Syllabus

MEEM4403 Computer-Aided Design Methods (Unigraphics NX3)

Instructor
T.A.

Dr. Q. Dai
Sukumar Chella

qingdai@mtu.edu
schella@mtu.edu

487-2620
370-0181

910 MEEM
409 MEEM

Fall Semester 2006

TW 3-4 pm
MT 10-11 am

Course Reference Materials

Web page:
http://www.me.mtu.edu/~cadm4403/ contains lecture notes.
Textbooks:
Lee, K., Principles of CAD/CAM/CAE Systems, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, 1999.
Samuel, S., Pragada, A., Baksi, G., Practical Unigraphics NX3 Modeling, Drafting and Assemblies, Design
Visionaries, San Jose, CA, 2005.
These texts are recommended but not required.
Tutorials:
Online Tutorials are available under the Help menu when running UG. Select Help
Training. Parts used in training
can be accessed from C:\\Program Files\UGS\NX 3.0\ugcast\parts on PCs and from /usr/arch/apps/ugs030/ugcast/parts
on Sun workstations. See the Teaching Assistant or course Instructor immediately if you have trouble locating the tutorials or
parts.
Online Help:

Online help is available under the Help menu when running UG. Select Help
Documentation. You can also press F1
when you are in the middle of something and you want to get help on that topic.

Course Topics
Tentative list of Course Topics
Reading & Doing
Week

Lecture Topics

In the Lab

1 (9/6)

Introduction to CAD & Unigraphics NX3

Tut. 1

2 (9/11)

Sketching Curves, Constraining Sketches

Lab 1

3 (9/18)
4 (9/25)

Solid Modeling
Solid Modeling

5 (10/2)
6 (10/9)

Parametric Modeling

Tut. 3

Bottom-up assembly modeling

Product Data Management

Lab 3

7 (10/16)

Mid-term Exam (10/18)

Free Form Modeling - Curves

Tut. 4

8 (10/23)

Lee Text

CAST

Ch. 1, 2

Unigraphics NX Essentials
Sketcher

Tut.2

Ch. 5

Feature Modeling

Lab 2

Ch. 5

Feature Modeling
Expressions

3.7
Ch. 14

Assembly Modeling

6.1-6.4

9 (10/30)

Free Form Modeling - Surfaces

Free Form Modeling - Operations

Tut. 5

Lab 4

7.1-7.5

Free Form Modeling

Free Form Modeling

10 (11/6)

Top-Down Assembly Design

Lab 5

Top-Down Assemblies

11 (11/13)

Optimization

Lab Exam

Ch. 9

Thanksgiving Break
12 (11/27)

Mechanism Design and Simulation

Tut. 6

Motion Documentation

13 (12/4)

Drafting
GD&T

Lab. 6

Ch. 4

Drafting Fundamentals

14 (12/11)

Process Planning
CAM

Presentations
(12/12,14)

Ch. 10
11.1-11.6

Manufacturing Essentials
Planar and Cavity Milling

Course Grading
Course Deliverables
6 Lab assignments (7.5 each)

Grading Scale
45

90.0-100%

70.0-74.9%

AB

85.0-89.9%

CD

65.0-69.9%

1 Written Exam & 1 Quiz (15 & 20)

35

80.0-84.9%

60.0-64.9%

1 Modeling Exam

15

BC

75.0-79.9%

< 60.0%

6 Tutorials

Course Total

100

Course Policies
Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty of any sort (plagiarism, cheating, fabrication or facilitation) is not tolerated, and if detected all parties
involved will immediately be reported to the Dean of Students office according to MTU Policy on Academic Integrity.
Plagiarism, cheating or facilitating these actions on laboratory work, quizzes, tests and examinations is not permitted under
any circumstance. Penalties for violation of the MTU Academic Integrity Policy include warning, course failure, suspension
and expulsion. Collaboration with other people on the laboratory assignments for the purpose of understanding the course
material is acceptable. Collaboration with other people on homework projects is required. Verbal collaboration is acceptable
when working on assignments, however, the only people allowed to manipulate the computer input device (keyboard, mouse,
etc.) are the students submitting the assignment, a laboratory teaching assistant, a CAEL partner executing their
responsibilities, or a faculty member. Electronic plagiarism will be actively policed by all course instructors.
Attendance
You are expected to attend all scheduled lectures and required to attend all scheduled laboratory sessions because learning is
motivated through active discussion, demonstration and practice of the topics being studied. You are responsible for all
completed work, schedule adjustments and assigned work addressed during class. Please inform your instructor if you are
unable to attend any scheduled class session, and obtain notes from any missed lecture(s). It is your responsibility to make
arrangements for any planned or unplanned absences (i.e. interviews, illnesses, personal emergencies, etc.).
Preparation
In order for you to get the most out of this course you are expected to come to class prepared for discussion of the scheduled
topic(s). This includes pre-reading the textbook, working the assigned tutorials, practicing modeling techniques on your own,
and contributing questions and previous experiences to the class dialog. Every student will be asked on a random basis to
demonstrate key points from the tutorials in class.
Deadlines & Due Dates
Late work will be charged a 15% penalty for each day late - weekend days do count. Circumstances beyond your control (i.e.
illness, computer system failure, weather, acts of nature, etc.) will be addressed as required.
CAD model grading policy
As with written reports and drawings, CAD models must be neat and understandable. Your design intent must be clear so that
others can use and modify your designs. Specifically, your work must be:
- neat: marks may be lost if it is too difficult or time-consuming to decipher the design intent,
- consistent: the graders will assume that all your work is of the same quality as work inspected in a random spot check,
- complete: the model must be sufficient to properly manufacture, assemble and/or demonstrate the design.
- good modeling practice: while a model may look good on the screen, it must also be technically sound. It must:
(i) be fully constrained so that it can be easily modified without error,
(ii) use a minimal number of parameters and dimensions,
(iii) use a minimal number of operations (features),
(iv) have all important dimensions, parameters and features given meaningful names,
(v) build on reference geometry as much as is reasonable,
(vi) not describe more than one part in the same part file (except for purchased components).
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