Course detail

Technical Documentation

FEKT-BPC-TDEAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course responds to current trends in technical production preparation by deploying CAD, CAE, CAM systems, and PDM data management and management systems.

In addition to theoretical knowledge, these skills are practiced in the SOLIDWORKS system in the area of creating 3D volume models and assemblies with subsequent transfer to the CAE system and understanding the mathematical-physics analysis settings. The purpose is to understand the importance of using CAE systems as mathematical-physics analyses in development and research work.

In the course, students are acquainted with reading and creating drawing documentation to cooperate in the field and outside the field. The technical documentation is presented as both a language of communication and a legal document.

The course includes topics in the field of standardization of technical documentation, principles of research, scientific and professional work, ethics of scientific and professional work, problems of plagiarism, and citations.

The content of the course is to acquire skills in the creation of technical reports, including bachelor's and master's theses, and the related creation of graphs in the Excel system corresponding to the requirements of the given documents.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Maxa, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology (UETE)

Entry knowledge

Highschool knowledge of descriptors.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

30 points for semester work, 70 points for final test
Obligatory participation in teaching.

Aims

The aim in the part "Technical Documentation" is to acquaint students with standardization of documents in electrotechnology, with ways and demands on their processing. The students will learn the basis of usage of CAD systems, MS Word and Excel.
After completing the course, the student is able to:
- to draw up drawings in electrical engineering,
- read the drawing documentation of other fields for cooperation,
- Create simple engineering-type drawing documentation including tolerances of shape, position and surface structure,
- use the basics of SolidWorks - create 3D volume models and assemblies.

- understand the current development in the trend of technical preparation of production by using CAD, CAM, PDM, and CAE systems.

- understand the importance of deploying CAE systems as mathematical–physics analyses in development and research work. 

- Create graphs and outputs for technical reports in Excel.
- orientated in IS FEKT and BUT.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

- (CS)
Drastík, F., Příručka čtení výkresů pro strojírenství, ISBN 978-80-87963-32-6 (CS)
Giesecke, F., a další: Technical Drawing, Prentice Hall, USA (CS)
Lamarcus, C.: Computer-Aided Design: Techniques and Applications. ISBN 9781647253790 (CS)
Procházka, P., Rozsívalová, Z.: Materiály a technická dokumentace, část Technická dokumentace. Elektronické texty VUT, Brno, 2002. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-NCP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-AMT Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's

    specialization AUDB-ZVUK , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    specialization AUDB-TECH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPC-ECT Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-MET Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

12 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Maxa, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Lectures content:
    • Basic principles of technical preparation of production. The method of technical preparation of production before the advent of IT. A significant change that came with the advent of IT types: CAD, CAM, PDM, and ERP systems. The method of using CAE systems in technical preparation, production, development, and scientific work.
    • Principles of research, scientific and professional work, ethics of scientific and professional work, problems of plagiarism. Standardization of technical documents (ISO, EN, IEC, ETS, ČSN). The importance of a standard drawing as a legal document.
    • Standards for writing symbols, texts, mathematical equations, etc. Citation: standards, citation software (Citace PRO, Zotero,..). Introduction to presentation techniques, examples of bad and good presentations.
    • Essentials of a technical report from measurements, creation of tables and graphs. The meaning of drawing documentation as a language tool and a legal document. Methods of depiction on drawing documentation, method E/A.
    • Basics of display, selection of views, tilting of views, sections, cross-sections, auxiliary views, unfolding shapes, etc.
    • Principle of dimensioning, technological dimensioning, functional dimensioning, and reliefs.
    • Dimensional accuracy, non-prescribed limit deviations, dimensional tolerances, tolerance marks, uniform system of tolerances, and ISO fits.
    • Surface structure, surface structure tolerance, geometric accuracy, shape, and position tolerances.
    • Essentials of the production drawing of an individual part (display, dimensioning, and their tolerances, geometric tolerances, surface condition tolerances). Assembly drawing, its meaning, and differences, bill of materials. Electrical assembly drawings.
    • Electrotechnical diagrams – component marks, composite symbols (ČSN IEC 617). Display of joints and constraints. Letter-numeric designation of objects in electrical engineering.
    • Manners and methods of representation on diagrams. Types of electrical diagrams.
    • Basic documentation for printed circuit boards. Terminology, accuracy classes, execution, and essentials of basic documents.
    • Basics of LaTeX.

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Maxa, Ph.D.

Syllabus

    • Excel – Creating tables, editing, using functions, absolute and relative references, graphs creating, graphs editing (graph title, axis labels, legend editing, data series editing, adding a new data series to an existing graph, axes editing, secondary axis adding, trendlines and a substitute mathematical function of a data series).
    • Excel practice examples.
    • Schematics drawing in a vector diagram (Inscape).
    • Schematics drawing in a vector diagram (Inscape) – practice examples.
    • SOLIDWORKS – creation of linear 3D shapes, creation of 3D rotation shapes.
    • SOLIDWORKS – editing the history of model creation, assemblies creation, collisions checking, and overlaps checking with regard to the preparation of the 3D volume model for conversion to ANSYS. A method of preparing a 3D volume model for transfer to the ANSYS system.
    • SOLIDWORKS – derive drawing documentation from a 3D volume model.
    • Mathematical – physics analyses using SOLIDWORKS FlowSimulation and basics of ANSYS system. CAD-CAE systems interconnection.
    • Practice work in the field of mathematical–physics analyses (FlowSimulation, ANSYS).
    • Citation practice (Citace PRO, Zotero…).
    • Basics of drawing documentation.
    • Basics of drawing documentation, details.
    • Basics of drawing documentation, assembly.