The Butte College Advanced Manufacturing Department will serve our community by providing diverse experiential learning opportunities in a progressive curriculum, using advanced technology, industry cooperation, and alumni support to prepare students for productive futures.
This program will be designed for students to earn small industry recognized certificates. Students will also have the opportunity to earn an A.S. Degree. The curriculum is designed to teach students about the manufacturing process from design to finish. This will be accomplished using industry principles and practices during the process of production. Courses offered in this degree will utilize manual, semi-automatic, & CNC equipment operations. Hands on experience, industry tours & internships to train students on the principles and practices used in industry.
The student learning outcomes have been developed for the individual courses that have been developed. As courses are added and changed within this pathway these individual course level student learning outcomes will be modified and added as needed. Overall program learning outcomes are currently being worked on.
Numerous meetings with industry representatives have taken place. Through these meetings with industry curricullum has been developed. Courses that sequence towards students certficates have been developed. Industry supported student learning outcomes for these courses have been developed. The courses are planned to go through the curricullum committee sometime this spring
Courses will be structured in a manner that allows for smooth transition, and students should be able to take courses in a logical and sequential order. Pathways will be developed that allows students to complete their certificates and or degrees in a timely fashion
The Advanced Manufacturing pathway will be one designed with guided pathways embeded into it. There will be a clear path for students to obtain industry recognized certificates in a timely fashion. The curricullum has been driven by local industry, and graduates of this program will help feed our local manufacturing industry with well prepared graduates ready to enter the industry.
This program is new, so there has not been a program review completed yet. There is a significant amount of data showing that there will be an increased demand for employees that have the technical skills and knowledge to work with the automatic processes used within the Advanced Manufacturing industry sector. Our local advisory committee has stressed the need for employees with these skill sets.
1. Hire full time instructor
2. Using industry driven feeback to review, improve, and finalize curricullum for both certificates and A.S. degree
3. Procure funds to purchase industry utilized equipment to properly set up the new welding and manufacturing facility, and replace aging equipment.
4. Procure funds for a consistent, reliable and realistic supply budget that properly supports student learning outcomes of the program
Strategy 1 - Funding for set up of new facility
Budget for incidentals that occur in construction and set up of the new facility
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Any construction project has unforeseen incidental costs associated with it. It is almost a guarantee that the new Welding and Advanced Manufacturing facility will be no different. There will undoubtedly be items that are not written into the contract that the project funding will not cover. These costs are not known at this time, but almost guaranteed to occur somewhere in the process.
Strategy 2 - Develop an Advanced Manufacturing program
Release time and stipends to develop curricullum for advanced manufacturing through stipends and release time.
Release time and stipends are necessary in order to properly develop this comprehensive curriculum.
Strategy 3 - Professional Devlelopment
Industry training on Advanced Manufacturing CNC equipment for instructors teaching this program.
There have been a number of new pieces of equipment that have been purchased for this program. Instructors who are teaching in this program will need the opportunity to get the necessary industry training required to run this CNC equipment to its full potential.
Strategy 4 - Institutionalize a supply budget
Supply budget for consumables are necessary for this program
There will be a significant hands on practical lab assessments within this program. These projects will require a significant amount of consumables to properly prepare students for the work within Advanced Manufacturing. There needs to be an adequate amount of funding for supplies in order for this program to be successful.
Strategy 5 - Department Chair
Department Chair having 75% release time.
The current chair is responsible for not only Welding but Advanced Manufacturing as well.The future increase of students in the welding program will create two separate cohorts of students. It would benefit both students and welding faculty to have a chair that can support both cohorts. This position is vital to help manage the purchasing of supplies, events, recruitment, student outreach, industry outreach, etc. This position could also work very closely to help coordinate with all pre-requisite, and capstone course instructors to help improve student success throughout the welding program. Over the next couple years there will be a significant increase in non-tenured faculty, part time faculty as well as the planning and adjustment into a new facility to try and coordinate. That is why the department feels that the release time for this position needs to be increased to 75%.
