Revised scheme for B.Tech. - Punjab Technical University

ME-404 CAD/CAM
PTU/BOS/ME/101/10-06-2005/BATCH-2003
Internal Marks: 40 L T P
External Marks: 60 3 1 0
Total Marks: 100
Course Objectives
1. Understand the applications and benefits of CAD
2. Understand the various computer hardware devices
3. Understand the various software used in CAD and the functions of a graphics
package.
4. Understand geometric transformation.
5. Understand various representations of curves and surfaces.
6. Understand the various concepts and characteristics in geometric modeling.
7. Understand various data exchange formats.
8. Apply CAD techniques to finite element mesh generation.
9. Understand the basic concepts of CAM
10. Analyze the components and systems of NC and CNC machine tools.
11. Understand and apply various programming methods for specific jobs.
12. Understand the concepts of DNC and adaptive control
13. Understand the fundamentals and advantages of group technology.
14. Classify various CAPP systems.
15. Understand FMS and CIMS with reference to components, advantages and
applications.
Detailed Contents:
Course contents
1. Fundamentals of CAD: Introduction: Design Process: Application of computers in
design: Creating manufacturing database: benefits of CAD.
2. Computer Hardware; Graphic input devices; display devices; Graphics output
devices; Central processing unit (CPU)
3. CAD software and Database: Software configuration of a graphics system:
functions of a graphics package: geometric modeling: Database structure and control;
Graphics standard: GKS and IGES.
4. Geometric Transformations: Mathematics preliminaries, matrix representation of 2
and 3 dimensional transformation: Concatenation of transformation matrices.
Application of geometric transformations.
5. Representation of curves and surfaces: Polygon, meshed and ruled surfaces:
Bezier curves; B-spline curves.