WORK FORCE

DEVELOPMENT
IN

AUTOMOTIVE
PRODUCT DESIGN

Parlakhemundi
Rajaseetapuram, Odisha
+91-9966725117

www.cutm.ac.in

dineshtej@cutm.ac.in
 LEADING THE WAY

CATIA ,Dassault Systemes flagship PLM solution , is the worlds leading

solution for Product Design Excellence. It addresses all manufacturing
organisations, from OEMs through their supply chains, routes to all
small independent producers

CENTURION UNIVERSITY WITH DASSULT SYSTEMES

Centurion University & Dassult Systemes share a joint vision: Enabling

leading edge solutions constantly optimize performance and create work
force for its customers. Centurion Universityensures that its students get
best-in-class profession training & certification in CATIA. DassultSystemes
gives real time projects like smart city & electric vehicle for professional
development of students. In addition, Centurion University uses
3D Experience platform for its academic purpose& CATIA V6 for
professional training.

ENGINEERING DESIGN SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Engineering design is a research part of engineering devlopment where

students form in teams to find solutions of open-ended problems. CATIA &
3D experience platform offeres product design and product lifecycle
management tools, guide teams to reach a solution in short span.
The primary focus is to develop form, fit & function for a product keeping
engineering constraints in-loop. This gives a unique chance to students to
apply their academic knowledge in reality.

AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT DESIGN - PROFESSIONAL

Automotive industry is driven by market factors such as rapid change in

asthetics, lighter weight chassis, low emissive power train, low NVH and
alternate power train for high performace. In order to create this types of
experiences to customers, product development cycles has to be accelerated.
All major automobile companies have equipped with Dassault Systemes
CATIA in order to achieve product excellence within short span of time. As this
technology emerges , the demand of skilled design engineer raised. In order
to help technical students to achieve this dream we offer professional training
in three demaned domains.
1. Fundamentals of Vehicle Design & Packaging
2. Automotive Chassis & Body Structures
3. Automotive Interiors & Exteriors
 SKILL GAP ANALYSIS

SKILL GAP?

44% 31%

of students feel well said that the college

prepared by
university/ college in
dont offer or unaware
the courses that
=
technical skills develop technical skills nearly 3 in 4
employer say recent college
grads are unprepared for
entry-level positions

of students think college should of employers find it difficult

93% incorporate 64% or very difficult to find
CAREER ORIENTED CIRRCULUM qualified candidates
business practices & technical skills

A BETTER FIT IN CENTURION UNIVERSITY

85%
of major course work
has been replaced by
professional courses
+ 80%
of employers consider nontranditional
credentials when evaluating students
for entry-level positions
68%
of students have
learned technical
skills with digital WHAT CENTURION DID?
tools . Institutionalised professional courses
like Chassis Design, Body in White
and Platic Product Design
. Encourage Students through
40%
has earned real world experimental learning by digital tools
internship experience like CATIA V6 & 3D Experience
as direct result of platform
incorporating professional
courses into cirrculum . Solve real-time industrial projects
using principles of Design for
manufacturing & assembly
 CREATING SKILL GAP COURSES
Navigating & Explorationg of 3D Experience platform and understand server based
architecture of CATIA V6. We have access to cloud based on-campus solution which
us to create and collabrate to different project members and clients. SMART CITY
solutions & entire architecture of our ELECTRICAL VEHICLE concept has been
developed.

The Advanced Part Design course is about creating solid based mechnanical design
solutions. Students will learn more advanced techniques for creating feature-based
solids, as well as surface-based features, transformations, model evaluations, boolean
operations, and feature management. Upon completion of this course, students be
ready to start using advanced modeling techniques in your designs.

The Advanced Assembly Design course is creating product and visualizing its functionality.
Students`ll learn how to create assemblies wisely and manage them using essential tools
in CATIA V5. Topics include assembly information, operations, tools, management,
catalogs, analysis, parameters, formulas, and interpart links. Upon completion of this
course students`ll be ready to start building complex assemblies.

