KEITH CHILDRESS

Providing Practical CATIA Design and Training Since 1986

Why Keith Childress?

Keith Childress brings more than four decades of professional design experience to his CATIA instruction. A graduate of the prestigious Philpot School of Automotive Body Design, he has been awarded multiple patents for his designs. Keith began using CATIA in 1986 as a Lead Designer at Saturn Corporation (General Motors), where he also began sharing his knowledge with fellow designers. His expertise also attracted the attention of CATIA Solutions Magazine, which published Keith’s articles in its magazine and sister publications.

Keith was awarded the title “CATIA Certified Professional” by Dassault Systèmes, the developer of CATIA. In 1995, he established his school, “Keith Childress’s Practical CATIA Training.”

During the early years of CATIA V5, IBM was responsible for marketing, sales, and licensing of CATIA. Keith’s reputation as a designer and CATIA instructor, together with the visibility of his original website, PracticalCATIA.com, led IBM to seek his assistance in promoting CATIA V5. IBM supplied promotional materials for the website. Dassault and MSC Software, partly owned by Dassault, also advertised on Keith’s website.

His training business expanded internationally through live online instruction beginning in 2003. Today, Keith combines decades of professional design and teaching experience to provide personalized, one-on-one CATIA instruction tailored to each student’s background, learning pace, and individual needs.

About Practical CATIA Training

Practical CATIA Training is based on Mr. Childress’ 30+ years experience using CATIA in the Design Engineering Profession. With this experience, Mr. Childress personally teaches the practical application of the CATIA software as it is really used in the automotive, aerospace, and consumer product design industries.


Practical CATIA Training covers the following CATIA workbenches:


    • Part Design
    • Sketcher
    • Generative Shape Design (wireframe and surface)
    • Generative Sheetmetal Design
    • Assembly Design
    • Drafting

About Live Online Training

Mr. Childress’ live one-on-one online Practical CATIA Training allows students to learn CATIA from the comfort, convenience, and safety of their own home or office.


Mr. Childress pioneered online CATIA training in the mid-2000s and has been providing live one-on-one CATIA training across the USA and around the world (e.g., South Korea, Australia, Ireland, Germany, China) ever since.


All that’s required is a computer (laptop, desktop, tablet) and a high-speed internet connection (cable, fiber, LTE). Please contact Mr. Childress to schedule a FREE live one-on-one online demo. 

What You Get

  • Live one-on-one basic/advanced CATIA training personally taught by Keith Childress, a designer with more than more than 30 years experience using and teaching CATIA. 
  • FREE 14-part audio/visual tutorial.
  • Payment plan.
  • Discounts
  • Hands-on practice time between training sessions.
  • Flexible training schedule that is tailored to the student’s needs.
  • Certificate of completion.

What People Are Saying

Mr. Childress’ course is the most well respected CATIA training in Detroit. Because Mr. Childress has used the CATIA software in the design and engineering profession for a number of years, he is able to teach the practical application of the CATIA software as it is really used in the industry. Because of the proficiency of Mr. Childress’ trainees, companies have specifically asked me to recruit designs and engineers trained by Mr. Childress. Designers and engineers take Mr. Childress’ course because it is the best CATIA training available, and because Mr. Childress charges less than half what others charge for comparable training. Because of Mr. Childress’ outstanding reputation and affordable prices, I have referred numerous designers and engineers to Mr. Childress for CATIA training.
— Russell Wieland, Technical Recruiting Manager, RLE International

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Pricing

The cost of Mr. Childress’ live one-on-one Practical CATIA Online Training is $1800 (USD).  Mr. Childress offers a payment plan and discounts to the unemployed and to those paying for the training out of their own pockets. As an added bonus, students receive a FREE 14-part video tutorial that is based on the pre-employment proficiency test given to prospective designers/engineers by a major automotive OEM  (see adjacent video excerpt).


Please call or email for current discount pricing and to schedule a FREE live demo. (248) 206-0802 / keith[at]practicalcatia.com

Contact

(248) 206-0802

keith[at]practicalcatia.com