Does The Shoe College teach CAD or Auto CAD?
No, The Shoe College specializes in the hands on actual fabrication of shoes and prototypes. We do not teach CAD because students can learn CAD anywhere, whereas actual fabrication and hand-made techniques of construction of quality footwear is not available anywhere else in North America. We emphasize quality hand construction and european methods of fabrication and design which makes sense of CAD, since CAD does not give it’s user any useful information about the materials and constructions of the item drafted. The Shoe College helps because students learn how various materials actually behave, giving the designer greater information that can then be used in conjunction w/ CAD alloweing for better design and more informed choices in raegards to materials and methods of construction.
