Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai admission open for Job oriented CAD/CAM/CAE Courses.



CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (CIPET)

(Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032) 

CAD/CAM/CAE Software Training Programmes in CIPET, Chennai 

(A) PLACEMENT ASSISTED PROGRAMMES (WITH STIPEND & WITHOUT STIPEND) 

(Full time – 8 hrs / day (1st or 2nd shift or General Shift) & 

(B) JOB ORIENTED PROGRAMMES 

[DIRECT ADMISSION ON ALL MONDAYS]

CONCESSION IN COURSE FEE - CHOOSE ANY ONE

(JOB ORIENTED PROGRAMMES - From Sl. No.1 to 4 & 6) 

SC/ST/BC/MBC/Physically Challenged : 10%

Fresh Diploma Holders / Engineers : 10%

Women : 15%

Students (Colleges/Polytechnics) & Alumni of CIPET : 20%

Night Batch (All candidates) - (10:00 PM to 6:00 AM) : 25%

CIPET Students/Trainees (LTC) : 50%

SHIFT TIMINGS

PLACEMENT ASSISTED 

PROGRAMMES (I, II, III & IV)

JOB ORIENTED PROGRAMMES (Sl. 

No.1 to 4 &6) 

No. of working hours 

06:00 A.M to 10:00 A.M 4 Hours 

06:00 A.M to 02:00 P.M 06:00 A.M to 02:00 P.M 8 Hours

06:00 A.M to 06:00 P.M 12 Hours

06:00 A.M to 10:00 P.M 16 Hours

02:00 P.M to 10:00 P.M 02:00 P.M to 10:00 P.M 8 Hours 

06:00 P.M to 10:00 P.M 4 Hours

06:00 A.M to 06:00 P.M or

09.00 A.M to 09.00 P.M

Saturday Batch (12 hours)

06:00 A.M to 06:00 P.M Saturday & Sunday Batch (12 hours)

10:00 P.M to 06:00 A.M 8 hours - Night Batch (Monday to Saturday)

09.00 A.M to 05:30 P.M --- 8 Hours (A) PLACEMENT ASSISTED PROGRAMMES# 

(WITH STIPEND) 

(I) INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SOFTWARE PROGRAMME 

ON

AUTOMOBILE & AEROSPACE 

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WITH CAD/CAM/CAE (Full Time)

(Course code: IES - PAAP -CAD)

Course Fee : Rs.1.0 lakh

Duration : 6 months

►Stipend: Rs. 5000/- p.m during training for 6 months

Date of written test/ interview /admission : Last Monday of Every month

Course commencement : Subsequent First Monday of Every month

Written test venue: CAD/CAM/CAE centre, CIPET, Chennai

COURSE CONTENTS 

(6 softwares)

MODULE- I (ALL software) 

(Pro-E, UG & CATIA)]

As per given in (B) Sl. No.2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and Sl. No. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 &4.6

MODULE -II (ALL software)

(Ansys, Hyperworks & Moldflow)

MODULE –III(Project Work)

MODULE -IV (Theory Classes)

Plastics Product & Mould Design, Jigs&Fixtures, Sheet Metal, CNC, CBT, Rapid Prototyping and 

Reverse Engineering.

Course Highlights 

→Balanced Theory & Practical Classes →Product Development Concepts → Personality 

Development Programme → Certificate awarded by CIPET. 

