Courses

Trainings created by manufacturing industry experts for industry development.

To participate in on-site training courses at the CCAT Digital Thread Lab, the trainee must be currently employed by a Defense Industrial Base (DIB) company located in the United States and identify as a U.S Person with valid identification.

Awareness Training

Kickstart your digital transformation journey by learning about the Digital Thread and why it implementation is beneficial.

Digital Design

Begin your digital design journey with CAD for model-based design (MBD), quality and validation practices for MBD, digital costing and product lifecycle management.

Digital Manufacturing

Take the step from digital design to digital manufacturing with applications for 3-axis milling machines, additive manufacturing, digital work instructions and more.

Quality Assurance and Inspection

Unlock your potential in digital quality assurance and inspection with training designed to prepare you for the implementation of model based definition methodologies within existing inspection workflows.

Course Offerings at a Glance

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Awareness Training

  • Digital Thread Concepts & Value Proposition

  • Next Generation Technical Data Packages and MBD Workflows

Digital Design

  • Introduction to CAD for Model-Based Design

  • Intermediate CAD for Model-Based Design

  • CAD Quality and Validation Practices for Model-Based Design

  • Interpreting CAD Quality and Validation for Model-Based Design

  • Digital Costing for Model-Based Design

  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Model-Based Design

Quality Assurance and Inspection

  • Inspection Plan Authoring Automation for MBD

  • First Article Inspection Automation for MBD

  • Introduction to Inspection Workflows for MBD

  • Intermediate Inspection Workflows for MBD

  • Automated Programming of CMM Inspection

  • Automated Programming of Non-Contact Inspection

Digital Manufacturing

  • Overview of Setup and Programming of a 3-Axis Milling Machine

  • Automating Setup and Programming of 3-Axis Milling Machines for MBD

  • Overview of Additive Manufacturing Processes and Workflows

  • Additive Manufacturing: Automation & MBD Applications

  • Process Authoring with a Digital Twin Platform

  • Using Mixed Reality to Create Work Instructions for Design

Interested in getting started?

Course offerings will be expanded throughout 2024. Stay tuned!