Аnalysing the features of CAD application in the educational process

Abstract

The high dynamism of all social processes and phenomena determines the formation of a new worldview system for humanity, the modification of the hierarchy of needs and values and challenges to the pace and quality of development. Solving highly complex tasks related to meeting modern requirements demands the use of the latest scientific solutions and tools. Therefore, robotics, automation, and digitalization, which are based on advanced intellectual technologies, are considered to be the driving forces behind the innovative and technological structure. Humanity also has to solve a number of complex problems related to ecology, the search for new sources of energy, materials, and technologies that are acceptable to society. High information technologies play a decisive role in solving these problems. Among information technologies, design automation occupies a special place in the educational process. Firstly, design automation is a discipline that incorporates many other modern information technologies. For example, the technical support for computer-aided design (CAD) systems is based on the use of computer networks and telecommunications technologies, and CAD uses personal computers and workstations. The mathematical support of CAD systems is distinguished by the richness and diversity of methods of computational mathematics, statistics, mathematical programming, discrete mathematics, and artificial intelligence. CAD software packages are among the most complex modern software systems based on operating systems, complex programming languages, and other modern CASE technologies. Secondly, knowledge of the basics of design automation and the ability to work with CAD tools are necessary for virtually any future design engineer.  This article examines the issues and problems students encounter when studying high-tech disciplines. In today's environment, higher education institutions (HEIs) need a high-quality and technologically advanced new approach to training students at different levels of education. The introduction of high-tech disciplines into teaching allows for the rapid development and offering of a variety of individual assignments on a wide range of topics to students, taking into account their initial level of computer literacy. With the right approach, CAD can be an excellent basis for introducing project-based learning into the educational process. In addition, the use of automated design systems in the educational process, along with solving the main task, provides a number of additional educational effects. The combined effect of these factors significantly improves learning outcomes. This article discusses some of the distinctive features of CAD that have a positive impact on the effectiveness of training modern specialists.