Strategy 6 - Advanced Manufacturing Instructor
Hire a full time instructor for the Advanced Manufacturing program.
Industry adopted curicullum still needs to be fully completed. A network of diversified industry partners need to be established. The program will have industry internships, and projects that mirror those in industry. In order for this program to be successful it will need to have full time leadership. The availability of skilled part time instructors who can work during the hours between 7 A.M. -5 P.M. is extremely limited. Finding part time instructors willing to teach courses between 5 P.M. and 10 P.M. is usually difficult to find in Career and Technical programs. In order to get the best pool of applicants available the Department would like to request that this be a tenure track position.
Strategy 7 - Power sources for new welding facility
Purchase welding power sources for new facility
Power sources used within the Advanced Manufacturing program would also be used within the welding program. There is a number of outdated power sources in our current facilty. These welders do not even have the capability to run off of the 460V power supplied in the new facility, so it is not practical to bring them over to the new shop. The Welding department will also be adding 34 additional welding booths that will need to be properly outfitted with a AC/DC GTAW welder, and a Multi-process welder. The Advanced Manufacturing pathway will also be needing to purchase additional GMAW machines capable of pulse spray transfer. These power sources are much more energy efficient than the outdated power sources currently being used.
Strategy 8 - Welding and Advanced Manufacturing equipment
Completely outfit the new Welding and Advanced Manufacturing facility with state of the art equipment.
The new facility will have a whole section dedicated to fabrication and advanced manufacturing equipment. A good portion of the industrial equipment the Welding department is currently using was manufactured over forty years ago. The tolerances this equipment is capable of makes teaching modern fabrication skills very difficult. This equipment needs to be updated to the CNC equipment that is found in industry. Students need to have the opportunity to learn proper set up and operation of the equipment that is currently being used in industry.
Strategy 9 - Two Lab Techs
Two full time lab tech assigned to the Welding and Advanced Department to make sure that the equipment is fully operational for students, help lab instructor setup equipment for demonstrations, help students when needed, and help with daily operations of the welding and manufacturing department.
The construction of a new Welding and Advanced Manufacturing facility (and the increased number of students within both programs) will increase the amount of equipment being used. The workload for repairing and maintaining this equipment will significantly increase as more course sections are added, and students are served. The proposed location for the new welding facility is much further away from service techs when equipment issues arise. A full time Tech assigned to Welding and one full time tech assigned to Advanced Manufacturing would help ensure equipment was being properly maintained and repaired in a timely fashion.
1. Provides direct assistance to instructors and new, continuing or prospective students.
2. Performs general clerical duties as necessary, including but not limited to typing, copying, collating, filing class materials; records test grades and other documents; answers telephone, etc.
3. Supervises the student labor force in the instructional area. Supervisory duties include assigning and reviewing work, instructing, coordinating activities, allocating personnel, selecting new employees and recommending employee disciplinary action. Ensures compliance with all applicable safety rules and precautions.
4. Installs, maintains and upgrades computer systems and software in the instructional area.
5. Represents Butte College to the public by setting up displays at local fairs and farm shows, conducting facility tours, hosting professional functions, etc.
6. Remains available by radio at all times to respond to emergency and hazardous situations.
7. Receives and responds to inquiries and requests for technical assistance from students, staff and the general public.
8. Supports instruction in the assigned areas by preparing lab materials and equipment; prepares for and cleans up after laboratory sessions; performs laboratory functions.
9. Organizes, maintains and stocks all inventory, including materials, supplies and equipment; researches prices and vendors for various materials, supplies and equipment.
10. Organizes and distributes supplies and materials to students; replenishes supplies and materials and maintains all forms, manuals and handouts.
11. Dependent upon assignment, understands the operating principles of discipline specific equipment; maintains and performs minor repairs on discipline specific equipment including, but not limited to, CNC equipment, press brakes, drill press, shears, saw, filtration systems, air compressors, welders, oxy-fuel cutting and welding equipment, shielding and cutting gas lines and regulators, powder coating system, sand blasters, and hand and power tools.
