This course provides fundamental skills of parametric design and working drawing representation with modeling software. The main purpose of this course is not modeling skill and the mainly focus is new design concept and representation technique including rendering and formal working drawing made with modeling software.

The main contents of parametric and feature-based solid modeling are as follow:

Introduction to the concept of parametric design, basic features such as extrude, rotate, sweep and lofts. Situations when a working (sketch) plan is necessary and the methods of building a working plan. Constrains and sketching technique. Supplementary features such as rib, holes, thread, chamfer, fillets and so on.

As a new tool for design and representation, parametric modeling software provide powerful function of parameter transfer which makes match design in assembly easier and drawing views by orthographic projection unnecessary. The main contents of part design and representation as follow:

Assembly construction and part modeling under assembly environment; Formal engineering drawing of parts; modify the representation of standard parts such as gears, spring, gears which software can’t simplified as defined in GB or ISO standard; the function and application of representation such as section view, auxiliary view, half section view, broken out section view and so on; besides working drawing, rendering part and assembly is also an effective way of representation.

  All these skills are given by a series elaborately designed examples which cover most often used representation technique and commands or functions of the of software. And in the lecturing, we do not focus on how to use the software but on how to learn using the software to meet our needs. Thus, makes this course is given with a specific software but not limited to it.

 At last a project design is given to exercise the ability of mechanical design and representation through. It is a full application and examination of this course and it’s prerequisite-engineering drawing fundamental.

After taken this course, students can:

Have the basic concept of parametric design.

Be familiar with procedures of solids modeling and features function of INVENTOR or other software he used.

Be expert in engineering drawing representation using modeling software, knowing how to adapt corresponding method such as conventions, auxiliary views and section views according the characteristic of the part or assembly to be described.

Be expert in revise the representation and simplify then automatic outcome of the software does not meet the drawing standard.

Demonstrate a strong ability of mechanical design and making formal standard working drawing with modeling software.

Prerequisites：Engineering Drawing Fundamental

Just the materials given in this course and the help of the software is enough.

Q :  

Do I have to use inventor to learn this course?

A :  

We do not focus on how to use the software but on how to learn using the software to meet our needs. Thus, makes this course is given with a specific software but not limited to it. Yes, you can use other modeling software to learn this course, and we do had students using other software and did good job in our class.