MEC 473

About Course:

Course Code: MEC 473

Course Name: CAD/CAM

Credit Hour: 3

P. MEC 235, MEC 435 or consent of the instructor. CAD: fundamental concepts, application, benefits, hardware and software, types of CAD systems, common, 2D CAD software features, basic 3D CAD features.

CAM: fundamental concepts, trend of development of numerical control (NC), principles of NC, types of NC systems, types of NC machines, CNC part programming (manual), CNC part programming using CAM software; interfacing CAM software with CNC machines; computer aided machining.

Course Outcomes (COs):

1. Study the Fundamental concept of CAD for 2D and 3D modeling.

2. Able to utilize CAD software for complex modeling.

3. Study the Fundamental concept of CAM and its trend of development.

4. Able to generate code for CNC part programing using suitable software.

5. Able to write a report and to present it

Targeted Program Outcomes (POs): PO1, PO3, PO5, PO10