XA软件在工程图学教学中的探索与应用

With the rapid development of computer graphics based on CAD/CAM, the education of engineering graphics should pay attention to the bi-cultivation of 2D design and 3D design. The CAXA is the domestic CAD software. In the engineering graphics teaching, the model base and drawing base can be constructed with many functions of the software, such as planar design, visual three-dimensional design, drawing generation and animation manufacture, which are applied in the classroom teaching and practical teaching, along with multimedia teaching. This method not only improve the teaching quality but also cultivate creative ability of the students. From the viewpoint of classroom teaching and extracurricular tutorial, the teaching methods optimized by CAXA software was advanced in the paper. The results show that the CAXA software introduction not only inspires the students’s duty interesting during the teaching of engineering graphics, but also cultivates their creative thinking ability, and makes them master a practical computer drawing software simultaneously.