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Dated 30/11/06
As an automotive
design engineer with over twenty five years experience, I have received
a large amount of tuition and training on
a variety of CAD systems.
Generally all of the courses have been held at Universities or at
specific automotive work places by highly trained instructors.
Courses vary in size with anything from four to eight people
methodically working through a training manual to complete a variety
of modeling exercises, all well and good, however it does get
competitive between students to finish each exercise first, I've
been caught in that circle myself, and ending up copying exactly from
the training literature without actually appreciating what your
trying to achieve, or the methodology of construction of say a 'plastic
drinking bottle'
More recently I attended a course at Quest Catia training centre in
Somerset.
How refreshing to be at one to one with the instructor (if required) and
working at your own pace, there was no need to rush to finish, the
actual duration of courses can be tailored to suit individual needs.
The training modules were excellent in that they were fit for purpose, I
was modeling actual automotive components (Radiator components, Battery
covers, to name a few) all with the correct amount of on screen training
literature, enough to prompt for the correct result, but not enough so
that you didn't have to think.
The on line 'Help' function was excellent (pick an icon and not only
does it tell you what it does but you get an on line 'pick'
that takes you straight to a workable example for that function).
The arrangement of dual monitors is extremely advantageous especially
when using the 'Help' function as you do not need to 'toggle' on and off
between Catia and 'Word' documentation.
The training environment was very relaxed and conducive to learning,
Quest certainly suited my particular training requirements perfectly.
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