The Automotive Essentials course prepares candidates to take the exam. The course focuses on automotive design techniques at the onset of an automotive assembly. Candidates will review the latest CAD Drafting and Assemblies techniques in the context of automotive parts. They will study tolerance management and its role in automotive part design. This course also introduces candidates to automotive data management. They will also examine the fundamentals of electrical systems, which affect nearly every assembly in today’s automobiles. Automotive designers need to understand how different manufacturing processes affect part design. This course details that along with proper material selection. Finally, Automotive Essentials will teach candidates sheet metal design techniques so they can apply the right sheet metal standard for each design.
Today’s CAD systems offer technology to enable advanced drafting and assemblies. This section of the course teaches design engineers how to apply the latest techniques to automotive designs.
In automotive design, tolerance control of individual parts is important, but even more critical is the stack-up tolerance of many parts.
After completing the data management-specific material, a candidate will be able to perform related skills.
This section teaches a high-level explanation of automotive electrical systems.
This section covers various manufacturing processes used for automotive parts as well as suggested materials.
Candidates will use a CAD system to create sheet metal features once they complete the certification.