Innovative Approach for Teaching Graphical Engineering Focused on CAD/CAM/CAE Systems

Abstract:

A new approach of the teaching of the subject Graphical engineering is developed at the Engineering School of the University of Salamanca, focusing the contents on the use of the CAD/CAM/CAE systems as useful tools for applying engineering problems related with the mechanical engineering instead of describing diverse software options. Thus, the contents of the subject are divided into two blocks, one devoted to the analysis of the results of simulation of movement of diverse mechanisms and the second devoted to the analysis of diverse cases of loading structural components by means of FEA module, both available in the Autodesk Inventor Pro suite which can be downloaded free by the students. This way, students can visualize and realize of the complexity of a design process in engineering.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 572)
• Pages: 311-314
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.311
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Juan Carlos Pérez-Cerdán, Miguel Lorenzo, Alejandro Reveriego, Carmen Blanco
• Keywords: CAD/CAM/CAE, Collaborative Learning, Computer Lab, Finite Element Method (FEM), Graphical Engineering

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