Computer-aided design for civil engineering is an online course given within the three years of the Degree in Civil Engineering. This degree aims at providing tools for the design, construction, maintenance and management of civil structures and infrastructures, such as buildings, bridges, tunnels, transport systems, hydraulic works and land protection.
The course is aimed at providing students with the basic knowledge and understanding of some software (Excel, Powerpoint, Autocad, Coreldraw, Matlab) and their capabilities and tools for the development of numerical processing and graphics applications. Such applying knowledge will be useful for the design courses of the Degree in Civil Engineering. At the end of the course the students will be able to: 1) use excel software for data management and processing by the means of tables, graphs, equations and functions: 2) solve some typical problems of optimization with constraints using additional components of Excel software like macro and solver; 3) represent data effectively through graphs, tables and diagrams; 4) print Excel work sheets; 5) apply Autocad commands to create technical papers and drawings; 6) use plot setting to print Autocad files; 7) apply basic commands of Matlab
The course is aimed at providing students with the basic knowledge and understanding of some software (Excel, Powerpoint, Autocad, Coreldraw, Matlab) and their capabilities and tools for the development of numerical processing and graphics applications. Such applying knowledge will be useful for the design courses of the Degree in Civil Engineering. At the end of the course the students will be able to: 1) use excel software for data management and processing by the means of tables, graphs, equations and functions: 2) solve some typical problems of optimization with constraints using additional components of Excel software like macro and solver; 3) represent data effectively through graphs, tables and diagrams; 4) print Excel work sheets; 5) apply Autocad commands to create technical papers and drawings; 6) use plot setting to print Autocad files; 7) apply basic commands of Matlab
teacher profile teaching materials
Students will be introduce also to the fundamentals of another software such as Matlab, and its application to civil enginnering issues and questions.
Programme
The course consists in 21 on line video lectures and will provide students with AutoCAD two-dimensional drawing fundamentals and Excel applications. Major topics include the AutoCAD/Excel operating system, menu structure and commands, accurate drawing setup techniques, geometry creation, manipulation and alteration editing functions, display, printing and plotting techniques. Specific application are dedicated to civil engineering drawings and design applications.Students will be introduce also to the fundamentals of another software such as Matlab, and its application to civil enginnering issues and questions.
Core Documentation
None except for the manual of Autocad and Excel. Lessons will be uploaded on Moodle and Teams.Type of delivery of the course
The course consists in 21 on line video lectures recorded by the professor who upload the video and other materials useful for the students in Moodle and Teams platforms.Type of evaluation
Students will be evaluated basing on the results of an onine exam consisting in the development of some exercises that have to be applied to solve some practical issues of civil engineering.