Chapter 0

Orientation to MEng 4133

CAD/CAM
Prepared by:
Engr. Romano A. Gabrillo
MEngg-MfgE

Course Guide Book

Course Title: CAD/CAM

Course Code: MEng 4133
Credit Hour: ECTS 5
Pre-requisites:
MEng 2054 Numerical Methods
MEng 3123 Design of Machine Elements II
MEng 3071 Mechanisms of Machinery

Status of the Course: Colpulsory

Module: Integrated Machine Design Project and CAD

Course Objectives and Competencies to be

acquired
Design Engineering CAD applications and export
them into other different CAD software
Design based on a process- or task-based approach
to training rather than focus on individual features
and functions
Emphasize the process and procedure to complete a
particular task
Use case studies to illustrate these processes
Learn the necessary commands, options, and menus
within the context of completing a designed task.

Course Description/Course Contents

This course is designed to provide students a
working knowledge on CAD/CAM using a very
robust application that enables you to create rich
and complex design, that is, CATIA. The goals of
the CATIA - CAD/CAM course are to teach
students how to build parts and assemblies in
CATIA, and how to make simple drawings of those
parts and assemblies. This course focuses on the
fundamental skills and concepts that enable
students to create a solid foundation for design.

Schedule of Topics
Date
Week 1-2

Conceptual Focus

Activities

Chapter 1. Introduction to CATIA

Lecture

Case Study: Introduction to CATIA

Step 1
o PLM Product Lifecycle Management
o CATIA within the PLM Solution
o What is CATIA V5?
Step 2
o Windows Philosophy
o Introduction to V5 Documents
o The Workbench Concept
Step 3
o CATIA User Interface
o Workbenches
o Menus and Toolbars
o The Specification Tree
o Selecting Objects with the Mouse
o Using Windows
o Compass
o Graphic Properties
o Rendering Styles

Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Week 3-4

Chapter 2. Profile Creation

Case Study: Profile Creation
Step 1
o Creating a New Part
o Part Design Workbench
Step 2
o References Planes
o What is a Sketch?
o Sketch Support
Step 3
o Basic Sketching
o Sketcher Workbench
o Grid
o Geometry Creation
o Construction Geometry
o Recommendations for Sketching
o Creating a Profile: What are the Best Tools to
Use?
o How Complex Should Sketches Be?
Step 4
o Constraining the Sketch
o Sketch in Context
Step 5
o Completing the Feature
o Using a Pad to Create the First Feature
Step 6
o Saving Documents
o Closing a Document

Lecture
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Design 1
Design 2

Chapter 3 Basic Features

Week 5-6

Week 7-8

Case Study: Basic Features

Step 1
o Part Design Terminoloy
o Creating a Base Feature
o Selecting a Base Feature
Step 2
o Pad and Pocket Limits
o Creating Pads
o Creating a Simple Pocket
Step 3
o What is a Hole?
o Hole Creation using a Positioning Sketch
o Using Pocket or Holes
Step 4
o What is a Fillet?
o Selection and Propagation Modes
o What is a Chamfer?
o Chamfer Dimensioning Mode
Step 5
o Model View Options
o Hide/Show
o Deactivate/Activate
o Investigating the Model

Midterm Examination

Lecture
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Design 3

Discussion of Project

Week 9-10

Chapter 4. Additional Features

Case Study: Additional Features

Step 1
o
Additional Sketcher Tools
o
Creating an Axis
o
Re-Limitation Tools
o
Trim Options
o
Transformation Tools
o
Translation
o
Rotation
o
Offset
o
Project 3D Elements
o
Sketch Analysis

Step 2
o
Multiple Profiles
o
Multi-Pads/Pockets
o
Solving Ambiguity for Multi-Pads/Pockets
o
Sub-Elements of a Sketch

Step 3
o
Reference Geometry
o
Accessing the Reference Elements Toolbar
o
Power Input Line
o
Points
o
Line
o
Planes

Step 4
o
Revolved Features
o
Shafts
o
Creating Grooves

Step 5
o
Shelling
o
Shelling a Part
o
Importance of Feature Order
o
Thin Features

Lecture
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Exercise 15
Exercise 16
Exercise 17
Exercise 18
Design 4

Week 12-14

Chapter 5. Dress-Up Features

Case Study: Dress-Up Features

Step 1
o What is a Draft?
o Basic Draft
o Parting and Neutral Elements
o Dress-Up Feature Order
Step 2
o Introduction to Stiffeners
o Create a Stiffener
Step 3
o What are Threads and Taps?
o Thread and Tap
Step 4
o Editing Features
o Reordering Features
o Define in Work Objects
o Properties
o Filters
o Parent-Child Relationships

Lecture
Exercise 19
Exercise 20
Exercise 21
Exercise 22
Exercise 23
Exercise 24
Design 5

Week 13-14

Chapter 6. Assembly Design

Week 15-16

Case Study: Assembly Design

Step 1
o Defining a new Assembly Document
o Assigning Product Properties
Step 2
o Adding Components
o Inserting an Existing Component
o Assigning Compoenent Properties
Step 3
o What does the Compass Do?
o Positioning the Compass to Move a Component
o Moving a Component Using the Compass
o Snapping Components
o Fixiting a Compoenent in Space
o Fixing a Component
Step 4
o Degrees of Freedom
o Setting Assembly Constraints
o Introduction to Positioning with Constraints
o Inserting an Existing Component with Positioning
Step 5
o Savin an Assembly Document
o Saving a Document Under Another Name
o Saving All Modified Documents
o Save Management

Final Examination

Lecture
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Design 6

Project Submission

Summary of Course Assessments

Assignments ...................5%
Attendance .....................................5%
Exercises ........................................5%
Class Participation........5%
Design Experiments.....................10%
Project...................15%
Mid Exam ......................20%
Final Exam/Project....35%
Total 100%

References
2.1 Books
[1] CATIA V5 Fundamaentals Copyright DASSAULT SYSTEMS
[2] Farid M. Amirouche, Principles of Computer Aided Design and
Manufacturing, Second Edition, Sep 15, 2003.
[3] Tien-Chien Chang, Richard A. Wysk, and Hsu-Pin Wang, ComputerAided Manufacturing (3rd Edition) (Prentice Hall International
Series on Industrial and Systems Engineering), Jun 27, 2005.
[4] Nicholas M. Patrikalakis and Takashi Maekawa, Shape Interrogation
for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (Mathematics
and Visualization), Mar 22, 2002.

