MECH533 COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD)
| Course Code: | 3650533 |
| 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: | Masters |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Review on engineering design process, Review on stress, strain, fatigue, failure theories, CAD Software, Review on solid model creation, Stress Analysis tool of Inventor, Autodesk Inventor Nastran, Eco Materials Advisor tool of Inventor-sustainable design, Static stress analysis, Thermal analysis, Thermal stress analysis in Fusion 360 environment, Shaft design in Inventor, Welded joint design in Inventor, Removable fastener design in Inventor, Pulley-belt mechanism design in Inventor, Gear design in Inventor, Introduction to CAM.
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.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
- Learn the fundamentals of Computer-Aided Design
- Perform stress-strain analysis using the classical stress analysis tool of Inventor
- Perform stress-strain analysis using Inventor NASTRAN
- Perform stress-strain analysis using the tools of Autodesk- Fusion
- Perform thermal stress analysis in Fusion and Inventor Nastran environments
- Design common machine elements in Inventor environment
- Design structures using the tools of Inventor
- Design permanent and removable fasteners in Inventor environment
- Use sustainable design tool of Inventor
- Perform modal analysis and determine resonance frequencies of objects