Computer-Aided Design Courses

BlocksCAD4Kids is a course that teaches children and/or teachers how to create 3D models with BlocksCAD. BlocksCAD uses visual building blocks or puzzle pieces, which are modified and put together as elements. These blocks generate the code in the background that creates the 3D models.

The course can be hold in English or German. Taking into account the current level of knowledge of the children. The course leader will provide questions and translations into German or respectively into English, if necessary so that the children can follow the course content.

In a sustainable future it is necessary to create shorter cycles for the reuse of materials such as wood and bioplastics. One of the possible cycles is direct recycling by local or home manufacturers. Machines such as 3D printers, CNC milling machines and laser cutters are currently experiencing a rapid technical evolution, so that more and more user-friendly devices will be available in the near future.

OpenSCAD is a script-based open-source CAD program (Computer Aided Design) which, with its very simple syntax, enables anyone interested to create their own designs.

OpenSCAD course part 1 uses examples and group exercises to teach the basics to model your own designs in OpenSCAD. The syntax of the modeling language of OpenSCAD fits on an A4 page and is very easy to understand (with a little knowledge of English). The course does not require any programming language skills. the Syntax is so close to human understanding that it doesn't even need a computer to create architectural drawings from it.