Design

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to illustrate the operating logic of the cad engine to acquire skills in assisted technical drawing, making use of the main design software.

Course content

COURSE PROGRAM

• Introduction. The philosophy and the basic concepts, the cad engine, scale, units of measure, etc.
• The working environment
• Toolbars and their uses
• The use of the keyboard
• Context menus
• Right mouse functionality
• Create a new worksheet
• Opening drawings in DWG format
• Precision drawing
• The units of measure
• The scale drawing
• SNAP, Ortho and Polar command
• Draw two-dimensional objects (lines, rays, circles, axes, splines, polylines, …)
• Parametric design
• Properties of graphic objects
• Layers, transparency and lineweights
• Selection and modification operations
• The copy, move, array and mirror commands
• Object formatting: rotation, scaling
• Text management in the workplace
• Query tools (volume calculation, mass properties calculation, distance calculation, …)
• Dimension (linear dimensions, angular dimensions, quick dimension, symbols, …)
• Import and manage images from other programs
• File export.
• Printing area and layout
• Scale setting
• Print styles
• Creation of layouts

Teaching methods:
The lessons will be supported by continuous practical exercises and classroom simulations