LEARNING TOPSOLID SOFTWARE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES – A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA AND DICO ROMANIA COMPANY

In these paper we present a learning program of TopSolid software and some results obtained on Computer Aided Programming of machine tools acquired by a group of students that followed an introductory course in TopSolid 2009 at the Faculty of Mechanics from Craiova and a traineeship in DiCo Romania company. This program took place outside school hours and it was attended by students who have voluntarily enrolled. After completing the program learning of TopSolid CAD and CAM modules, two students of the group, who are in the final year of study at the Faculty of Mechanics from Craiova, have applied for employment in the mentioned company. Currently, until completion of their undergraduate, they are working part time at DiCo Romania.