Design for Manufacturing Professional Certification Prep

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Learn more about how to prepare for the Design for Manufacturing Professional Certification exam.

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• Sample test questions
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Before you begin this course, test your skills by taking the following assessment to see where you stand.

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In this module, you learn specific design rules surrounding manufacture for additive, subtractive, molding, casting, and sheet metal design.  You explore tools in Fusion tailored to each manufacturing method.  

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

• Identify various types of subtractive machine tools.
• Understand design principles and tools for subtractive manufacture.
• Identify various types of additive manufacturing machines.
• Understand design principles and tools for additive manufacture.
• Understand design rules for drafted applications.
• Understand design rules for sheet metal manufacture.

• Design for subtractive manufacture
• Design for additive manufacture
• Design for drafted applications
• Design for sheet metal manufacture
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise
• Module Quiz

In this module, you learn about the creation of complex sketch entities and the application of solid and surface tools to create geometry.  

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create and modify sketches.
• Create construction planes and axes.
• Create and modify 3D solid features.
• Create and modify 3D surface features.
• Create and modify freeform parts.
• Create and modify sheet metal parts.
• Demonstrate view controls.

• Create and modify sketches — part 1
• Create and modify sketches — part 2
• Create construction planes and axes
• Create and modify 3D solid features
• Create and modify 3D surface features
• Create and modify freeform parts
• Create and modify sheet metal parts
• Demonstrate view controls
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise
• Module Quiz

In this module, you learn to create distributed design assemblies, apply joint for mechanical motion, and demonstrate component control in Fusion.

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create and break distributed and derived designs.
• Create mechanical motion with joints.
• Demonstrate component view control.

• Create distributed and derived designs
• Create motion with assembly joints
• Demonstrate component control
• Control component physical materials
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise
• Module Quiz

In this module, you learn to create exploded animations and rendered images for use in detailed drawings and product visualizations.

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create an animation storyboard.
• Manually transform components.
• Set up a render scene.
• Control render appearances.
• Create renderings.

• Create a storyboard
• Manipulate component positions with transform
• Set up a render scene
• Control render appearances
• Create renderings
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise
• Module Quiz

In this module, you learn to create technical drawings from assemblies, animations, and flattened sheet metal components in Fusion.  You will create dimensions, annotations, notes, and apply GD&T symbols in drawings.

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create a technical drawing.
• Create a title block template.
• Apply GD&T symbols.
• Add annotations and parts tables to a drawing."

• Create a technical drawing
• Create technical drawing templates
• Create technical drawing elements
• Practice exercise
• Challenge exercise
• Module Quiz

In this module, you learn to create technical drawings from assemblies, animations, and flattened sheet metal components in Fusion.  You will create dimensions, annotations, notes, and apply GD&T symbols in drawings.

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

• Create a technical drawing.
• Create a title block template.
• Apply GD&T symbols.
• Add annotations and parts tables to a drawing.

• Challenge exercise

Ready to test your knowledge? Pass this required test with a score of 75% or more to complete the course.

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