Intro to 3D Design

This is a hands-on, instructor-led CAD workshop focused on real-world making — not just clicking buttons.

You’ll learn practical CAD skills and apply them immediately by designing a custom keychain you can actually fabricate.

This class is ideal if you want to:

• Get started with CAD for making things
• Prepare files for 3D printing or laser cutting
• Understand why designs fail (and how to avoid it)
• Leave with something you designed yourself

• CAD basics and core concepts
• Designing parts for fabrication
• Exporting files correctly
• Common beginner mistakes (and how to avoid them)
• How CAD fits into real maker workflows

• A custom keychain design
• Optional: your keychain can be 3D printed after the class
• Pickup at the makerspace or mailed

• Beginners to CAD
• Makers who want to design their own parts
• Entrepreneurs and hobbyists looking to fabricate ideas

No prior CAD experience required.

NOTE: Laptop with Onshape account setup ahead of time is required. We have a couple extra PCs at the makerspaace and that is it.

SIGN UP HERE:

https://www.onshape.com/en/products/free

Chris Kaminsky
Engineer, educator, and former Fab Lab director with years of experience teaching CAD and digital fabrication tools.

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Host or Publisher Grand River Makerspace