On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Mel Chua - m...@redhat.com wrote: <snip> > We now have 13 out of 15 seats filled, and 1 new application: > http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_2011_applicants#Adebola_Musa > > I think we're going to need some more information so I'll be asking > Adebola for some details soon - comments, questions, etc. that you'd > like to hear about would be most appreciated! > <snip> > Cheers, > > --Mel
I hope Professor Musa understands that most of the commercial CAD systems have redefined the acronym as Computer-Aided Design as distinguished from Computer-Aided Drawing. It is no longer sufficient for an Engineer to document the look of a product. S/he must be able to analyze the product before it is used. This entails generating Finite Element Models for stress and fluid dynamic analysis, tool path generation for machining and three dimensional printing, parts list generation, project management, and a myriad of other tasks that use to start with a drawing and now use a mathematical model as their source material. I suggest he become familiar with ISO 10303 and the application profiles contained therein. ISO 10303 could probably generate several classes including the construction of databases and interpreted languages. Students could add participation in ISO Technical Committee 184 to their resume if they worked on proof of concept tools for the standard. Also, if anyone knows of an open source CAD/Product Management product, I'd like to be informed of its existence. There are several pretty picture generating tools (Blender,the GIMP, Inkscape; all meeting at http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2011/ I believe), but I have yet to see anything that attacks the Engineering tools issue robustly. _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