This Advanced Surface Design course teaches students, how to create and analyze
complex surfaces using the CATIA V5 Generative Shape Design workbench.
(For some licenses, many of these commands will be found in the Wireframe and
Surfacing Design workbench instead.) Students will learn valuable tools to analyze
surface models to verify their quality. Key topics include: connect checker, connect curve,
draft analysis, surfacic curvature analysis, porcupine analysis, healing elements,
sweep (explicit, line, circle, conic, adaptive), blend surfaces, and powercopies.

Learn how to put your assemblies in motion with our DMU Kinematics course.
The DMU Kinematics workbench lets you add kinematic mechanisms to your assemblies.
Use these mechanisms to simulate your assembly's motion. You can then use the
simulation to evaluate your design. This course gives you the tools you need to get
your assembly designs moving.

The Fundamentals of Vehicle Design and Packaging course is intended to be a guide for
individuals through the advanced concept package development process. The main
objective of the advanced concept is to develop form, proportion, and architecture that
pushes beyond current boundaries. This course will cover functions and segments of
automotive design, package ideation, size & proportion, occupant packaging, interiors &
cargo, powertrains, wheels & tires, suspension & chassis, and bodies.
AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS DESIGN
This course is intended to allow you the opportunity to explore engine design
fundamentals and learn what you can do to help during the machining process.
You will also learn about exhaust, suspension, steering, and frame systems.
Using real-world design problems presented by automotive manufacturers for
case workers, you can put into practice your newfound knowledge.

AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES (BIW)

The course explains how to create automotive structural parts within the body
panels and assembly environment. We emphasize modeling parts to fit within
a limited space using existing geometry as the boundaries, and to design the
parts to accommodate subsystems.
 PROJECTS DONE DURING THE COURSE WORK

FUNDAMENTAL OF VEHICLE DESIGN & PACKAGING

The objective of coursework is to create different concepts based on functional objectives and drive the
architecture of vehicle forword. The concept deing driven by design (emotion) or package ( logic ).
Ideally both are developed harmoniously to result in pure and rational product. Students have understood
objectives of different vehicles and using CATIA tools they have the concept of Class A surface.
They have experimented different configrations in terms of powertrain layout, suspension & steering
configuration, body structure & interiors. Depending on voulme occupied by the individual packages the
concept have been generated. We encourage students come up with new ideas were CATIA help to
shorten their design development cycles. Starting from anatomy of passegener car package to package
ideation, sizing & proportion, benchmarking,occupant packaging,inetrior & cargo, powertrain packaging
wheels & tyres, suspension & chassis, body & exterior features and creating a package logic drawing is
what students have imparted.
 FOCUSSING ON OCCUPANT PACKAGING

Erogonimic study reveals lot of data regarding drivers comfort. Students have understood the quantified
requirements of comfort by SAEJ1100 index. Using H-point reference they have design the manikin of 95
percentile male by using Human Builder Analysis in CATIA. Analyzing upward vision angle & downward
vision angle, effective head room, 95th percentile eye ellipse, torso line (back angle), thigh center line.
Setting up the enviroement by above data, students have experiment different vehicle profile, belt line, day
light opening profile. Using Generative Shape Design they have create a form. The focus is mainly on
to understanding advanced product design process during evolution of a vehicle and to make it simpler
we have used 3D expeirence platform during brainstorming sessions. Because withoutquestion, the critical
element in every vehcile package are occupants.If you get occupants positions and postures wrong, the
entire architecture need to be redesigned.
 PROJECTS DONE IN AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS DESIGN

By studying the modeling technique that produce a frame rail solid model. Students have developed this
frame rail as a hydroformed part. Creating charaterstic shape that form the rough shape & then the detail
features that complete the model. Considering and adding clearance for suspension component attachement
and structural support formation. Understanding the manfacturing of sheet metal components, creating
design methods for sheet metal (DFM),develop correct metal formation in complex areas. Digital Mock up
analysis in CATIA has been done by defining different joint for undertanding of suspension system under
under loading. Students have capability to design components for specific manufacturing process. The
design methodolgy under scaned revels the die prior to shell operation and resulting component after
stamping. Structural supports like body mount brackets , suspension mounts & hangers have been
assembled. This components are welded to frame and design to relative location of the frame. This means
it should follow the characterstic shape of the frame for correct installation & support.
PROJECTS DONE IN AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES (BODY-IN WHITE DESIGN )

