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DESCRIPTION:The design of solid parts has progressed from the manual genera
 tion of “blueprints” to the computerized generation of 3D drawings whi
 ch can display the part in a variety of views\, including isometric. There
  are numerous commercially available CAD programs and a few open-source on
 es. [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/) is a full-featured open-source 
 program which can be freely downloaded from the FreeCAD web site. In this 
 presentation the features of FreeCAD that make it attractive will be descr
 ibed\, and a step-by-step procedure for generating a drawing of a moderate
  complexity part will be presented. The file of the designed object genera
 ted by FreeCAD will be suitable for fabrication using CNC machining or 3D 
 printing. Some of the nuances and pitfalls of CNC machining will also be d
 iscussed.\n\nGeorge Vella-Coleirois a retired Physicist who spent most of 
 his career (1967 – 2001) at Bell Laboratories working on a variety of pr
 ojects\, including Magnetic Bubble Memories\, Superconducting Josephson de
 vices\, GaAs MESFETs and ICs\, Integrated Optoelectronic Devices\, and a f
 iber-optic Microcell for cellular communications. From 2001 to 2019 he was
  with Commscope developing Digital Predistortion for the linearization of 
 RF power amplifiers\, a GPS interferometer for determining the azimuth of 
 Cellular Base Station antennas\, and a 5G microcell using mm-Waves.\n\nCo-
 sponsored by: IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern New Jersey\n\nSpeake
 r(s): George Vella-Coleiro\, \n\nAgenda: \nIntroductions\n\nSpeaker presen
 tation\n\nAudience questions welcomed\n\nNetworking\n\nVirtual: https://ev
 ents.vtools.ieee.org/m/323653
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323653
ORGANIZER:NHCN@JimIsaak.com
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:Introduction to Mechanical Design Using FreeCAD
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323653
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The design of solid parts has progressed f
 rom the manual generation of &ldquo\;blueprints&rdquo\; to the computerize
 d generation of 3D drawings which can display the part in a variety of vie
 ws\, including isometric. There are numerous commercially available CAD pr
 ograms and a few open-source ones. <a style="color: #0088cc\; text-decorat
 ion: none\;" href="https://www.freecadweb.org/">FreeCAD</a>&nbsp\;is a ful
 l-featured open-source program which can be freely downloaded from the Fre
 eCAD web site. In this presentation the features of FreeCAD that make it a
 ttractive will be described\, and a step-by-step procedure for generating 
 a drawing of a moderate complexity part will be presented. The file of the
  designed object generated by FreeCAD will be suitable for fabrication usi
 ng CNC machining or 3D printing. Some of the nuances and pitfalls of CNC m
 achining will also be discussed.</p>\n<p>George Vella-Coleirois a retired 
 Physicist who spent most of his career (1967 &ndash\; 2001) at Bell Labora
 tories working on a variety of projects\, including Magnetic Bubble Memori
 es\, Superconducting Josephson devices\, GaAs MESFETs and ICs\, Integrated
  Optoelectronic Devices\, and a fiber-optic Microcell for cellular communi
 cations. From 2001 to 2019 he was with Commscope developing Digital Predis
 tortion for the linearization of RF power amplifiers\, a GPS interferomete
 r for determining the azimuth of Cellular Base Station antennas\, and a 5G
  microcell using mm-Waves.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Introductions</
 p>\n<p>Speaker presentation</p>\n<p>Audience questions welcomed</p>\n<p>Ne
 tworking</p>
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