Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

IT-CAD/CAM program are required to taketwo additional courses that cover more advanced topics in CAD. These courses are in AssemblyDesign and Mechanisms Modeling, and in Surface Design and Modeling. The former courseuses Pro/Engineer® and the latter CATIA. Again the use of two CAD systems in this wayreflects the philosophy of combining depth-of-study with breadth-of-exposure. This isparticularly important for CAD/CAM technologists who are likely over their careers to need totransition between CAD applications.The rest of this paper is devoted to describing the instructional approach taken in the advancedCAD class on assembly and mechanisms modeling using Pro/Engineer®. In particular it willfocus on how homework and project assignments are