Mechanical Desktop Designer - part modelling and assembly modelling

A Three Day course

Course Objectives
To meet the growing need for personnel competent in CAD using Mechanical Desktop software. The course would also prove invaluable to personnel responsible for investigating the benefits of installing and implementing parametric, feature-based solid modelling system.
The course is designed to cover a wide range of industrial and commercial applications, and would benefit engineers, designers and all draughtspersons.

Course Outline

System overview
Model mode
Drawing mode

Setting up drawings
Work planes and sketch planes
Work axes and work points
Applying and showing constraints

Drawing and editing
Revolved surfaces
Sweep features
Extruded features
Notes and annotation
Assembly drawings
Bill of material
Using equations
Reference dimensions
Mass properties
Exploded views
Balloon referencing

Display features
Shade, hide and render surfaces
Setting viewpoints and dynamic view

Target Audience
This course is intended for
Experienced drawing office managers and supervisors who wish to explore Mechanical Desktop and are seeking to employ those techniques in the design process
Designers, draughtspersons and project/design technicians, with a basic knowledge of AutoCAD and seeking to benefit from professional training, to help them generate parametric designs to achieve increased productivity.