Mechanical CAD Course

What One can Learn From Mechanical CAD Course ?

  • Product Design and development.
  • Reverse engineering of machines and products.
  • FEA service to find the strength of product.
  • Drafting and detailing of drawings like layouts,P & I drawings,isometric drawings etc.
  • Preparing of 3D model for perspective view,machine animations and walk-trough.
  • Designing and outsourcing of Dies,moulds,press tools,jigs and fixtures.
  • Designing and making of machines and replacements of parts.
  • Complete industrial setup with process cycle,product trials and first product inspection.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE: CATIA

INTRODUCTION

  • Introduction to CATIA.
  • Introduction to catia startup dialog box.
  • Introduction to tool bars ,pull down menu
  • PART DESIGN
  • 2d sketching and editing.
  • Constraining.
  • Sketch based features:-Pad Pocket, Shaft, Grove, Loft, Slot, Stiffener, Rib, Multi pad, Drafted Filleted pad Pocket.
  • Dress up features:-Edge fillet, Variable fillet, triatangent fillet, chamfer, draft, shell thickness.
  • Editing:-Parameters, Sketch, delete, definition, planes, hide/show, local update, saving parts.

WIRE FRAME & SURFACE DESIGN

  • Creating Wire Frame Elements, helix.
  • Surfaces: Extrude surfaces, revolved surfaces and spherical surfaces, swept surfaces, fill surfaces, loft surfaces blend surfaces.
  • Operations: offset, editing and modifying surfaces ,projection curves, intersection curves, trim/un trim surface, transformation features ,joining surfaces ,split surface, disassemble, boundary, extract solidify surfaces models extra polate.

SHEET METAL

  • Sheet metal parameters.
  • Bends:  automatic bends, conic bends, blend from flat, flange, swept flange, hem, tear drop, fold, and unfold. 
  • Stamping bridge, louver.
  • Cutout, patterning.
  • Corners ,relief.

Assembly Design

  • Creating assemblies.
  • Defining constraints.
  • Editing assembly.
  • Exploding assembly.
  • Interference detection.

DRAFTING

  • Creating views, projection views, sectional views Auxiliary view & detail views.
  • Modifying Views. 
  • Applying hatch pattern.
  • Drafting setup.
  • Annotation &tables, Surface finish symbols, GD&T symbols adding BOM and Balloons in the drawing.