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T1 CAD learning in mechanical engineering at universities
A1 Ramos Barbero, Basilio
A1 Melgosa Pedrosa, Carlos
K1 CAD contents
K1 CAD learning
K1 CAD methodology
K1 CAD curriculum
K1 Enseñanza superior
K1 Education, Higher
AB In this study, we attempt to compile all the CAD-related concepts, contents and working methods that students of mechanical engineering should learn at universities. To do so, we first study the background to CAD-related methodologies. In second place, we compile the results of surveys administered over the past three years to our students of CAD studying mechanical engineering at our university. In third place, different publications in the literature relating to the need for CAD in industry are studied to understand the sort of CAD training that is needed in industry. In fourth place, an exploratory analysis is performed of the CAD-related contents taught at the 50 universities that top the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranking. In fifth place, a survey of possible CAD-related contents is administered to teachers, instructors, and experts in CAD from those 50 leading universities in the QS ranking. The basic pillars of modeling in 3D are: methodologies of modeling, solid modeling, assemblies, and the design of technical drawings. The use of 3D printers in CAD learning means that thinking, designing, and manufacturing any object is easy at university. Knowledge of top-down/bottom-up/in-context methodologies has to be widened both for industry and for students. Design intent must be introduced in CAD from the very beginning so that all the models are flexible and robust. The students expressed a preference to learn the concepts through a set of good practice exercises and to be evaluated by completing a final course assignment of their choice.
PB CAD Solutions
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5459
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5459
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 23-nov-2024