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Reading Drawings

Question: How do I read a drawing to make the parts for the bucket loader project? Answer: It’s a great skill to have if you are working on building stuff from a drawing for any project. Here’s a quick tutorial! 2,647 total views, 2 views today

Welcome Mass Teachers & Mass STEM Hub!

Written by Chris Hurd.

So looking forward to discussing manufacturing with teachers from MA tonight about how to teach Computer Aided Manufacturing in today’s educational setting. Like manufacturing, the face of education is changing rapidly. Thank you to MassSTEMhub for supporting CIM teachers throughout the great...

The History and Future of Manufacturing

Written by Chris Hurd.

What better way to learn about history… with an old video about even older technology and innovators in manufacturing. Start with the first video about the history of manufacturing, then watch the second video that talks about “Rethinking” manufacturing, and think about where we...

Onshape Mass Properties

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: I am using OnShape this year, and I would like to know if you can find the mass properties of a part, and make them out of different materials like you can in Autodesk products? That would be very helpful! Answer: Of course you can, and it is very helpful indeed. It’s a great...

Manufacturing Myths

Written by Chris Hurd.

There are many myths about manufacturing held by high school students and adults alike across the US, and right here at home in our high schools. How can high school students make choices about careers in manufacturing if they don’t even know what it is? Here are some of the myths your students...

Convert from Onshape to Autodesk for CAM

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: So how exactly do you convert a part from OnShape into something that you can use to do CAM in Autodesk Fusion360 and Inventor? Answer: Just export it to a STEP file! Easier said than done… watch this 3 minute video to show you how! 1,213 total views, 1 views...

Changing Color & Appearance in Onshape

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do I change colors of materials and the appearance of objects in OnShape? Answer: 3,829 total views

Onshape-2D Sketching

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do start a sketch in OnShape? Answer: 910 total views

Changing Units in Onshape

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do I change the dimensioning settings in OnShape? Who uses metric any way? Geez. Answer: Um… everyone uses metric these days… better get hip to the grip… as a matter of fact, here’s a link to a bunch of advanced metric projects. But, If you want to change...

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