ABOUT THE BOOK WITH A FEW SCREEN SHOTS

OBJECTIVES:

The main objective of this book is to uplift the knowledge and standard of Indian P&O students and to bring them as par with their foreign counterparts. This book is specially tailored for Indian P&O industry with accordance to their need and to upgrade their level of education. The level of prosthetics and orthotics education has risen along with the technical sophistication of the materials, methods and use of components. Now the time has come when all should join hands and bring back the glory which the Indians were once enjoying during the Vedic period of being highly scientifically sound among all others in the whole world. The main problem in India for P&O professionals are that there is no such streams that deal with the thing that we deal with i.e. let’s consider the CAD/CAM part that we have in our course curriculum, we need P&O components to be taught rather designing mechanical parts of any automobiles or machines, this is because we have to depend on normal mechanical engineers who are least consent what is needed for us hence, we suffer. This can be eradicated if we tie up with those mechanical engineers and share our ideas as in designing any mechanical parts of any prosthetics and orthotics components which is exactly done in this book.

In brief the features of this book are:

-This book is 1^st of its kind that is specially meant for any P&O student as well as the vast Indian P&O industry.

-This book is prepared strictly with accordance to the RCI syllabus and standard.

-This book is simple in language and highly illustrative.

-This book can be a handy guide for any computer related problems.

-This book deals with Computer Fundamentals, Designing concepts with AutoCAD, Basics of CAM with details the parts and specification of any CNC machines, CAD/CAM in the field of P&O with details the generations of modifying softwares used, in details the different types of digitizers that are used, the carving machines and fabrication techniques with CAD/CAM systems.

CONTENTS:

The whole book is divided into four sections:

1. FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER (100 pages approx.)
2. DESIGNING CONCEPTS WITH AUTO CAD (120 pages approx.)
3. BASICS OF CAM (50 pages approx.)
4. CAD/CAM IN THE FIELD OF P&O (50 pages approx.)

TOTAL: 300-350 PAGES APPROX. IN 14 Crown PAPER SIZE OF 24cmX17.5cm B&W

PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEM

This part will deal with the evolution of computers, generation of computers and uses of computers.

DISCOVERING COMPUTER

This part will deal with divisions of computers in different fields of science i.e. starting from PDAs to supercomputers.

AN EYE INSIDE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM

This part will deal with various hardware components of a computer system i.e. output & input devices, processing units, memory units etc.

SOFTWARES

This is the most important part. It will deal with types of softwares i.e. system softwares, application softwares, utility softwares and a special package to teach newcomers to deal with Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)

NETWORKING

It will deal with networking computers; both software and hardware basis.

INTERNET

Special attractions for students which will teach them e-mail basics, chatting, browsing different P&O sites and many more things.

THREATS TO COMPUTER AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

It will deal with different types of viruses and their elimination techniques.

PART 2. DESINGING CONCEPTS WITH AUTO CAD

HISTORY OF CAD

CONCEPTS OF PRODUCT CYCLE

AUTOMATION

DESIGN PROCESS

APPLICATION OF CAD

BENEFITS OF CAD

GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF MODELS

GEOMETRIC MODELLING

METHODS OF SOLID MODELLING

METHODS OF GRAFICAL REPRESENTATION OF CURVES

METHODS OF GRAFICAL REPRESENTATION OF SURFACES

COMMONLY USED GRAPHICAL FORMATS

AUTO CAD 2006

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE

AUTO CAD WINDOW

CREATING, EDITING AND SAVING AN AUTO CAD FILE

COORDINATE SYSTEM

USES OF FUNCTION KEYS

EXECUTION OF SIMPLE 2D DRAWINGS

Draw tool bar

Modify tool bar

DIMENSIONING

3D VIEWS, 3D ORBIT, SHADES, UCS & WCS

UNDERSTANDING 3D

Surface

Solids

Solid editing

3D operations

RENDERING

RASTER IMAGE

ANNOTATIONS

PLOTTING

CUSTOMIZATION

AUTO LISP

SOMEOTHER INTERESTING OPTIONS IN AUTO CAD

SHORTCUTS KEYS

AUTO CAD TIPS AND TRICKS

EXERCISES

PART 3. BASICS OF CAM

HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NC M/C

TYPES OF MACHINE TOOLS

NC MACHINE TOOLS

NC CODES AND THEIR USES

BASIC STEPS OF NC OPERATIONS

ADVANTAGES OF NC M/C OVER CONVENSTIONAL M/C

LIMITATIONS OF NC M/C OVER CNC M/C

CNC MACHINE TOOLS

TYPES OF CNC M/C

BASIC PARTS OF CNC MACHINE

CONTROLLERS

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

CNC TOOLING

VARIOUS COMPENSATIONS IN CNC M/C

TOOL PRESETTING

DIFFERENT CUTTING PARAMETERS

ADAVNTAGE OF CNC M/C OVER NC M/C

DNC MACHINE TOOLS

INTRODUCTION TO VARIOUS DNC SOFTWARES

BASIC STEPS OF DNC OPERATIONS

ADAVANTAGES OF DNC M/C OVER CNC M/C

EXERCISES

PART 4. CAD/CAM IN THE FIELD OF P&O

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF CAD/CAM FOR THE FIELD OF P&O

GENERAL PROCESSING

A TYPICAL MEASUREMENT FORM

OUTLINE OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF STUMP MODIFYING SOFTWARES

1^ST GENERATION (2D BASED STUMP MODIFICATION)

2^ND GENERATION (LIBRARY CONCEPT)

3^RD GENERATION (DIRECT MODIFICATION BY VIRTUAL TOOLS ON THE SCANNED DATA OF THE STUMP)

CHARACTERISTICS

GENERAL PC SPECIFICATION FOR RUNNING THESE SOFTWARES

THE SCANNING SYSTEM

Electromagnetic field based digitization (Tracer/Tracing pen)

Mechanical cast digitization

Optical based digitization (Camera Based Scanner)

CHARACTERISTICS

CNC CARVER (MILLING) SYSTEMS

SPECIFICATIONS

FEATURES

ADAVANTAGES OF CAD/CAM IN THE FEILD OF P&O

LIMITATIONS

STEPWISE PROSTHETIC SOCKET FABRICATION PROCEDURE

DETAILS CAD/CAM SYTEMS AS: OMEGA, BIO SCULPTOR, VORUM CANFIT PLUS.

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Some additional points about the book especially for students:

- This book is specially written is a language that everybody can follow easily.

- This book only deals with the things that we (BPO students) should be concerned with.

- This book can be said as of the P&O Professionals by the P&O Professionals and for the P&O Professionals.

- The computer part makes us understand about the different computers and the latest technology behind it.

- The Auto CAD part is one of the best parts of all, a lay man studying it can also understand the CAD magic, it consist of chapters with special reference to design P&O components, exercises dealing with 2D and 3D drawings of general components that we use in P&O industry.

- The CAM part is not less than the CAD part it deals with hardware basics of any CNC machines that work combinely behind the success of the machine.

- The last part that is CAD/CAM in the field of P&O deals with the different generations of CAD softwares, different types of digitizers and the mechanics behind each, carvers and a special chapter to makes us understand the preliminary preparation how to scan a patient’s stump with the fabrication details in steps.

- Also there is a part that deals with the different types of leading CAD/CAM technology from all over the world.