Dates: Wednesdays, September 30 – November 18
Time: 5:00PM – 7:00PM
Grades: 6–8
Location: 2685 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA
This class is for students who want to design their own robot parts and hold the result in their hands. No CAD experience is needed to sign up for this course.
Students begin by taking apart a real competition robot assembly and working out why each piece is shaped the way it is. From there they learn to model parts in Onshape, print them, test whether they actually fit, and revise. Later sessions introduce assemblies, designing to a set of real constraints, and improving a design based on how it performed.
Parts go home with students throughout the course. The final session runs as a real engineering design review, where each student presents their first and final versions and explains what changed.
Best for: Students who like drawing or making • Detail-oriented builders • Future CAD leads
Focus: Onshape CAD • 3D printing • Tolerance & fit • Design iteration
Outcome: A portfolio of printed parts that fit a real robot
Refund Policy:
3+ weeks prior to start of class: 50%.
Within 3 weeks prior to start of class: no refund.
Dates: Wednesdays, September 30 – November 18
Time: 5:00PM – 7:00PM
Grades: 6–8
Location: 2685 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA
This class is for students who want to design their own robot parts and hold the result in their hands. No CAD experience is needed to sign up for this course.
Students begin by taking apart a real competition robot assembly and working out why each piece is shaped the way it is. From there they learn to model parts in Onshape, print them, test whether they actually fit, and revise. Later sessions introduce assemblies, designing to a set of real constraints, and improving a design based on how it performed.
Parts go home with students throughout the course. The final session runs as a real engineering design review, where each student presents their first and final versions and explains what changed.
Best for: Students who like drawing or making • Detail-oriented builders • Future CAD leads
Focus: Onshape CAD • 3D printing • Tolerance & fit • Design iteration
Outcome: A portfolio of printed parts that fit a real robot
Refund Policy:
3+ weeks prior to start of class: 50%.
Within 3 weeks prior to start of class: no refund.