Eligibility: B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech in Mech./Prodn/Auto/Aero/Polymer/Plastics/Tool /Die Making or equivalent 

Selection: Eligible candidates have to appear in the entrance exam and the short listed candidates 

will be interviewed for final selection. (II) Advanced Masters Programme in CAD/CAM/CAE 

Course code: AMP-CAD

Course Fee : Rs. 90,000/-

Duration : 4 months + 02 months in-plant training

►Stipend: Rs. 5000/- per month during the first 4 months training programme

Date of written test/ interview /admission : Last Monday of Every month

Course commencement : Subsequent First Monday of Every month

Written test venue : CIPET, Guindy, Chennai



COURSE CONTENTS 

(4 Softwares)

MODULE- I (ALL software)

(Pro-E, UG & CATIA)

As per given in (B) Sl. No.2.1, 2.2 &2.3] plus Sl. No. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 &4.6

MODULE -II (Any ONEsoftware)

Ansys / Hyperworks / Moldflow

MODULE –III (Project Work)

MODULE -IV (Theory Classes)

Plastics Product & Mould Design, Jigs&Fixtures, Sheet Metal, CNC, CBT, Rapid Prototyping and 

Reverse Engineering.

Course Highlights 

* Balanced Theory & Practical Classes *Product Development Concepts * Personality Development 

Programme * Certificate awarded by CIPET.

Eligibility: Degree in Mechanical/Production/Polymer/Auto mobile/Aeronautical/Tool 

engineering/equivalent candidates aspiring to start the career in R&D and product development.

Selection: Eligible candidates have to appear in the entrance exam and the short listed candidates 

will be interviewed for final selection. 



PLACEMENT ASSISTED PROGRAMMES# 

(WITHOUT STIPEND) 

(III) Masters Programme in Product Development with 

CAD/CAM/CAE 

Course code: MPPD-CAD

Course Fee : Rs.75000

Duration : 4Months

COURSE CONTENTS 

(4 softwares)

MODULE- I (ALL software)

(Pro-E, UG & CATIA)]

As per given in (B) Sl. No.2.1, 2.2, 2.3 plus Sl. No. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 &4.6

MODULE -II (Any ONEsoftware)

Ansys/Hyperworks/Moldflow

MODULE –III (Project Work)

MODULE -IV (Theory Classes)

Plastics Product & Mould Design, Jigs & Fixtures, Sheet Metal, CNC, CBT, Rapid Prototyping and 

Reverse Engineering.

Course Highlights 

* Balanced Theory & Practical Classes *Product Development Concepts * Personality Development 

Programme * Certificate awarded by CIPET.



Eligibility: Diploma / Degree in Mechanical/Production/Polymer/Auto mobile/Aeronautical/Tool 

engineering/equivalent candidates aspiring to start the career in R&D and product development.









(IV) MECHANICAL CAD WITH CAM PROGRAMMING AND CAE ANALYSIS 

(Course code: MECH-CAD)

Course Fee : Rs.50000

Duration : 3 Months

COURSE CONTENTS 

(3 softwares)

MODULE- I 

[Any 02 software from (Pro-E, UG & CATIA)]

i) As per given in (B) Sl. No.2.1 & 2.2 plus Sl. No. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 &4.6 if Pro-E & UG selected

(or)

ii) As per given in (B) Sl. No.2.1 & 2.3 plus Sl. No. 4.1, 4.2& 4.3 if UG & CATIA selected 

(or)

iii) As per given in (B) Sl. No. 2.2 & 2.3 plus Sl. No. 4.4, 4.5 &4.6 if Pro-E & CATIA selected

MODULE -II (Any ONEsoftware)

Ansys / Hyperworks / Moldflow

MODULE –III (Project Work)

MODULE -IV (Theory Classes)

Plastics Product & Mould Design, Jigs&Fixtures, Sheet Metal, CNC, CBT, Rapid Prototyping and 

Reverse Engineering.

Course Highlights 

* Balanced Theory & Practical Classes *Product Development Concepts * Personality Development 

Programme * Certificate awarded by CIPET.











(B) JOB ORIENTED PROGRAMMES#

[Direct Admission on all Mondays]

(Course commencement: On all Monday)

{Advance Registration Accepted after verification of candidate's documents sent by 

post or e-mail including updated resume at CIPET}





1. CAD PROGRAMMES

1.1 CAD USING UNIGRAPHICS

Fee: Rs 10,000/- Duration: 100 hrs

Modeling: Introduction, Sketch, Curve, Curve Operations, Form Feature, Feature Operation, Transform.