MODEL CREATION METHODS

CATIA software is common in the product design industry because of the speed,
accuracy, versatility, and engineering they contribute to the manufacturing of a
product. Depending on the CAD system of company uses dictates the particular
methods used in modeling a part. Each system has its own unique modeling tools
but most of them follow a common standard, which is they create solid bodies and
surfaces. Some companies restrict you to use proven modeling methods or methods
that support other activities but it always comes down to shape. This method
reviews some of the primary methods used for designing a solid model for BIW.

FRONT PILLAR HINGE DEVELOPMENT FOR ROUGH SHAPE

Create a rough shape envelope for a front hinge pillar. You will use different
techniques to create the rough shape from existing geometry. Creating the front
hinge pillar involves five different tasks: initial build, adding depressions, adding
beads, adding flanges, and the final shaping. This project shows how to build a
stamped sheet metal part starting with the initial chunky solid all the way to the
finished part.

COMPLEX DEPRESSIONS ON CONTOUR SURFACE

This project begins with creation main body block shape. Then using existing
geometry to create depressions utilizing surface creation multibodeis, Boolean
operations and splits. By using Advanced replication tools like Duplicate
geometric set we create different contours.

FLANGE CREATION
The objective of this project is to create flange to adjoining and stiffening to an
existing model. Creating bodies to flange and removing a cut-out.Carrying out
design changes for downstream users.

SHAPING OF PART - CREATING REINFORCEMNT

To shape a reinforcement while working in context of assembly. This project
reveals a modeling technique where surfaces that used to shape a part that has
depression formations and metal to bend it. During manufacturing the part is
blanked and then formed causing metal twist to occur in particular areas.
This is an easy way for these particular form of formations.
 PROJECTS DONE IN AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR & EXTERIOR DESIGN

A - B Surfacing

Plastic product design involves best surfacing practices. The projects done by our students focussing on
offsetting of Class A surface to Class B and blending it with Class C surface which makes a closed loop.
This will be coverted to solid and through boolean operations we have achieved different engineering
features. The challeging part is generating surface which are tangentially continous. Student have learned
proper creation of tree struture for downstream users. Understanding injection molding process and apply
DFMA principles to design methodology.

MAIN DOOR TRIM PROJECT

Door trim project is application of PDD understanding and implementation in real time. From defining tooling
direction, developing class B according master section proposed and creating assemble elements like
snap fits, ribs, dog house, heat stakes, locators, different clips. In context of assembly with enviroment data
shape is formed and engineering features are applied. To ensure manufacturing and easy ejection from
die cavity draft analysis is done. Other analysis like surface curvature analysis , porcupine analysis are done
to ensure curvature smoothness. Power copy has been used for developing locators, snap fits and other
assemble elements
 SUMMARY

The main objective of this program is to educate student with industrial practices and abridge gap between
academics & industry. Upon completion our students are capable of :

1. 3D modeling using solid based approach & surface based approach.

2. Understand the different configrations & mechanism involved.
3. Design automotive components for specific manufacturing process.
4. Assemble different components according to company standards.
5.Digitally analyze assembled components by DMU Kinematics.
6. Use surfacing tools according to industrial practices.
7. Accelerate product development from concept ot reality.
8. Do Draft Analysis to ensure manufacturability.
9. Implementing design methodology according to manfacturing process.
10. Do Remastering for casting , stamping & injection molded products.
11. Analyse surface smoothness by surface curvature analysis, porcupine analysis.
12.Implementing all advanced tools in CATIA.

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

INTERSHIP WITH DASSULT SYSTEMES

1. Swarup Das
2.Srikanth Patra
3. Sumanth.G
4. Praduymna Senapati

INTERNSHIP WITH APSSDC

1. Tanuku Guru
2.Santosh Kumar Patra
3.Tapan Padhy
4.Shakti Patra
5. Rakesh Kumar Acharya
6. Lakshmi Kanth Kemundu