ID113 COMPUTERS IN DESIGN

Course Code:1250113
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (2.00 - 2.00)
ECTS Credit:4.0
Department:Industrial Design
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Lecturer BARIŞ YAZICI
Offered Semester:Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

This course provides the fundamentals of digital 3d modelling and introduces different modelling approaches that students learn to apply through tutorials and projects. The overall aim, apart from teaching the tools and discussing different approaches, is to place these tools and approaches within the design process to stress the interaction of these digital means with other elements of design processes.


Course Content

Digital modelling tools for the design, presentation and fabrication of 3D objects. Different modelling approaches; solid and polygonal modelling; NURBS and surface modelling, freeform modelling; parametric modeling tools. Role and integration of digital tools in industrial design processes. Digital modeling considerations and tools for 2D representations, rapid prototyping, fabrication.


Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

  • individually manage computer design processes
  • make design considerations based on 3d modelling techniques and approaches
  • define modelling strategies for product design
  • distinguish and apply different modelling techniques
  • model multiple part assemblies
  • 3d model towards fabrication and physical prototyping

Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1Creative problem defining and solving.
2Planning and managing the design process.
3Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).
4Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.
5Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.
6Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.
7Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.
8Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.
9Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.
10Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.
11Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.
12Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.
13Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.
14Ability in working within teams.
15Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.

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