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Computer-Aided Design of Aerospace Components Tools and Implementation

By Louis Rivest, Professor

Department of Automated Production Engineering École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec 1100 Notre-Dame West, Montreal, Canada, H3C 1K3 louis.rivest@etsmtl.ca, Phone: 514-396-8984, Fax: 514-396-8595

Introduction

After five years spent at selecting, specifying and implementing digital design tools for a large civil aircraft manufacturer, the author became an engineering professor three years ago. One of the author’s first teaching assignments was a course entitled Computer-Aided Design of Aerospace Components. The content of this advanced CAD course draws on the practical experience gained while making digital design tools part of a business strategy to improve design productivity. The course thus aims at making engineering students understand both the tools and how to make them improve the design process. This paper presents the course original structure and content as well as some decisions made while defining it.

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Computer-Aided Design of Aerospace Components is an optional course intended for third or fourth year engineering students. This course is included in the standard curriculum for Automated Production Engineering students electing to specialize in Aerospace Production at École de technologie superieure, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. These students previously received formal training on basic Computer Aided Design (CAD) topics such as graphics systems, transformations, curves, surfaces and solid modeling, viewing and rendering, graphic exchanges standards, and so on. Thus, this optional CAD course departs from traditional basic CAD courses by focusing on practical aspects of design tools usage and implementation. Most students have limited or no prior knowledge of the aerospace field. The structure of this advanced one-semester course rests on three poles: formal teaching hours, labs and a project.

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Rivest, L. (2002, June), Computer Aided Design Of Aerospace Components Tools And Implementation Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10336