12. Organizes and reorganizes assigned lab space to maximize space and safety as needed; maintains and organizes facilities and storage spaces.
13. Maintains accurate records, manually and on a computer; creates databases for recordkeeping purposes and to run accurate reports; maintains bulletin boards with required information, including safety guidelines; adheres to all departmental policies and procedures to ensure maintenance, lab hours and supplies are sufficient to meet student and instructor demands.
14. May pick up and deliver supplies and parts to off-campus locations.
15. Attends staff meetings; may serve on a variety of District committees as requested.
16. Advises and assists in redesigning and integrating media technologies into traditional course content and in translating new or existing course content into distributable formats.
17. Provides technical assistance to faculty and staff in the use and maintenance of instructional web pages, multimedia modules, video instructional packages, and other instructional media. Maintains department web page and community access schedule.
18. Provides related support services to include locating required instructional resources, troubleshoots and resolves related technology and system access problems, delivers media equipment, sets up WebCT accounts, and other related distance education support as needed.
19. Supports Health Occupations instructional laboratories by preparing lab materials and equipment. Prepares for and cleans up after laboratory sessions and may set up mechanical and electrical medical apparatus.
20. Maintains laboratory environment and storage areas in a safe, clean and orderly condition; ensures the safe and proper handling and disposal of hazardous chemicals and materials; follows federal, state and District requirements; maintains instructional areas and lab(s) in a safe, clean and orderly manner.
21. Maintains and updates technical skills in order to design, create and modify computer methods to include, but not limited to, word processing, design and layout for publications, CAD programs, database development and maintenance and creating and maintaining charts and spreadsheets.
22. Utilizes a variety of computer software to provide assistance with clerical functions in support of the Welding Technology programs. Functions may include, but are not limited to, researching, compiling, recording and retrieving data; tracking and maintaining program participant records and trainings and verifying data for accuracy and completeness, determining compliance with established policies and procedures, etc.
23. Attends staff meetings; may serve on a variety of District committees as requested.
24. May perform other duties as assigned.
Strategy 10 - Return current support staff to 100%
Return both of the Ag mechanics to a 40 hour a week full time position to help support Welding Agriculture, and Automotive.
Around ten years ago a large portion of the support staff (secretaries, mechanics, lab techs etc.) were reduced to less than full time employees due to budget cuts. A majority of these positions have been returned to full time status, but the Ag mechanics have not. Last year one of the Ag Mechanics retired, and that position has yet to be replaced. This has left the remaining two with the responsibility of covering Automotive Technology, Heavy Equipment, Agriculture, and Welding. All of these programs are expanding, and other programs such as HVAC, Construction, and Advanced Manufacturing are being added. This has resulted in an incredible amount of work for these employees, and it is not realistic for them to adequately support these programs without a full time schedule.
Strategy 11 - Administrative Secretary
Hire a full time administrative secretary for Welding and Advanced Manufacturing
There are numerous CTE programs that are expanding, and new ones on the horizon. Currently our Dept. secretary does not have enough bandwidth to cover the existing programs in our area. New programs are currently being added (Construction, HVAC, Advanced Manufacturing). These programs will take additional support especially in the beginning. The welding program will be expanding numbers. This individual is critical in managing the waitlist for welding (this will need to be done now twice a year) as well as assisting with recruitment events such as ARC EXPOSURE.
Strategy 12 - Mechanic or Technician for Industrial Technology area
Hire a mechanic or additional technician to replace the retirement of an Ag Mechanic in the spring of 2018
Last year one of the Ag Mechanics retired, and that position has yet to be replaced. This has left the remaining two with the responsibility of covering Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Agriculture, and Welding. All of these programs are expanding, and other programs such as HVAC, Construction, and Advanced Manufacturing are being added. This has resulted in an incredible amount of work for the remaining employees. The remaining mechanics have worked very hard to adequately support the programs they support, but there are not enough hours in the day to keep the aging equipment in these programs up and going without additional support.
