Mechanical Desktop training
A course to suit everyone
The Centre of Engineering Excellence (CEE) has successfully trained over 100 individuals each year in CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture), since its establishment in 1993.
Details of all of our courses can be downloaded in PDF format here.
Mechanical Desktop – Solid Modelling
Level: basic to advanced
Suited to: design engineers and draughts persons
Entry requirements: no previous CAD experience is necessary, although practical AutoCAD experience and knowledge of world and user co-ordinate systems would be useful
Duration: 30hrs – flexible learning
Course content:
- User interface
- Defining a sketch plane
- Creating a sketch
- Creating a profile
- Desktop browser
- Adding geometric and dimensional constraints
- Construction geometry creation
- Creating Solid part features
- Feature operations
- Screen manipulation
- Modifying Solid part features
- Redefining Solid part features
- Work feature creation
- Placed feature creation
- Feature patterning
- Feature mirroring
- Physical properties
- Parameters
- Worked Solid Modelling examples
Mechanical Desktop: 3D to 2D integration
Level: basic to advanced
Suited to: design engineers and draughts persons
Entry requirements: Mechanical Desktop Solid Modelling
Duration: 15hrs – flexible learning
Course content:
- Drafting standards
- Drawing creation
- Drawing view creation
- Dimensioning
- Annotation
- Worked Solid Modelling examples
