce a number of workshop projects based on CAD/CAM technologies, including the creation of a building component and manufacture of its full-scale components.

What the Program Covers

• CAD/CAM technologies and digital environments in the design process with an emphasis on their application to architecture
• Nurbs Curves (Rhinoceros), Solid Digital Modeling (Solidworks), and Parametric Design (Grasshopper and Solidworks)
• Plotter-type Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) tools, designs based on geometries reducible to simple flat and developable shapes, and the CNC milling machine, router, and plasma cutter
• Rapid prototype technologies and 3-D printers
• Parametric building components, modeling of parts and assemblies, and the use of design tables
• Manufacturing and fabrication capabilities to produce real physical examples of digitally designed and manufactured components

Benefits

You will know how to apply digital design and fabrication methods to the design process. You will understand software and manufacturing processes and gain hands-on production experience using digital technologies.

Who Should Apply

Level: Experienced

• Professionals in architecture, construction management, engineering, industrial design, and related fields
• Design firm leaders interested in learning more about new technologies in the field