Design and Drafting Management

• Hours: 28
• Credits: 2
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: $10.55

This course explores the selection and maintenance of CAD infrastructure and best practices for the successful selection and implementation of Product Data Management (PDM), Product Life Management (PLM) and CAD software in an engineering design organization. Strategies for analyzing organizational requirements and software options will be discussed, along with project planning and change management practices to facilitate system adoption. Best practices for maintaining PDM, PLM, and CAD software will also be discussed.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: DRWG8290 OR DRWG8300 OR DRWG8310
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course builds on students' learning from Drafting and Modeling in Autodesk to progress to alternate modeling tools that more effectively support 3D modeling within the Autodesk Suite. Students will learn to generate complex assemblies, animations, and renders of models.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: DRWG8290
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course builds on students' learning from SolidWorks for Mechanical Design to explore more complex designs and representations. Students will learn to model complex assemblies and to produce renderings and animations.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites: DRWG8300
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

In this course, students will complete a semester-long capstone project to bring together the skills and knowledge gained through the program to complete a simulated comprehensive Product Data Management (PDM) and CAD system selection and implementation, and to create a professional portfolio of CAD products. Students will work in groups to analyze organizational needs, select an appropriate system, and develop a plan to implement the system. They will also work independently to produce a personal portfolio.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: DRWG8290 OR DRWG8300
• CoRequisites: COMP8260 AND MGMT8475
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course will provide students will the knowledge and skills required to lead an engineering design project. Students will learn project management best practices and techniques, and will explore their applications in the context of an engineering design activity.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: COMP8231
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.