Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Computer File
Management
A. Importance of file
management.
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Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
B. Create and maintain
Standard 9
folders and subfolders
Students will develop an
on hard drives and USB
understanding of
drives
engineering design.
C. Manipulate files in
folders on hard drives
and USB drives
SolidWorks user
interface
SolidWorks Part
Environment
A. Default planes (Tops,
Front, Right)
B. Feature manager
C. Pull down menus
D. Tool palettes / icons
E. Sketch environment
and tools
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Demonstrate an
understanding of file
management and be
able to Move, Copy and
Delete files and be able
to explain the folder
and file structure.
Demonstrate the ability
to create file folders
within Explorer
(CAD 111)
A. Identification and use
of default planes
B. Identification and use
of the feature
manager
C. Appropriate use of
pull down menus
D. Appropriates use of
tool palettes and icons
E. Understanding of the
sketch environment
and the use of its tools
(CAD 153)
File Organization:
 Student Server
 Create new class
folder
 Create new project
folders within class
folder
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Creating a New Part File
1. Design Intent
2. Modeling
Techniques
3. Sketching
4. Extrusion
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Begin a new part, setup
datum planes, choose a
first solid feature, and
build simple,
intermediate, and
advanced parts in
SolidWorks.
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
SolidWorks sketching
methodology and
commands for creating
geometry, modifying
geometry, and
constraining geometry.
(CAD 153)
Discuss the threedimensional modeling
process for parametric
models and nonparametric models.
Examine the steps to
three dimensional
parametric model
creation.
Use sketch planes to
develop a model profile.
Discuss proper profile
creation and limitations.
Create extrusions of
profiles to threedimensional parametric
models.
(CAD 255)
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Figures:
6.55
6.58
6.56
6.57
6.60
6.70
6.73
6.85
6.86
6.91
6.104
Out of the Technical
Drawing Text by Giesecke,
Muitchell, Spencer, Hill,
Dygdon, and Novak
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
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Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Part Modification
1. Relation between
parts and features
2. Chamfer and fillets
3. Cuts
4. Sweep and Loft
5. Revolve a 2D
profile to create a
3D solid
6. Loft 2D objects
along a path
(including Lofted
Cut)
7. Sweep a 2D object
along a 3D path
(including Sweep
Cut)
Solid model analysis
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Changing/Repairing a
Part
1. Deleting features
2. Suppressing
features
3. Reordering
features
4. Modifying sketches
and dimensions
5. Rebuilding &
repairing features
6. Re-orienting the
standard views
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
The student will be able
to create layers, add
bosses, add ribs, and
round edges using
SolidWorks.
(ENT 133)
Create sweeps using
linear and circular
operations.
Use standard
parametric construction
techniques to create
boxes, cylinders, and
spheres.
Discuss the theory of
adding holes, fillets and
chamfers to parametric
models.
(CAD 256)
The student will
demonstrate the ability
to delete, suppress,
resume, reorder,
change, modify,
redefine, reroute, and
regenerate features in
SolidWorks.
The student will be able
to identify regeneration
failures and correct
them.
(ENT 133)
Demonstrate the ability
to delete, suppress,
Figures:
8.40
8.41
7.42
7.45
7.52
Out of the Technical
Drawing Text by Giesecke,
Muitchell, Spencer, Hill,
Dygdon, and Novak
Demonstration
All parts and assemblies
created
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
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Essential Outcomes
Competencies
communication
technologies.
View Manipulation
1. Hidden line
removal
2. Tangent edge
removal
3. Shaded views
4. Rendered views
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
resume, reorder,
change, modify,
redefine, reroute, and
regenerate features in
SolidWorks.
(CAD 153 - 256)
The student will
demonstrate the ability
to plot wireframe and
hidden line parts.
(ENT 133)
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Adding Materials
1. Attach materials to
a solid model
2. Edit existing new
materials
3. Adding new
materials to the
material library
Creating Assemblies
1. Choosing the first
component
2. Assembly
constraints
3. Adding additional
parts
4. Aligning parts
5. Deleting parts
6. Adding relations
7. Modifying
assemblies
8. Adding
Configurations
9. Creating an
exploded assembly
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Students will be able to
assign materials to
model, change a
model’s materials, and
create new materials
used by a SolidWorks
model
The student will be able
to construct an
assembly using
SolidWorks
The student will be able
to address assembly
failures,
The student will be able
to create an exploded
assembly.