Strategy 13 - Solidworks Licenses
Purchasing of stand-alone Solidworks software that is capable of being used both on campus and off campus
The Advanced Manufacturing program will require current versions of Solidworks software. Virtually all of the industry that is currently utilizing CNC equipment will be using software such as Solidworks or a comparable program to design, and engineer their products. Students will need to be proficient with this software in order to be prepared to enter the industry. The products are designed in Solidworks, then exported to other CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) software to complete the manufacturing cycle.
Strategy 14 - Computer hardware
Purchase computer hardware capable of running current Computer Aided Design, and Computer Aided Manufacturing software
Purchasing of computers that meet the minimum requirements of most CAD and 3D modeling programs such as Solidworks is essential for the Advanced Manufacturing Program. With the high tech automation industry most parts, projects, and products are developed in a CAD drafting program or 3D modeling program. The program will require portable units capable of running the minimum requirements for these programs which are: A CPU capable of 3.30GHz, 16GB of RAM, 24GB recommended, a dedicated NVIDIA graphics processing unit with 2 GB minimum memory, 4GB recommended, it is also recommended that this runs off of a solid state drive (SSD) versus a standard hard drive.
There are none at this time.
Current revenue streams come from district operational welding budget, donations, Prop 39, Career Pathways Trust Grant, and Perkins funding for supply budget because of expansion, curriculum modifications and rising costs of welding supplies and consumables.
The department also relies heavily upon donations from our industry partners and community members.
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
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| 1 | Advanced Manufacturing | Equipment | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 56610 | $3,170,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Completely outfit the new Welding and Advanced Manufacturing facility with state of the art equipment. | The new facility will have a whole section dedicated to fabrication and advanced manufacturing equipment. A good portion of the industrial equipment the Welding department is currently using was manufactured over forty years ago. The tolerances this equipment is capable of makes teaching modern fabrication skills very difficult. This equipment needs to be updated to the CNC equipment that is found in industry. Students need to have the opportunity to learn proper set up and operation of the equipment that is currently being used in industry. |
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| 2 | Advanced Manufacturing | Operating Expenses | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 51000/5430 | $0.00 | $50,000.00 |
| Supply budget for consumables are necessary for this program | There will be a significant hands on practical lab assessments within this program. These projects will require a significant amount of consumables to properly prepare students for the work within Advanced Manufacturing. There needs to be an adequate amount of funding for supplies in order for this program to be successful. |
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| 3 | Advanced Manufacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $0.00 | $75,000.00 |
| Administrative Secretary | There are numerous CTE programs that are expanding, and new ones on the horizon. Currently our Dept. secretary does not have enough bandwidth to cover the existing programs in our area. New programs are currently being added (Construction, HVAC, Advanced Manufacturing). These programs will take additional support especially in the beginning. The welding program will be expanding numbers. This individual is critical in managing the waitlist for welding (this will need to be done now twice a year) as well as assisting with recruitment events such as ARC EXPOSURE. |
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| 4 | Advanced Manuacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $0.00 | $85,000.00 |
| Hiring of a second full time lab tech assigned to the Welding and Advanced Department to make sure that the equipment is fully operational for students, help lab instructor setup equipment for demonstrations, help students when needed, and help with daily operations of the welding and manufacturing department. | The construction of a new Welding and Advanced Manufacturing facility (and the increased number of students within both programs) will increase the amount of equipment being used. The workload for repairing and maintaining this equipment will significantly increase as more course sections are added, and students are served. The proposed location for the new welding facility is much further away from service techs when equipment issues arise. A full time Tech assigned to Welding and one full time tech assigned to Advanced Manufacturing would help ensure equipment was being properly maintained and repaired in a timely fashion. 1. Provides direct assistance to instructors and new, continuing or prospective students. 2. Performs general clerical duties as necessary, including but not limited to typing, copying, collating, filing class materials; records test grades and other documents; answers telephone, etc. 3. Supervises the student labor force in the instructional area. Supervisory duties include assigning and reviewing work, instructing, coordinating activities, allocating personnel, selecting new employees and recommending employee disciplinary action. Ensures compliance with all applicable safety rules and precautions. 