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Certificate in Digital Design & Fabrication for Architecture & Design

Certificates » Digital Design & Fabrication for Architecture & Design
Program Features
  • Hands-on experience with digital design technologies
  • CAD/CAM technologies and digital environments in the design process with an emphasis on their application to architecture
  • Nurbs Curves (Rhinoceros), Solid Digital Modeling (Rhinoceros) and Parametric Design (Grasshopper)
  • 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
Who Should Apply
  • Professionals in architecture, construction management, engineering, industrial design and related fields
  • Design firm leaders interested in learning more about new technologies in the field
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.
Key Outcomes
You will learn how to use CAD/CAM technologies, rapid prototyping methods and modeling techniques to design and produce a number of workshop projects and models.
Sections
Start Location Program ID Status
Autumn 2013  Details UW Seattle 4343
Course Dates Days Instructor
Introduction to Digital Design & Fabrication Processes Sep 25 - Dec 4, 2013 W Hunter
Solid Digital Modeling & Parametric Design Jan 8 - Mar 12, 2014 W Crawford
Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing Apr 2 - Jun 4, 2014 W Hunter
Autumn 2012  Details UW Seattle 3890 Closed
Course Dates Days Instructor
Introduction to Digital Design & Fabrication Processes Sep 26 - Dec 7, 2012 W Hunter
Solid Digital Modeling & Parametric Design Jan 7 - Mar 15, 2013 W Crawford
Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing Apr 1 - Jun 7, 2013 W Hunter
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