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CODE 67030
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/05
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aims of the course are:

  • Providing the students basic notions about the acquisition systems
  • Introducing the advantages of the use of ICT in orthopedics
  • Providing the students a general overview of the functioning of the CAD-CAM systems
  • Providing the students the capacity to use free CAD systems
  • Providing the students the ability to choose the most suitable CAD-CAM systems

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Outcomes of the course are:

  • Knowing the advantages of the CAD-CAM systems in orthopedics
  • Classifying the digital scanner typologies
  • Comparing the different categories of CAD systems
  • Critically evaluating the devices for model acquisition
  • Analitically describing the parts of a CAD-CAM system

TEACHING METHODS

Slides and practical exercise with free software for CAD.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

  • Design and its historical evolution
  • From drafting machine to CAD
  • 2D and 3D CAD
  • CAD classification and models
  • Reverse Engineering, digital scanner
  • Functioning of the digital scanner
  • Use of the CAD systems

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Slides of the course.

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Test with closed and open questions.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The capacity to describe a CAD-CAM system, to evaluate the advantages of the CAD-CAM and to know differences among CAD-CAM systems will be verified.