Course overview: material properties, standards, stiffness & strain, joint diagrams & loading planes, assembly methods, lubrication & tightening patterns, joint calculations, failure prevention, and selecting preload for existing joints.

Course overview: evaluate a part design for manufacturability, identify the sequence of the L-PBF process and the risks of a build job, classify functional support structure, and differentiate the L-PBF process chain from conventional manufacturing process chains  

Overview of Y14.5-2018 GD&T: fundamental rules and dimensioning practices, symbology, datum reference frames, form, orientation, position, profile, and runout.