ME533 COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD)
| Course Code: | 5690533 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ULAŞ YAMAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
- Learn the fundamentals of Computer-Aided Design (CAD).
- Evaluate the complexity of the algorithms utilized in CAD software.
- Employ linear programming on CAD related problems.
- Learn 2D & 3D Voronoi diagrams.
- Use topology optimization in various design problems.
- Learn different approaches in robot motion planning.
Course Content
CAD/CAM system hardware and software. Computer graphics basics and theory in 2-D and 3-D. Data-base fundamentals. Numerical analysis as applied to CAD. Introduction to optimization theory and applications of multidimensional optimization algorithms to nonlinear engineering problems with constraints. Discussions on engineering problems solved using the CAD approach. (F)