Course detail

Design and CAD

FSI-4KC-AAcad. year: 2022/2023

The course introduces the students to the basics of the design methodology in the application on the selected machine unit, i.e. design unit, including task assignment, information collection, variant design, optimal design, component and assembly drawing, list of items and with technical report. Everything with the possibility of using CAD programs and their calculation tools for designing the dimensions of standard machine components.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Milan Klapka, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability of creative thinking within the individually assigned machine design task with the possibility to apply his / her original solution to the problem.
Ability to use design methodology in designing a machine unit, including task assignment, information collection, variant design, optimal design, component and assembly drawing, list of items and with technical report.
Knowledge of CAD support in the field of computational tools for the design dimensions of standard machine components.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the appurtenances of component drawings and assembly units. Knowledge of available CAD system.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through exercises which are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The student has to submit a satisfactory elaborated solution of the design problem. Final classification according to ECTS.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Aim of the course CAD is a synthesis and practical application of knowledge acquired in previous machine design courses to design an engineering unit. Students elaborate a complex project with full support of CAD programs. Graduates will be able to design a simple system design that meets the basic design requirements according to the assignment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is required and controlled. Maximum of two authorized absences without compensation of lesson are tolerated.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CHILDS, P. R. N. Mechanical design engineering handbook. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. ISBN 978-0-08-097759-1. Dostupná z: https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpMDEH0002/mechanical-design-engineering/mechanical-design-engineering (EN)

Recommended reading

GREEN, Paul. The geometrical tolerancing desk reference: creating and interpreting ISO standard technical drawings. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN 07-506-6821-0. (EN)
JENSEN, Cecil Howard, Jay D HELSEL a Dennis R SHORT. Engineering drawing & design. 7th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2008, 1 v. ISBN 978-0-07-352151-0. (EN)

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-STI-A Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme LLE Lifelong learning

    branch CZV , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Housam Mohammad, Ph.D.

Syllabus

- Design methodology fundamentals, algorithm of constructional project solution. Assignment of a constructional project.
- Design accelerator - design of dimensions.
- First calculations, design drawings, consultations.
- Design of tolerances, dimensional chains.
- Control calculations, design drawings, consultations.
- Consultation of draft drawing.
- Drawings of Parts I - consultation.
- Drawings of Parts I - evaluation.
- Assembly drawing, list of items, technical report.
- Component drawings II - tutorial, assembly drawing, list of items, technical report, consultations.
- Assembly drawing, list of items, evaluation, technical report, consultation.
- Technical report, evaluation.
- Submitting, checking the repair and completeness of the design task. Graded course-unit credit.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course