The Automotive Plastic Product Design (APPD) Training Program by Rahul Sonawane is a comprehensive, industry-focused program designed to prepare engineering graduates and working professionals for careers in automotive product design. Built on real automotive industry experience, the program equips learners with practical design skills, core domain knowledge, and digital tool proficiency required to work as automotive plastic design engineers in OEM and Tier-1 environments.
The training emphasizes real-world design workflows, tooling feasibility, validation practices, and portfolio development, enabling learners to move from basic CAD exposure to production-ready engineering capability. Participants learn to work with the same structured development process used by automotive OEMs, ensuring their skills align with actual industry expectations.
Features
- Industry-driven curriculum
- Real OEM project exposure
- Concept to Tooling approach
- CATIA V5 expert training
- Job-oriented & practical learning
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 13 Lessons
- 90 Hours
- Content13
- 1.1Automotive Interior Overview
- 1.2OEM Design Process
- 1.3Master Section & Package Study
- 1.4Plastic Design Guidelines
- 1.5Draft, Thickness, Ribs, Bosses
- 1.6Locator & Mounting Strategy
- 1.7Heat Stakes, Snap Fits, Screws
- 1.83-2-1 Principle & RPS
- 1.9Assembly & DMU Analysis
- 1.10Manufacturing Processes
- 1.11Tooling Basics & Feasibility
- 1.12Real OEM Case Studies
- 1.13Capstone project
Instructor
Creative-I-Lab delivers structured technical training with an emphasis on concept clarity, hands-on practice, and real-world engineering workflows across modern software and data technologies.
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