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Academic Year: | 2013/4 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
Credits: | 6 |
Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
Period: |
Semester 1 at Swindon College |
Assessment: | CW 100% |
Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: | |
Description: | Aims: The aims of this unit are to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills for effective use of CAD/CAM software. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the unit the student should be able to: * use standard features and functions of CAD/CAM systems * create 2D and 3D drawings * modify existing drawings and add dimensions * use appropriate software packages to generate artefacts from CAD drawings. Skills: During this unit students should gain the following skills: Intellectual * gathering, processing and analysing technical information (T, F, A) * formulating outcomes (T, F, A) Professional * using information technology effectively (T, F,A) Practical * developing identification and observational skills to maintain records and contribute to reports (T,A) Key * writing reports (F, A). Content: This unit focuses on: * producing 2D CAD models using standard layouts * producing 3D CAD models using a variety of viewing techniques * plotting drawings to scale * modifying CAD drawings * producing accurately dimensioned orthogonal views * importing CAD drawings into CAM or other related software * generating artefacts from CAD drawings using CAM or other appropriate software. |
Programme availability: |
LP10507 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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