Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. take active role in product design and development process as well as prototyping; 2. model 3D part and assemblies using solidworks programme; 3. analyze the part design using one of the computational methods (e.g. stress analysis); and 4. demonstrate understanding of the concepts of computer-aided manufacturing and a number of applied associated processes.

Computer aided manufacturing: operation and sequence, planning, machine definition, NC sequences and post processing. Finite element analysis: mesh types, constraints, loads, processing and interpretation of results. Data transfer. Manufacturing techniques. Maximum metal conditions, limits, and fits – MMC, BC 308 conventions, assembly drawings and parts list. Computer aided design: production drawings created from 2D and 3D CAD systems covering solid and surface modelling, mass properties, finite element analysis, rapid prototyping and computer aided manufacturing software.