GE 3651 - Computer-Aided Engineering Design

• Apply the design methodology to design and analyze parts and assemblies of parts
• Effectively communicate a design in graphics, report writing and oral presentations
• Use computer tools to solve linear equations
• Use the CAD package to design parts
• Use FEA software to analyze stress and strain
• Use computer tools to prototype and verify a design
• Work in a work environment to develop and analyze an engineering design
• Assign and/or divide engineering work in a group environment

• CAD Modeling

• Review of statics and strength of materials
• Overview of the design process with CAE (traditional versus concurrent engineering)
• Definition of project goals, objective and constraints
• Project conceptual design
• CAD topics
• Overview of the finite element (FE) method
• Generation of a FE model from CAD (geometric) model
• Linear structural analysis
• Report writing methods and presentations

• Statics and strength of material review of application
• Advanced CAD topics (enhanced features, assemblies)
• CAD geometry export and import
• FEA analysis
• Design presentations