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.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA TACCHINO (President)

FRANCESCO MOLFETTA

MICHELA CHIAPPALONE (President and Coordinator of Integrated 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.

Exam schedule