TO THE QUESTION OF COMPUTER PARAMETRIC DESIGN IN THE KOMPAS-3D SYSTEM

Abstract

Computer-aided design is a highly productive means of improving the quality of technical products, reducing the cost of its development and operation. Geometric models are the basis for processing throughout the entire life cycle for complex object. Proper results significantly depend on their perfection.
 This special function is due to their leading role in the process of harmonizing the often controversial requirements of many technical and other disciplines to the designed industrial products. Its specific optimal variant is necessarily implemented by certain geometry. For effective search the latter, computer graphics models must provide not only the desired clarity and accuracy, but also the flexibility of modifications to the executed constructions. In this way, the created object is adapted to the existing various requirements for it.
 The modern implementation of the described strategy of automated design is a parametric approach to the development of industrial products. For its successful use in practice, it is necessary to pay appropriate attention to this topic when applicants for higher education study engineering graphics. Therefore, this direction is quite relevant.
 On the other hand, there are now theoretical developments that generalize the parametric geometric modeling. This applies, for example, the methodology of structural-parametric shaping, which was developed by the scientific school of applied geometry of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute". The above facts determine the appropriateness of acquainting students with new theoretical achievements in the field of computer-aided design, which will help improve their future professional activity.
 Thus, the main purpose of this publication is to present the proposed method to teaching computer design of industrial products in higher education institutions on the example of the Kompas-3D system. The described techniques are quite universal, they can also be used in other relevant software packages, in particular, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, ProEngineer etc.