COGT 2163: Product Design with Inventor

Credit hours: 3 Lecture hours: 2 Lab hours: 2
PCS code (Local ID):
Occupational/Technical
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Course Description
This course is an introduction to Autodesk Inventor software. Students will learn how to design everyday consumer products in 3D. A product designer combines art, design, and technology to create new products that people can use. Topics include: sketching a part, adding constraints and dimensions, modeling a part, parametric design, creating assembly drawings, producing 2D working part drawings, creating renderings and animations, sheet metal components, and stress analysis.
Course Fee
$20
Topical Outline
  • Introduction to Inventor
  • Drawing Sketches for Solid Models
  • Adding Constraints and Dimensions to Sketches
  • Editing, Extruding, and Revolving the Sketches
  • Other Sketching and Modeling Options
  • Advanced Modeling Tools-I
  • Editing Features and Adding Automatic Dimensions to Sketches
  • Advanced Modeling Tools-II
  • Assembly Modeling-I
  • Assembly Modeling-II
  • Working with Drawing Views-I
  • Working with Drawing Views-II
  • Presentation Module
  • Working with Sheet Metal Components
  • Introduction to Stress Analysis

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Be able to create sketches of part.
  • Be able to create constraints and dimensions of a part.
  • Be able to model a part.
  • Be able to create assembly drawings.
  • Be able to create 2D working part drawings.
  • Be able to create presentation drawings.
General Education Distribution Area
AAS Technical Elective