The systems to be demonstrated provide students with an opportunity to work on simulated manufacturing projects and to view manufacturing both at the early stage in the design process where the general manufacturing configuration is established and at the detailed or parametric stage of the  process. The tools provide a realistic understanding of the  relation between complexity of design and manufacturing cost. 

Four tutors will be demonstrated: 1) The Injection Molding Tutor allows students to construct and examine molded polymer part designs and to add features such as bosses, `thru' holes  and ribs. 2) The  Stamping Tutor helps students understand the relationship between sheet metal parts and the required stamping  stations.  The student designs a part and the Tutor demonstrates the stations necessary. 3) The Forging Tutor proposes problems to the student who studies cost, material and production criteria before selecting materials for use. 4) The  Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Tutor address real-world  design problems which might require FEA tools and teaches the basic concepts of model symmetry, load and boundary conditions and  dimensional symmetry. 

Inorder to support international exchange of effective software, courseware demonstrations from various participants are encouraged and we will make our software available for evaluation and assessment. Software testing, evaluation and dissemination around the world is straightforward and potentially powerful. It requires only Web-based, CD-ROM, Zip and Jazz exchanges between individuals and then among countries.