Mechanical Engineering
ME 5240: Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Covers basic aspects of computer graphics and CAD/CAM.
- Topics include hardware and software concepts, generic structure of CAD/CAM software and its modules, and CAD/CAM database structure.
- Also covers the parametric representations of curves, surfaces, solids, and features that are widely used in existing commercial CAD/CAM systems.
- Discusses geometrical transformations, CAD/CAM data exchange formats, prototyping techniques, and PDM.
- Presents applications such as mass properties calculations, assemblies, mechanical tolerancing, simulation, finite element mesh generation, process planning and CAPP, CNC part programming, and Web-based CAD/CAM.
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