Topic 1: Introduction to CAD and preparation of the working environment The importance of computer aided design, basic terms of CAD, CAE and CAM and areas of use in technical design and construction. Hardware requirements, installation, activation and basic settings of the working environment.
Topic 2: Basic control and working with the model Orientation in the user environment, creating a new project, working with files, coordinate systems, displaying, rotating, moving and zooming the model. Creating simple basic tasks.
Topic 3: Basic design procedures and working with dimensions Choosing the appropriate procedure for creating a model, working with units, scale, basic dimensions and accuracy. Preparing simple design tasks and converting them into a 3D model.
Topic 4: Creating 2D sketches
Basic geometric elements of a sketch, lines, circles, arcs and rectangles.
Geometric constraints, dimensional constraints, dimensioning and complete specification of a sketch.
Topic 5: Extrusion and Basic Solid Creation Creating solids by extruding a closed profile. Adding and removing material, choosing the direction and length of the extrusion, and creating simple machine parts.
Topic 6: Rotation and Creating Rotating Parts Creating solids by rotating a profile around an axis. Adding and removing material by rotating and modeling basic rotating parts.
Topic 7: Model Editing and Detailing
Creating holes, threads, fillets, chamfers, shells, and bevels. Editing existing features and using basic design features in modeling machine parts.
Topic 8: Repeating and Symmetry of Features
Mirroring geometry, rectangular and circular arrays, copying features, and using repeating design features. Efficiently creating symmetrical and repeating shapes.
Topic 9: Work Geometry and Advanced Modeling Operations Creating work planes, axes, and points. Modeling by dragging a profile along a trajectory, transitioning between profiles and combining multiple volume elements.
Topic 10: Checking and editing the created model Checking the continuity of shapes, correctness of dimensions and basic structural elements. Editing the model according to the specification, correcting errors and preparing the model for further use.
Topic 11: Creating assemblies
Inserting parts into an assembly, assembly constraints, degrees of freedom and determining the mutual position of parts. Checking collisions, basic movement of parts and creating simple structural units.
Topic 12: Drawing documentation and data exchange Creating basic views, sections and details, dimensioning, parts lists and positions of parts. Exporting and importing data, basic exchange formats and preparing the model for production, analysis or presentation.
Topic 13: Visualization, rendering and independent project Assigning materials, setting the model appearance, basic visualization and creating a simple render. Processing of an independent project focused on the design of a selected component or structural unit, creation of a 3D model, possible assemblies, drawing documentation and final presentation of the proposed solution.