(CAD 153 - 257)
Machinist Vise
Belt Tightener
Out of the Technical
Drawing Text by Giesecke,
Muitchell, Spencer, Hill,
Dygdon, and Novak
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Creating Lighting and
Scenes
1. Compare and
contrast ambient,
distant, point and
spotlights.
2. Place a light in a
scene
3. Change the
properties of lights
4. Create a drawing
scene
5. Place an image as a
background
Animation
1. Create a camera
2. Record an
animation of a 3D
model to a movie
file
3. Record a flyby of a
3D model to a
movie file
Drawing Setup and
Drawing Aids
A. Drawing Units
B. Setup Templates
C. Function and use of
template files.
D. Model space scale in a
template file
E. Paper space.
1.
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ACT Readiness
Assignment
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Solidworks - Photoworks
tutorial
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
SolidWorks Animation
Tutorial
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
The student will be able
to create engineering
drawings of parts and
assemblies using
SolidWorks drawing
formats and templates.
Introduction and
Demonstration of
Templates in templates
folder
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Creating Drawings
1. Opening a drawing
template
2. Placing the 1st view
3. Placing additional
projected views
4. Creating specials
views:
a. Section
b. Detail
c. Auxiliary
d. Cropped
5. Changing the
scale and position
of a view
6. Changing the
display properties
of a view
7. Placing
dimensions on a
drawing
8. Updating the
drawing after
modifying a part
9. Adding a BOM to
an assembly
drawing
Dimensioning a drawing
1. Creating
dimensions
2. Creating notes
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Demonstrate a working
knowledge of the
SolidWorks Drawing
mode to create full,
half, offset, revolved,
removed, and brokenout section views.
Introduction and
Demonstration of Drawing
Templates
Students will create
production drawings
CAD 257
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
All 2D drawing files
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Text on Drawings
1. Importance &
purpose of text
2. Text Styles
3. Text Editing
4. Creating and editing
notes
Printing Drawings
1. Printer Plotter Setup
2. Page Setup
3. Plot styles
SolidWorks model
analysis – Simulation
1. Setting up a study
2. Establishing restraints
3. Identifying and
entering force or
pressure
4. Meshing
5. Run test
6. Analyze results
7. Stress, strain,
deformation
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
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ACT Readiness
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All 2D drawing files
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
The student will be able
to export engineering
drawings of parts and
assemblies using
SolidWorks drawing
formats.
All printed drawings
- The student will be
able to identify an
appropriate static
test for a given part
or assembly.
- The student will be
able to effectively
create a static test of
an assembly and a
part file.
- The student will be
able to produce and
interpret test
results.(Stress,
strain, and
Deformation)
- Students will be able
to adjust units and
results settings for a
simulation test
Beam deflection exercise
Spider assembly exercise
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
SolidWorks model
analysis – Flow
Simulation
1. Setting up a study
2. Establishing restraints
3. Identifying flow
characteristics (type of
flow, material, velocity,
etc.)
4. Identifying size of
Computational Domain
5. Run test
6. Analyze results
7. Modify results
8. Select appropriate
format for results
Engineering Design
Algorithm (EDA)
Students will know the
order of the EDA
Students will be able to
apply the EDA to both
new and existing
engineering design
problems
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
EHS - Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
- The student will be
able to identify an
appropriate Flo test
for a given part or
assembly.
- The student will be
able to effectively
create a Flo
simulation on an
assembly and a part
file.
- The student will be
able to produce and
interpret test results
from a Flo simulation
- Students will be able
to adjust units and
results settings for a
Flo simulation test
Students will be able to
identify in order the
steps used in a
engineering design
algorithm
Students will be able to
apply a common design
algorithm to design a
new product or to
innovate an existing
product
Ball valve exercise
EHS FlowSim tutorial
Aerofoil aerodynamic
testing
Airflow testing on a
SolidWorks model of an RC
Car.
Redesign of an existing
component found on a
1/10 scale remote control
car
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Lesson/Topic
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ACT Readiness
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ACT Readiness
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ACT Readiness
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