The highlight of today’s work was my introduction to computer aided design. The engineers at Forthright use CAD software to design all of their products in every stage of the development process, from the initial thoughts and brainstorming to production. It’s an integral part to the work that they do and it was really interesting to be able to try it myself. I started with learning the basics of creating individual parts. This included learning new vocabulary, what the different tools and functions did, how to manipulate the view with the mouse, and I began to develop an understanding of knowing how to do what I wanted to make certain objects, like a sphere or a part from a drawing related to one of Forthright’s projects. I was also shown much more complicated work, which was an actual device that they were creating at the time, and I look forward to learning more about assemblies and how to make these individual parts work together tomorrow.
