MKS 537E Introduction to Computer Aided Engineering 3+0 (3 credits) (3 ECTS credits)

• Engineering design and the design process
• Computer-aided engineering hardware
• Computer aided drawing and design
• Geometric modelling for engineering applications
• Solid modelling techniques
• Numerical methods (FEM & BEM)
• Computer aided process planning and control
• System simulation
• Computer integrated manufacturing
• Factory communications

• To provide with a foundation in computer aided design
• To develop a critical awareness of numerical methods in engineering analysis
• To make aware of the capabilities and limitations of computer design tools for engineers

Students who pass the course will be able to:

• Give a critical view of a foundation in computer aided design.
• Give a critical view of solid modeling techniques
• Generate free and mapped meshes for the analysis by finite elements
• Discuss the scope and the purpose of numerical methods in engineering components.
• Discuss the implementation and operation of CIM
• Give a critical overview of computer aided production planning and control

• An Introduction to Computer-Aided Engineering ,A. Tizzard, McGraw Hill Book, London, 1994.
• CAD/CAM Theory and Practice, İ. Zeid, McGraw Hill Book, New York, 1991.
• Engineering Design, C.Dym, P. Little, John Wiley& Sons Inc, New York, 2000.
• Principles of CAD/CAM/CAE Systems, K. Lee, Addison-Wesley, 1999.
• The Mechanical Design Process, D.G. Ullman, McGraw Hill, 1997.
• Engineering Design, G.E. Dieter, McGraw Hill, New York, New York, 2000.

1. Engineering design and the design process
2. Introduction to computer-aided engineering
3. Computer aided engineering hardware : the engineering office
4. Computer aided engineering hardware : the factory floor
5. Computer aided drawing and design
6. Geometric modelling for engineering applications
7. Midterm exam #1
8. Solid modelling techniques
9. Numerical methods : the finite element method
10. Numerical methods : the boundary element method
11. Computer aided project planning and control
12. System simulation
13. Computer integrated manufacturing
14. Midterm exam #2