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AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion 360 and Revit MEP, free and complete: 2D drafting, 3D modelling, assemblies, drawings and building services design, with notes, quizzes and an optional verifiable certificate.
FreeFree AutoCAD course for beginners: draw, edit, dimension and plot 2D drawings, then model basic 3D parts. The certificate is optional and paid.
FreeMechanical CAD the way machine builders use it: interface, settings, units and planes, sketching with relations, extrude and revolve, sweep, loft and boundary, fillets, shells, ribs and drafts, patterns, hole wizard and threads, timed practice parts, assemblies and mates, drawings with BOM and exploded views, sheet metal, advanced surfacing, configurations and equations, materials, mass, import and export, and complete beginner courses.
FreeCloud CAD for makers and product designers: the workspace and its key terms, sketching with constraints, extrude and revolve, fillets, shells, threads and holes, loft and sweep transitions, patterns and text, thin walls, user parameters, joints and assemblies, surfaces and T-spline forms, mesh and STL repair, moulds, sheet metal, rendering, 2D drawings and animations, practice exercises and a first CAM toolpath.
FreeFree Revit MEP course for beginners: model electrical, HVAC and plumbing, circuit panels, make panel schedules and sheets. The certificate is optional and paid.
FreeGeometric dimensioning and tolerancing for engineers who design, make or inspect parts: why plus/minus tolerancing fails, Rule #1, ASME Y14.5-2018 and the ISO GPS equivalents, the feature control frame, datums, form, orientation, position with bonus tolerance and virtual condition, profile, runout, worst-case and RSS stack-ups, surface plate, gauge and CMM inspection, and GD&T in Fusion, Onshape and FreeCAD drawings.
FreeThe piping fundamentals an EPC contractor or refinery hires for: pipe sizes and schedules, fittings, flanges, gaskets, bolting and valves, materials and piping classes, ASME B31.3 wall thickness, plot plans, pipe racks and nozzle orientation, reading and drawing isometrics with cut lengths, weld numbers and a BOM, supports and spans, thermal expansion and flexibility, line lists, MTOs and hydrotest.
FreeHow a BIM coordinator runs the information side of a building project: the ISO 19650 process and roles, OIR, AIR, PIR and EIR, level of information need, the BEP, MIDP and TIDP, the common data environment with status codes and file naming, IFC and openBIM, IDS model checking, federating models in Navisworks, clash tests, rules and tolerances, clash reports and BCF issues, open-source clash detection in Bonsai, 4D and 5D, and COBie handover.
FreeHow a mechanical engineer sets up, runs and checks a finite element analysis: the stiffness method, elements and degrees of freedom, geometry idealisation, meshing, supports and loads, static stress, mesh convergence and stress concentration, contacts and bolted joints, modal, thermal, buckling and fatigue, in Ansys Mechanical (the free Ansys Student edition) and the FreeCAD FEM workbench with CalculiX, with every result checked against a hand calculation.
| Course | Level | Modules | Video | Brand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoCAD 2D and 3D Fundamentals | Beginner | 11 | 16h 7m | Autodesk |
| SOLIDWORKS 3D Modelling, Assemblies and Drawings | Beginner | 14 | 26h 40m | Dassault Systèmes |
| Autodesk Fusion 360: 3D Design, Modelling and Manufacturing Prep | Beginner | 14 | 13h 24m | Autodesk |
| Revit MEP: Electrical BIM, HVAC, Plumbing and Documentation | Beginner | 14 | 29h 11m | Autodesk |
| GD&T to ASME Y14.5: Read, Apply and Inspect Drawings | Intermediate | 13 | 9h 57m | Vendor-neutral |
| Piping Design and Isometrics for Oil and Gas (ASME B31.3) | Beginner | 13 | 6h 38m | Vendor-neutral |
| BIM Coordination with ISO 19650: Clash Detection and IFC | Intermediate | 14 | 12h 4m | Vendor-neutral |
| FEA for Mechanical Engineers: Ansys Student and FreeCAD | Intermediate | 15 | 14h 10m | Vendor-neutral |