Experience of teaching geometric modeling at schools and universities

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Abstract This paper presents the requirements to specialists willing to work in state-of-the-art mechanical engineering as well as the related requirements to teaching geometric modeling at school, where students are supposed to learn the principles behind 3D modeling of natural and man-made objects and to study the issues of making 3D model-based parts on CNC machines. The paper also covers an elective course program designed to teach high school students to model and manufacture parts. Students of Samara Aerospace Lyceum have made projects as part of such learning, which are also presented herein. The article further dwells upon the scope and the curriculum of the geometric modeling course taught at the Engineering Graphics Department, Samara University, as part of the Aircraft and Rocket Engine Design degree, and analyzes the students’ projects made on individual assignments. The authors conclude on the effectiveness of said training.