The laboratory is focused on the simulation of activities oriented to the design and development of innovative products, which will take into account both aspects of form, use and interaction with the user, and aspects regarding the choice of materials and the use of production technologies.
The module Prototyping Design/Production will present CAD design tools oriented to parametric modeling, verification and detailed definition of the project.
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Learning Objectives
The laboratory aims to provide students with the tools to integrate the culture of Design with the technical-engineering one, i.e. the knowledge necessary to manage the design and development of the product from the concept phase to the drafting of the documents necessary for prototyping and production, with expertise on the choice of materials, on the impact on the project of technological and process aspects, and on design methodologies in virtual environments.
Through experimentation on specific design themes, the level of learning of students in terms of management of integrated product-process design, aimed at industrial innovation, will be verified.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of industrial technical design
Teaching Methods
Lectures and exercises will be the main part of the course.
Project activities will be carried out during the course to test the tools presented and verify the skills learned.
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Verification of the skills acquired through the implementation of a project carried out during the course. The project will be verified during reviews with the teachers. An oral examination will integrate the theoretical content addressed in the lesson.
Course program
The Laboratory's training objective is the acquisition of skills for the design and development of industrial design products, from the concept to the drawing up of executive drawings and prototyping, with attention to feasibility aspects and production start-up.
The laboratory is focused on the simulation of activities oriented to the design and development of innovative products, which will take into account both aspects of form, use and interaction with the user, and aspects concerning the choice of materials and the use of production technologies.
The Prototyping/Production Design module will address, in particular, the following topics:
- 3D modeling: basic theoretical hints
- Introduction to parametric CAD modeling: advantages and application strategies
- Modeling logic in associative parametric CAD environment
- Basic description of the parametric CAD software used in the course: Fusion 360:
- Description of the basic program interface
- The basic units of solidworks: Sketches, Parts, Assemblies, Drawings
- Creating/Editing 2D & 3D sketches
- Insertion of geometrical relations (geometrical constraints) in 2D and 3D environment
- Basic Modeling Functions: Extrusion, Revolution Extrusion
- Creation of geometric reference entities (point, axis, plane)
- Relationship between geometric entities and feature tree management
- Advanced Modeling Functions: Sweep, Loft
- Advanced modeling functions (editing 3D solids)
- Assembly: creation and management
- Assembly constraints
- Assembly functions (mirroring, repetition)
- Advanced Constraints
- Design and dimensioning in Solidworks. Generation of component lists
- Analysis tools: draft, division line, FEM
THEORY:
- Industrial Technical Drawing Recall
- Manufacturing Technologies for product design
- Methods of connection between components
- Advanced design and prototyping tools: topological optimization, Additive Manufacturing.