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Detail |
| Datum Concepts and Relationships | Coordinate systems; Creation of datum planes and axes; The model tree; Parent child relationships; Database functions. |
| Drafting | Creation of drawing templates; Use of sketcher functions; Generation of solid models from sketches; Adding features. |
| Revolved features | Creation of revolver features; Creation of revolved protrusions. |
| Patterns and copies | Creation of patterned features; Creation of grouped features. |
| Sweeps, Blends and Helices | Creation of closed section sweeps; Creation of open trajectory sweeps and blends; Creation of screw threads and springs. |
| Assemblies | Creation of assemblies from previously created parts. |
| Engineering drawing | Creation of 2D engineering drawings from previously created models; Addition of auxiliary views; Annotation. |
| Printing, 2-D Plotting and 3-D printing | Selection of formatted sheets, Printing and plotting engineering drawings, conversion of files into STL format for production on a 3-D printer. |
| Direct Stiffness Method 1-D element | Units and basic datum geometry set up; Creating the sketching plane; Defining the orientation of the sketching plane; Completing the base solid feature; Applying geometric constraints; Dynamic viewing functions. |
| Truss Elements in 2-D | Coordinate transformation; Global stiffness matrix; solving the global displacements; calculating reaction forces; creating datum points as nodes; applying boundary conditions. |
| Basic Beam Analysis | Creating a datum curve for a distributed load; applying boundary conditions; applying external loads; analysis of results; refining the FE model. |
| 2-D Solid Elements | Preliminary analysis of max normal stress and max displacement; Selection and examination of the element material properties; applying boundary conditions; FEA surface idealization; H-element v's P-element mesh creation; refining the mesh. |
| 3-Dimensional Analysis | Introduce the concepts of three dimensional stress and strain, showing how a typical tetrahedral solid element stiffness and force matrices may be applied in various practical situations and to examine examples of 3-D solid models and results for real world applications. |
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