Rapid Prototyping in Drafting and Design Technology

起草和设计系正在将快速原型制作作为修订课程的一个关键要素。 这个计划的目的是：（1）提供所需的快速原型实验室设备，使草拟和设计技术课程现代化;（2）建立一个快速原型实验室，以便与副学士学位工程技术课程的课程发展建议相一致，进行实践学习;（3）推行遥距学习技术，让其他两年制副学士学位课程可使用具成本效益的快速原型实验室;（4）提供快速原型实验室进入一个区域联盟;（5）提供快速原型实验室进入大学的项目，以实施，整合和试点实施国家制造业教育模式。 当前设计表示的基础是实体几何模型。 通过为学生提供采取下一个逻辑步骤的机会（即，从实体几何模型无缝且快速地到待制造部件的实际原型）。 学生在设计-生产界面获得额外的知识和技能，这种并行工程在技术含量很高的先进制造业务中变得越来越普遍。

The Drafting and Design Department is incorporating rapid prototyping as a key element in the revision of the curriculum. Objectives of this project are: (1) to modernize the drafting and design technology curricula by providing the required rapid prototyping laboratory equipment; (2) to establish a rapid prototyping laboratory for hands-on learning concordant with curriculum development recommendations for associate degree engineering technology courses; (3) to implement available distance learning technologies for cost-effective rapid prototyping laboratory access by other 2-year associate degree programs; (4) to offer rapid prototyping laboratory access to a regional consortium; and (5) to provide rapid prototyping laboratory access for the university's project to implement, integrate, and pilot implement a national model for manufacturing education. The current basis for design representation is the solid geometric model. New program outcomes would be enhanced by providing students with the opportunity to take the next logical step (i.e., from a solid geometric model, seamlessly and quickly, to an actual prototype of the part to be manufactured). Students acquire additional knowledge and skills at the design - production interface, the type of concurrent engineering that is becoming commonplace in heavily technological advanced manufacturing operations.