4. Installs, maintains and upgrades computer systems and software in the instructional area. 5. Represents Butte College to the public by setting up displays at local fairs and farm shows, conducting facility tours, hosting professional functions, etc. 6. Remains available by radio at all times to respond to emergency and hazardous situations. 7. Receives and responds to inquiries and requests for technical assistance from students, staff and the general public. 8. Supports instruction in the assigned areas by preparing lab materials and equipment; prepares for and cleans up after laboratory sessions; performs laboratory functions. 9. Organizes, maintains and stocks all inventory, including materials, supplies and equipment; researches prices and vendors for various materials, supplies and equipment. 10. Organizes and distributes supplies and materials to students; replenishes supplies and materials and maintains all forms, manuals and handouts. 11. Dependent upon assignment, understands the operating principles of discipline specific equipment; maintains and performs minor repairs on discipline specific equipment including, but not limited to, CNC equipment, press brakes, drill press, shears, saw, filtration systems, air compressors, welders, oxy-fuel cutting and welding equipment, shielding and cutting gas lines and regulators, powder coating system, sand blasters, and hand and power tools. 12. Organizes and reorganizes assigned lab space to maximize space and safety as needed; maintains and organizes facilities and storage spaces. 13. Maintains accurate records, manually and on a computer; creates databases for recordkeeping purposes and to run accurate reports; maintains bulletin boards with required information, including safety guidelines; adheres to all departmental policies and procedures to ensure maintenance, lab hours and supplies are sufficient to meet student and instructor demands. 14. May pick up and deliver supplies and parts to off-campus locations. 15. Attends staff meetings; may serve on a variety of District committees as requested. 16. Advises and assists in redesigning and integrating media technologies into traditional course content and in translating new or existing course content into distributable formats. 17. Provides technical assistance to faculty and staff in the use and maintenance of instructional web pages, multimedia modules, video instructional packages, and other instructional media. Maintains department web page and community access schedule. 18. Provides related support services to include locating required instructional resources, troubleshoots and resolves related technology and system access problems, delivers media equipment, sets up WebCT a |
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| 5 | Advanced Manufacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $0.00 | $114,000.00 |
| Hire a full time instructor for the Advanced Manufacturing program. | Industry adopted curriculum still needs to be fully completed. A network of diversified industry partners need to be established. The program will have industry internships, and projects that mirror those in industry. In order for this program to be successful it will need to have full time leadership. The availability of skilled part time instructors who can work during the hours between 7 A.M. -5 P.M. is extremely limited. Finding part time instructors willing to teach courses between 5 P.M. and 10 P.M. is usually difficult to find in Career and Technical programs. In order to get the best pool of applicants available the Department would like to request that this be a tenure track position. |
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| 6 | Advanced Manufacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $15,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Industry training on Advanced Manufacturing equipment for instructors teaching this program. | There have been a number of new pieces of equipment that have been purchased for this program. Instructors who are teaching in this program will need the opportunity to get the necessary industry training required to run this CNC equipment to its full potential. Factory training's, or industry endorsed courses are available to help increase instructors skills and abilities. Instructor would also potentially be able to get NCCER or equivalent training |
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| 7 | Advanced Manufacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $0.00 | $35,000.00 |
| Return current support staff to 100% | Around ten years ago a large portion of the support staff (secretaries, mechanics, lab techs etc.) were reduced to less than full time employees due to budget cuts. A majority of these positions have been returned to full time status, but the Ag mechanics have not. Last year one of the Ag Mechanics retired, and that position has yet to be replaced. This has left the remaining two with the responsibility of covering Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Agriculture, and Welding. All of these programs are expanding, and other programs such as HVAC, Construction, and Advanced Manufacturing are being added. This has resulted in an incredible amount of work for these employees, and it is not realistic for them to adequately support these programs without a full time schedule. |
