Classical Manufacturing

Discovering engineering and design

  • I am not an expert

    I am not an expert

    It’s the honest truth. I’m not a professional engineer or designer. I don’t have years of experience in the industry. I have no engineerin

    J. Miller

    December 4, 2021
    Stories
    design, engineering
  • AutoCAD Commands You Might Not Know: ATTSYNC

    AutoCAD Commands You Might Not Know: ATTSYNC

    AutoCAD has been around for a long time, and there are likely thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of commands buried in the code base. Therefore, there are also likely a lot of commands you might not know. Some of them can be incredibly useful and deserve to be in your back pocket. The ATTCYNC…

    J. Miller

    June 30, 2024
    Uncategorized
    AutoCAD, Autodesk, CAD, design, drafting, engineering design, manufacturing design
  • Fusion 360: How to Organize Your Sketches

    Fusion 360: How to Organize Your Sketches

    Sketch organization is important in 3D designs. But it doesn’t happen automatically, especially in Fusion 360. Here’s how to organize sketches in Fusion 360.

    J. Miller

    June 23, 2024
    Design Process
    3D design, 3D modeling, Autodesk, design, engineering design, Fusion 360, manufacturing design
  • The Extrude Tool: It’s a Trap!

    The Extrude Tool: It’s a Trap!

    The extrude tool is often the first tool people learn to use when they pick up parametric modeling software. This is a sensible place to start because the extrude tool is a good way to introduce people to some fundamental actions in parametric modeling. This is how I started when I first started learning Fusion…

    J. Miller

    May 19, 2024
    Uncategorized
    3D design, 3D modeling, Autodesk, Autodesk Inventor, CAD, CAM, design, drafting, engineering design, Fusion 360, SolidWorks
  • Center the Origin: How to Orient Your Models

    Center the Origin: How to Orient Your Models

    Intentionally focusing your designs around the origin makes your life easier. Here’s how to do it.

    J. Miller

    January 22, 2022
    Design Process
    design, drafting, engineering, engineering design, manufacturing design
  • The Critical Dimension

    The Critical Dimension

    Identifying critical dimensions could save you a lot of work.

    J. Miller

    January 8, 2022
    Design Process
    design, engineering, manufacturing design
  • 3-2-3 Design Process

    3-2-3 Design Process

    This is the design process I’ve developed through trial and error. Hopefully it helps you make fewer errors.

    J. Miller

    December 25, 2021
    Design Process
    3D design, 3D modeling, design, engineering, manufacturing design
  • How to Think Like an Engineer: CDIO

    How to Think Like an Engineer: CDIO

    One big takeaway from How to Think Like an Engineer, by Mushtak Al-Atabi.

    J. Miller

    December 11, 2021
    Design Process
    design, engineer, engineering

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