Lab Topics
| Date, Place | Topic |
| Sept 1, IAL | Introduction to the course |
| Sept 8, IAL | CATIA basics: Mouse ops; GUI; Workbenches; Model views |
| Sept 15, IAL | Drawing basics: Sketches, Geometric dimensions, constraints; parametric design |
| Sept 22, IAL | Mechanical Part design: extrusions, sweep, ... |
| Sept 29, IAL | Mechanical Part design: complex sweeps, mirrors, patterns, fillets, ... |
| Oct 6, IAL | Mechanical Part design: shells, cut with surface, part geometry vs. construction geometry, ... |
| Oct 13, IAL | Product design: Assemblies of products, mating contraints, ... |
| Oct 20, TBD | EXAM I |
| Oct 27, IAL | Complex geometry: Curves and surfaces |
| Nov 3, IAL | Complex geometry: Surfaces contt. |
| Nov 10, IAL | Design templates: Generating product families using design tables in Excel |
| Nov 17, IAL | Design automation: power-copy |
| Nov 24, IAL | Design automation: VBA macros |
| Dec 1, IAL | Rapid Prototyping: FDM intro |