Intro to Datasets and Schematics Course Online (Coming Soon)
Master the fundamentals of reading engineering blueprints, from views and dimensions to callouts and tolerances. Build real skills through hands-on, project-based practice.
Master the fundamentals of reading engineering blueprints, from views and dimensions to callouts and tolerances. Build real skills through hands-on, project-based practice.
Every manufactured object, from a simple nut to complex machinery, begins as an engineering drawing, and this course teaches you to read and interpret those drawings with confidence. You'll cover the fundamentals: what an engineering drawing is, how it's used, and the ASME standards behind it. From there you'll dissect the drawing itself, including view layouts, angles of projection, isometric and exploded views, and learn to read the tables, balloons, dimensions, callouts, and auxiliary views that carry the real information. You'll also tackle the details that matter on the shop floor: dimensioning holes and threads, surface roughness, and an introduction to tolerancing, including chained versus datum and bilateral versus unilateral, plus a first look at Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
This is a hands-on, project-based course, not a lecture-and-quiz exercise. You'll work through interactive exercises between video lessons and build real skills by annotating actual orthographic drawings, then submitting your work as a JPEG or PDF for instructor review. Complexity builds progressively, starting with a single fastener and advancing to fully annotated sub-assemblies and machinery with legends and schedules.
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This course is available for 30 days.
You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
For this course, you are entitled to a 90% refund (your payment less the nonrefundable 10% registration fee) within 30 days of purchase if you have not accessed the course materials.
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The first installment is due one week before the first class. Subsequent installments are spread out evenly across the duration of the course.
| Installments | |
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| 10% non-refundable deposit | |
| $579.00 | Total You Pay |
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William Tenney is a career Solidworks designer. He began his career in consumer products then shifted to retail display design, corporate interiors, and finally furniture. His time with Solidworks spans almost two decades where in that time he designed many pieces for mass production, was awarded co-inventor status on five patents, obtained the Professional Certification and Surfacing Certification for Solidworks, and also contributed to many pieces shown in such publications as Architectural Digest, Interior Design Magazine, Fashion Magazine, and 1st Dibs. Outside of his work life, he is a husband to a wonderful spouse and a father to two future creatives.
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David, the Chief Academic Officer, has a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Penn State University and an MBA from Point Loma Nazarene University. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects. He has been teaching Autodesk programs for over 10 years and enjoys working and teaching in the architectural industry. In addition to working with the Autodesk suite, he has significant experience in 3D modeling, the Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam Revu, and SketchUp. David enjoys spending his free time with his wife, biking, hanging out with his kids, and listening to audiobooks by the fire.
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