A design software workshop by the title ‘DESIGN NOW” was hosted and organized by Paavai Engineeing College and supported by ICT ACADEMY for the students of Mechanical Enigneering department on 05.11.2022. In the full day training session, Fusion 360 software was taught to the stuents with hands-on practice. Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D modeling, CAD, CAM, CAE, and PCB software platform for professional product design and manufacturing, developed by Autodesk.
In the inaugural function of the workshop, Dr.M. Premkumar, Principal of Paavai Engineering College, Mr.V.Prabu, Relationship Manager, ICT Academy and his team, Mr.N. Mohan Murali, Expert Trainer from Autodesk, Dr.A.P.Sivasubramaniam, Head of the Mechanical Engineering department and faculty members took part along with the students. Our final year Mechanical Engineering student, N.Selvaprabu welcomed the gathering and introduced the expert trainer.
The principal in his falicitation address told that software skill of the relevant field had become essential for students to secure good jobs. He further told that becoming well versed in Fusion 360 package would increase employability opportunities and help students to get high paying jobs. Moreover he urged students to utilize such opportunies to learn and update their skillsets and face the job market confidently. The expert trainer in his speech explained the basic features and utilities of Fusion 360 and its industrial importance in the field of product design and manufacturing.
The ‘Design Now’ workshop began after the inaugural function and the students were given hands-on training of Fusion 360 software by the expert trainer. After familiarizing the features of Fusion 360, usage of tools were taught to design components and students practiced the exercises. Throughout the session, the trainer interacted with the students and cleared their doubts.
The workshop was coordinated by the Mechanical Engineering faculties Mr.N.Manigandan, Mr.T.Sathees and Mr. J.Sujith Kumar. The students found the workshop very useful in their design career path and understood the need for learning new skillsets.
