Innovative Course of Descriptive Geometry

Abstract

The paper deals with the solution to the problems of insufficient preparation of applicants for the study of the Descriptive Geometry course offered to them in the university during their first year of education in such programs of study as Mechanical Engineering, Automation of Technological Production Processes, Mechatronics and Robotics, as well as Oil and Gas Engineering. The relevance, efficiency and advantages of an innovative course using AutoCAD and new teaching material for independent work of both Russian and foreign students were evaluated. Algorithms for the construction of 3D models of intersecting tangent surfaces and surfaces with a common inscribed sphere were developed to control individual tasks. The tasks of two-level complexity of constructing projections of parts with surfaces intersecting along curved lines and their 3D models with sections for monitoring the retained knowledge of students on the subject were developed and the effectiveness of their application was evaluated.