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With a shop full of advanced machines and curriculum to train students in AutoCAD, SolidWORKS and MasterCAM, Palomar College aims to produce graduates who combine two powerful skill sets: design and machining.<\/p>\n

SAN MARCOS\u00a0\u2014 Inside a tidy, well-lit lab on the northern edge of campus, Dennis Lutz presides over a collection of equipment that would make most machinists blush: two three-axis mills, one five-axis mill, an advanced lathe and a machine for measuring parts and checking tolerances with a high level of precision. In the welding shop, his students also have access to a water-jet cutter and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) plasma cutter.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s next door, in the computer lab, where students learn the most important steps in the process of design and manufacturing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Lutz and his students spend hundreds of hours every semester using software like AutoCAD, SolidWORKS and MasterCAM\u2014applications that allow machinists to draft and design parts, as well as program the finely tuned equipment in the next room.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going from design-conception to building the model, to going into MasterCAM and programming the tool paths,\u201d said Lutz.<\/p>\n

As of fall 2017, Palomar is one of the only places in San Diego County where students can learn on this combination of software applications and advanced equipment. And as of fall 2017, Palomar is offering as associate\u2019s degree in Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD\/CAM).<\/p>\n

Lutz said he aims not to produce machinists, but \u201cpeople who can work in between the drafting and the machining. That\u2019s what my students are going to end up doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evan Levy, who is currently studying CAD\/CAM at Palomar, said that he has a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering, and enrolled here to update his skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful,\u201d Levy said of the program. \u201cI\u2019ll be looking for work as a mechanical engineer or machine designer in June. That\u2019s why I\u2019m here. Palomar\u2019s awesome because I\u2019m in welding, I\u2019m in MasterCAM, I took Advanced SolidWORKS. My skills will be updated by next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with the other trade programs currently offered by Palomar, job prospects are strong for those who graduate from the CAD\/CAM program, said Lutz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of work,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are a lot of small companies around here\u2014I call them the Ma and Pa companies. They\u2019re not going to sub out their PC boards to China; they\u2019re going to make their own, so the more you can do, the better off you\u2019re going to be (in the local job market).<\/p>\n

\u201cToward the end of every semester, I\u2019ll get calls: \u2018Send me your best people, we\u2019re looking for drafters.\u2019 I get five or six of those every semester,\u201d Lutz added. \u201cOne company has hired 15 of my students, and most of them are still working there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a shop full of advanced machines and curriculum to train students in AutoCAD, SolidWORKS and MasterCAM, Palomar College aims to produce graduates who combine two powerful skill sets: design and machining. 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