Course in Computer Aided Design

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology to aid in the design and especially the drafting (technical drawing and engineering drawing) of a part or product, including entire buildings. It is both a visual (or drawing) and symbol-based method of communication whose conventions are particular to a specific technical field.
Drafting can be done in two dimensions ("2D") and three dimensions ("3D"). Drafting is the integral communication of technical or engineering drawings and is the industrial arts sub-discipline that underlies all involved technical endeavors. In representing complex, three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional drawings, these objects have traditionally been represented by three projected views at right angles.
CAD is used in the design of tools and machinery used in the manufacture of components, and in the drafting and design of all types of buildings, from small residential types (houses) to the largest commercial and industrial structures (hospitals and factories).
CAD has become an especially important technology within the scope of computer-aided technologies, with benefits such as lower product development costs and a greatly shortened design cycle. CAD enables designers to develop work on screen, print it out and save it for future editing, saving time on their drawings.

Course Contents
Basic Design in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0
- Introduction to Pro/Engineer Wildfire
- Editing Design Models
- Creating Direct Feature
- Sketching Basic Geometry Features
- Capturing Design Intent with sketcher

Fundamentals of Sheet Metal Design
- Getting Started with Sheet metal Design
- Unbending Sheet metal Parts
- Adding Features to Sheet metal Parts
- Forming Sheet metal Parts
- Bending Sheet metal Parts

Creating Production Drawings
- Introduction to Drawings
- Creating Views in Drawings
- Adding Details to Drawings
- Adding Tolerances
- Adding 2D Draft Geometry and Symbols
- Creating Tables Creating Drawing Formats
- Setting up Drawing Standards
- Documentation and Validating Sheet metal Design

Assembling Components using Constraints and Interfaces
- Managing Models
- Resolving Regeneration Failures
- Sketching Advanced Geometry Features
- Duplicating Design Model Feature
- Enhancing Design Models using Family
Tables,Relations and Parameters
- Analyzing Design Models

Surface Modeling Basics
- Introduction to Surface Modeling
- Surface Modeling using Swept Blends
- Creating Solids Using Quilts