The total appearance of the vehicle depends on its design and styling. The style of a vehicle is the first and foremost thing that attracts customers and so, it impacts the human-product interaction directly. Other than aesthetic appearance, the styling also affects the design and performance of vehicles. This in turn demands a better understanding of the styling of vehicles. This course will teach you the basics of research, the advanced sketching followed by digital tools and advanced rendering with the prospect of visualisations.

In this module, you will learn about: 

• Introduction to the Industry 
• Research 
• Sketching 
• Rendering 
• Modeling 
• Visualization 

BiW refers to the entire sheet metal body of an automobile before mounting other automobile components. It serves as the skeleton of the automobile and its performance greatly influences the performance of vehicles. In this module, we will focus on the modeling of assemblies using NX CAD software considering the design, functional, crash, safety and production requirements. 

The topics covered in this module include 

• Vehicle Development Cycle 
• Basics of Automotive Body in White
• Design Methodology of a Hood, Fender, Roof, Back Doors, and Side Doors
• Case Study - Converting - Backdoor/Tailgate Inner Panel
• Design of Key Mechanism - Lock and Striker 
• Process and Challenges with Supplier Manufactured Parts: Case Study

CATIA is the most commonly used design software and a very versatile tool. CATIA is used in the design of products and also finds use in the design of manufacturing tools, wiring harness, and mold design. In this course, students will begin by learning the interface of CATIA and the various workbenches available within the software. 

Here, you will learn 

• Sketching 
• Part Design 
• Advanced Part Design & Drafting 
• Assembly Design 
• Surface Design 

Plastics have so many appealing characteristics which emphasize their use as the material for some automobile parts. This module of the course covers the modeling of different automotive plastic components and assemblies using CATIA V5. 

Here, you will learn how to model 

• Side Door Trims
• Back Door Trim
• Bottom Scuff Plate (Front and Back)
• A-Pillar Lower & Upper Trims
• B-Pillar Lower & Upper Trim
• Centre Console Cover 
• Centre Switch Bezel
• Driver Side Lower Panel
• Glove Box Cover
• Crush Pad for Glove Box
• Console
• Side Cover
• Headlights
• Headliner 
• Front Bumper 

Automobile seats impact the comfort of the occupants directly since it is in direct contact with the occupants. Other than supporting the occupants and positioning them, seats have a major role in ensuring the safety of the occupants. 

This module of the course covers: 

• Program Life Cycle 
• Introduction to Automotive Seating and Components of a Seating system 
• Introduction to the design of sheet metal parts, tubes and wires in seating structures.
• Overview of Durability Requirements
• Mechanism of Seating Structures 
• Introduction to Seat Kinematics 
• Different joints used in the  seat structure
• GD&T
• Tolerance Stack Up
• Design of  Rear Seat Structures
• Kinematics for Rear Seat 
• Design of Foam Pads
• Design of seat plastics: A-surface in CATIA V5
• Design of seat plastics: B-surface in CATIA V5
• Foam trim and plastic interfaces

An automobile has various lights. We have headlights, taillights, signal lights, brake lights and so on. Each of them has a specific role to perform. They either help the driver or are used to signal other vehicles. The proper functioning and usage of automobile lights are extremely important to avoid accidents.  

This module covers the modeling of

• Head Light 
• Tail Light 
• Number Plate Lamp 
• Side Indicator Lamp

Earlier cars used only a few electrical systems for their operation. But, in a modern car, the number of electrical components is huge. This in turn demands a sophisticated electrical system. To make the complex wiring of this system simpler, a wiring harness is used. A wiring harness is an organised set of wires or cables that runs throughout the vehicle for connecting different components. 

This module deals with 

• Vehicle E&E Architecture Basics 
• Introduction to the E&E Logical & Physical Architecture 
• Industry Practices for Physical Architecture (Component location) 
• Wiring harness Design and Routing 
• Wiring Harness Design process and Stage-wise Activities 
• Wiring Harness Topology Basics 
• Basics of DFA, DFM and DFS for Wiring Harness and Industry Best practices
• Wiring Harness Layouts
• Rules and Best Practices for Harness Routing
• Different Types of Clips, Clamps and Mountings used in Wiring Harnesses
• Applications of  Clips/Clamps/Grommets
• Applications of Plastic Channels & Brackets
• Harness Branching Guidelines
• Interconnection Connection Parking
• Guidelines for Busbar, PDM mounting, ECU mountings
• Types of Protection Devices/Convolutes and its Applications

This module of the course deals with Geometric Tolerance & Dimensioning(GD&T). GD&T is a system of symbolic language used for the better communication of engineering drawings. It conveys the degree of precision and accuracy within which an engineering part should be manufactured. 

Here, you will learn about 

• Introduction to GD&T 
• Rules, symbols and form tolerances 
• Datums, modifiers, virtual conditions
• Orientation tolerance & Profile tolerance 
• Position tolerance 
• Coaxiality, symmetricity, run-outs 
• Understanding GD&T drawing