Course content

Description of technical systems and products. Modeling as a tool for product development and production. Description of construction and function of technical products. Machine drawing. 3D modelling. Sketching and drawing as tools for documentation of products and processes (language and symbols). Techniques and methods for sketching and drawing. Eco-design and life cycle analysis.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:
An MSc candidate has knowledge of:
- Products in relation to users and other stakeholders.
- Function as defining for products.
- Relationship of functions and technical solutions.
- Rules and norms for product documentation and product description.

Skills:
An MSc candidate can:
- Make machine drawings according to standards.
- Make free hand sketches to illustrate technical principles and product embodiment.
- Make and handle 3D models of components and assemblies in industrially applicable computer systems.

General competence:
An MSc candidate can:
- Disassemble a technical product and understand how it works and what components it is made up of.
- Discuss a technical product or system with a terminology understood by other engineers.

Learning methods and activities

The course is centered on an actual technical product, for instance a hand tool. The product is studied and described. Sketches are used to explain functions and technical solutions. Alternative solutions are sketched, and models are made. Lectures on terminology, description formats and techniques. Extensive exercises. The project part of the first semester introductory course is part of this course. There is also a teamwork project during the final phase of the course. Assessment for the course is based on group projects. If significant differences in the contributions from group members have been documented, individual adjustment of final grading may be considered. In addition there is a mandatory e-learning course in basic health, safety and environmental work (HSE) included. In parallel the practise course of the Mechanical Engineering program is given, reserved and mandatory for students of the degree program Mechanical Engineering.

Compulsory assignments

• Course in HSE
• Practical course for students of the degree program Mechanical Engineering
• Compulsory exercises in modelling and drawing every week
• Teamwork project by semester end

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

The course is limited to students of the degree programmes Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Economics and Technology Management.

Course materials

Will be specified at first lecture.

Credit reductions