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| 8 | Advanced Manufacturing | Equipment | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 56610 | $980,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Purchase welding power sources for new facility | Power sources used within the Advanced Manufacturing program would also be used within the welding program. There is a number of outdated power sources in our current facility. These welders do not even have the capability to run off of the 460V power supplied in the new facility, so it is not practical to bring them over to the new shop. The Welding department will also be adding 34 additional welding booths that will need to be properly outfitted with a AC/DC GTAW welder, and a Multi-process welder. The Advanced Manufacturing pathway will also be needing to purchase additional GMAW machines capable of pulse spray transfer. These power sources are much more energy efficient than the outdated power sources currently being used. |
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| 9 | Advanced Manufacturing | Equipment | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 56610 | $150,000.00 | $0.00 |
| funding for construction incidentals | Any construction project has unforeseen incidental costs associated with it. It is almost a guarantee that the new Welding and Advanced Manufacturing facility will be no different. There will undoubtedly be items that are not written into the contract that the project funding will not cover. These costs are not known at this time, but almost guaranteed to occur somewhere in the process. |
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| 10 | Advanced Manufacturing | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $0.00 | $85,000.00 | |
| Hire a mechanic or additional technician in the industrial technology area | Last year one of the Ag Mechanics retired, and that position has yet to be replaced. This has left the remaining two with the responsibility of covering Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Agriculture, and Welding. All of these programs are expanding, and other programs such as HVAC, Construction, and Advanced Manufacturing are being added. This has resulted in an incredible amount of work for the remaining employees. The remaining mechanics have worked very hard to adequately support the programs they support, but there are not enough hours in the day to keep the aging equipment in these programs up and going without additional support. |
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| 11 | Advanced Manufacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 5200 | $0.00 | $80,000.00 |
| Department Chair having 75% release time. | The current chair is responsible for not only Welding but Advanced Manufacturing as well.The future increase of students in the welding program will create two separate cohorts of students. It would benefit both students and welding faculty to have a chair that can support both cohorts. This position is vital to help manage the purchasing of supplies, events, recruitment, student outreach, industry outreach, etc. This position could also work very closely to help coordinate with all pre-requisite, and capstone course instructors to help improve student success throughout the welding program. Over the next couple years there will be a significant increase in non-tenured faculty, part time faculty as well as the planning and adjustment into a new facility to try and coordinate. That is why the department feels that the release time for this position needs to be increased to 75%. |
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| 12 | Advanced Manufacturing | Personnel | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 51000/5110 | $80,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Use Stipends and release time to improve upon the existing comprehensive, interdisciplinary, fabrication program to fit the needs of local and state manufacturing companies. | Release time and stipends are necessary in order to properly develop this comprehensive curriculum. |
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| 13 | Advanced Manufacturing | Equipment | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 56610 | $8,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Solidworks license | The Advanced Manufacturing program will require current versions of Solidworks software. Virtually all of the industry that is currently utilizing CNC equipment will be using software such as Solidworks or a comparable program to design, and engineer their products. Students will need to be proficient with this software in order to be prepared to enter the industry. The products are designed in Solidworks, then exported to other CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) software to complete the manufacturing cycle. |
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| 14 | Advanced Manufacturing | Equipment | 11.000.515.1.095650 | 56610 | $60,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Purchase computers capable of running CAD, and CAM software | Purchasing of computers that meet the minimum requirements of most CAD and 3D modeling programs such as Solidworks is essential for the Advanced Manufacturing Program. With the high tech automation industry most parts, projects, and products are developed in a CAD drafting program or 3D modeling program. The program will require portable units capable of running the minimum requirements for these programs which are: A CPU capable of 3.30GHz, 16GB of RAM, 24GB recommended, a dedicated NVIDIA graphics processing unit with 2 GB minimum memory, 4GB recommended, it is also recommended that this runs off of a solid state drive (SSD) versus a standard hard drive. |
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