Learn Python by Building Engineering Tools

Been kicking around the idea of learning Python? Let’s make a start!

We’re about to head into October, which (where I am at least), means the days are getting shorter. So it's a good time to tackle a new project. If you’ve been kicking around the idea of learning Python, now is a great time to start. So, to give you the push to get started, I’m putting my most popular course bundle on sale for the whole week.

You can get my Complete Finite Element Analysis Course Bundle for 50% off, until Friday - that’s 5 full courses, a complete roadmap for getting started with engineering Python, for $147.

Since that’s 50% off the bundle price, that’s actually over 60% of the cost of buying the courses individually!

This is my complete roadmap for getting comfortable with Python. The trick to actually learning Python and making it stick is context! That’s why we focus on building structural analysis tools in these courses - you learn Python by building something interesting!

The course bundle contains over 300 lectures spread over the following 5 courses:

1. The Direct Stiffness Method for Truss Analysis with Python

This course will help you find your feet and get up and running with your own development environment. From here, we’ll start getting comfortable with programming basics by building a 2D truss analysis tool.

2. Beam and Frame Analysis using the Direct Stiffness Method in Python

A 2D truss solver is a great starting point, but the next logical step is to expand it to include beam elements - this is our focus in course 2. You’ll get plenty more exposure to programming fundamentals here.

3. 3D Space Frame Analysis using Python and Blender

Now that we’ve mastered 2D structures, we make the jump to 3D and introduce another open source tool - the 3D modelling software, Blender. We’ll build a 3D spaceframe analysis tool and use Python to bridge between our 3D model in Blender and our Jupyter Notebook.

4. Finite Element Analysis of 3D Structures using Python

So, we’ve made the leap to 3D, introduced Blender and can use Python to pipe data between our 3D model and analysis code. Next, we expand our solver capabilities by building a full general 3D frame solver. At this stage in the roadmap, working with Python will be second-nature…you can code!

5. Finite Element Analysis of Continuum Structures in Python

Now that you’ve basically learned Python, you can start to take on more challenging programming projects. Next up, we leave the direct stiffness method to one side and build a full isoparametric finite element code. By the time you’ve finished this course, you’ll be so comfortable with Python that on any future projects, you can dedicate all of your brainpower to the engineering involved, because the Python side of things will be ingrained!

A step-by-step approach

Each course extends the level of analysis complexity by building on what was covered in the previous course. So, if you complete the courses in order, you’ll never feel too far outside your comfort zone!

If you’re an engineer who wants to learn how to use Python to solve engineering problems, you won’t find a better package of learning resources!

By the time you complete this course bundle, you should find yourself naturally reaching for your code editor any time you have a new analysis to complete.

So, let’s put those dark evenings to good use and learn Python, refresh some engineering theory and build some useful analysis tools along the way!