2 hours per week will take place in a laboratory where demonstrations, practical exercises and formal labworks will be undertaken to teach CAD skills. This will be supported by a series of 1 hour lectures covering the underlying principles of design methodology and the technology being taught.
Regular 1 hour maximum formative practical assessments will be set on CAD operation to focus the students learning.

CADCAM Theory and Practice, I Zeid, (1991), ISBN: 0-07-072857-7
Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0, Gary Laimt, (2008), ISBN: 978-0495411192
Technical manuals for software used

CE00681-1 Design Technologies - Solid (or equivalent)

Solid modelling software such as ProEngineer Wildfire
Rendering and retouching sysetms such as Maya/Alias Design Studio, Photoshop

Design elements - including standard components in a design e.g. gears, belts motors, bearings, fasteners, cam, welding, tolerances etc.
Solid Modelling - Advanced shape creation techniques. Effective use of parametric design techniques. Advanced assembly. Mechanism design.
Animation.
Animation - Basic camera animation through full flythrough animation.

100% in course assessment (assessing Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3). A major design assignment will be set that gives the opportunity for students to demonstrate their abilities in all areas of module content. The student will be expected to use a wide variety of CAD tools. The summative element of this assessment will be made via a 1500 word report covering the design process undertaken and a description of how and why various CAD tools were applied. This report will utilise high quality graphics to convey ideas where possible which may be offset against word count.