2.2 Standard Journals

Manufacturing Engineering,Vol. 17, Series of 2012

3. Software
CATIA
4. Teaching and Learning Methods
Lectures supported by assignments, laboratories
activities, exercises and projects
The contents of the project will be explained
during MID EXAM.

Course Policies
All students are expected to abide by the code of
conduct of students throughout this course.
Academic dishonesty, including cheating,
fabrication, and plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Class activities will vary day to day, ranging from
lectures to examinations. Students are expected
to be active participants in the course.

Course Policy
You are required to submit and present assignments
provided according to the time table indicated.
85% of class attendance is mandatory! 15
minutes late is considered absent.
Active participation in class is essential and it will
have its own value in your grade.
Cell phones MUST be put in silent mode before
entering the class. If you think a call is emergency,
you can answer the phone outside the room.

Any Questions?

Introduction
In the past decades (80s and
90s), the design process has
changed tremendously. The new
technology of computer-aided
design and computer-aided
manufacturing has revolutionized
the procedures used in
conceptualizing and designing
mechanical parts, electrical
networks, and architectural
designs, among others.

What is design?
To engineers, it means creating
something new by enhancing
existing designs or by altering
existing ones to perform new
functions
it is practiced not only by
engineers but also artists,
sculptors and composers
a design is usually produced to
satisfy the need of a particular
person, group, or community

Design is an information processing

activity that could be illustrated by the
following model:
Design
needs
Design
Available
resource
s
Customer Requirements
Materials and Processes
Methods of Manufacture
Constraints

Design
solutions
Information
describing the design
so it can be made:
Engineering Drawing
Design Analysis
Report
Material and Process
Specifications

Steps of the Conventional

Design Process:
Problem Definition
Conceptualization
Synthesis
Analysis

Problem Definition
The problem should be clearly defined to
have a successful design solution
It involves many stages that require
careful thinking:
statement of objectives and goals to be
achieved
definition of constraints imposed on the
design
criteria for evaluating the design
It is essential that the problem definition
be used as a guideline to keep the focus on
what has to be done to avoid unnecessary
design requirements.

Conceptualization
It is the process whereby a design
satisfying the problem definition is
formulated
might involve the creation of a
model that is ultimately tested for
problem definition verification
consists of generating a model in
the mind and translating it back
into forms and shapes to conform to
a realistic model

Synthesis
The process of taking elements of
the concept and arranging them
in the proper order, sized and
dimensioned in the proper way

Analysis
Is concerned with the mathematical
or experimental testing of the
design to make sure it meets the
criteria set forth in the problem
definition
The engineer must test all possible
factors important to the design
developing models requires
ingenuity and experience (models
must be realistic, simple and
mathematically testable

Concurrent Engineering

Simultaneous Engineering
Team design
Design/Build Teams
Flatform Engineering
Integrated Product
Development
Design for Manufacturability

Concurrent Engineering
Designer
Logistics &
Support

Accounting &
Marketing

Analysis &
Synthesis

Prototyping

Single
Maste
r
Model

Manufacturing Process
Manufacturing Equipment

Process
Planning

Product Design
During product design, the designer
prepares information which is of the
following types
descriptive - what the product will look
like, its shape and its dimensions
predictive - how the product will
behave e.g. levels of vibration, dynamic
response, temperature rise
prescriptive - specs for production
materials and components, method of
manufacture and test procedures etc.

Computer Modeling
Computer modeling in design the
information prepared by the
designer is presented as a model or
models of the future product which
describe shape
predict behavior
prescribe methods of manufacture

and these models may be built

with the
help of the computer

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

CAD is a term which describes the use of
computers, by the designer, to build
these models.
CAD is not limited to the activity of
creating engineering drawings
The computers graphics capability and
computing power allow the designers to
fashion and test ideas interactively in
real time without having to create real
prototypes as in conventional
approaches to design.

Types of CAD
CAD (Computer-Aided Design or
Computer Aided Drafting)
CADD (Computer-Aided Design and
Drafting
CAA (Computer-Aided Analysis)
CAS (Computer-Aided Simulation)
CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design and
Computer-Aided
Manufacturing)
CAE (Computer Aided Engineering)
CIM (Computer Integrated

CAD/CAM Software
There are thousands of CAD/CAM Software in the
market now.
The most popular were AutoCAD (for Civil Engineers),
MicroStation (for Architects), Microsoft Visio (for COE
and ECE)
And then there is CATIA for Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineers.

Applications of CAD/CAM
study of molecular structures in
chemistry
medical research
animation
aircraft flight simulation
structural design in aircraft, shipbuilding
and automobile industries
integrated circuits and printed circuit
board design in the electronics industry
pipe routing/layout in chemical plant
design
CAD/CAM in Primary Manufacturing
Processes

Thats All

Thank you
for
Your attention!