Assembly: Assembly of Components, Exploded Views, Sequencing, Context Control, Cloning and 

Component arrays editing, Top Down Assembly.

Drafting: Drawing sheets, Views, Dimensioning, Annotations, Symbols, Tabular note and Part list.

1.2 CAD USING PRO/E

Fee: Rs 10,000/- Duration: 100 hrs

Part Modeling: Introduction, Sketch, Base features, datum features, sections in sketch based features, 

Edit feature, engineering features, construction features, advanced features, tweak feature, UDFs & 

Group, Relation & family Table, Resolving feature failures

Pro/Assembly: Creating Assemblies, placing, pattering, packaging, freeform Manipulation of 

components, Top Down Assemblies, Exploded view.

Pro/Detail: Drafting basics, creating a Drawing with Model views, Dimensioning & Detailing, Tables 

& BOM Balloons

1.3 CAD USING CATIA

Fee: Rs 10,000/- Duration: 100 hrs

3 D Part Modeling: Introduction to GUI, Sketcher, Constraints, sketch-based features, Dress up 

features, Transformation features, Associating bodies with Boolean Operations, Reference Elements, 

Modifying Features.Assembly Design: Creating assembly, Manipulating components in assembly, Assembly constraints, 

Exploded view, Clash checking, Assembly features, Scene creation, Using Mechanical Standard parts, 

Top Down Assembly.

Drafting: Generative Drafting, Interactive Drafting, Creating Views, Sections, BOM Generation.

1.4 CAD USING I-DEAS

Fee: Rs 10,000/- Duration: 100 hrs

3D Modeling: Sketching, Constraining, Catalogs and Parameterized parts, Creating features, Advance 

features, Feature operations, Construction operations, Surface techniques, Bin and Library Management

Assembly: Top Down and Bottom Up, Sequencing & animation, Patterning, Exploded Views, 

Introduction to Mechanism design.

Drafting: Associative and Non-associative Dimensioning, Views and Dimensions, Utility Symbols, Bill 

of Material

2. CAD/CAM PROGRAMMES 

2.1 CAD/CAM USING UNIGRAPHICS 

Fee: Rs 18,000/- Duration: 200 hrs

Modeling: Introduction, Sketch, Curve, Curve Operations, Form Feature, Feature Operation, Transform.

Assembly: Assembly of Components, Exploded Views, Sequencing, Context Control and Cloning and 

Component arrays editing, Top Down Assembly.

Drafting: Drawing sheets, Views, Dimensioning, Annotations, Symbols, Tabular note and Part list.

Direct Modeling

Free form feature: Sheets from points, Making sheets from variable cross sections, Bridging, Offsetting, 

Filleting & Trimming sheets

Sheet Metal feature: Tab, Flange, Break corner, closed corner, Normal cutout, Jog, Bend, Dimple, 

Bead, Unbend, Rebend, Edge rib, flat solid.

Manufacturing: Model Creation, Tool Selection, Geometry Definition, Machining Methods, Planer 

Milling and Contour milling Operations and Post Processing.

2.2 CAD/CAM USING PRO/E

Fee: Rs 18,000/- Duration: 200 hrs

Part Modeling: Introduction, Sketch, Base features, datum features, sections in sketch based features, 

Edit feature, Engineering features, Construction features, Advanced features, Tweak feature, UDFs & 

Group, Relation & family Table, Resolving feature failures

Pro/Assembly: Creating Assemblies, placing, patterning, packaging, freeform Manipulation of 

components, Top Down Assemblies, Exploded view.Pro/Detail: Drafting basics, creating a Drawing with Model views, Dimensioning & Detailing, Tables 

& BOM Balloons

Pro/Surface: Creating a Surface Feature, Trimming Quilts, Flattening & Bending, Creating Solid 

Geometry Using Quilt, Freeform Surfaces, Boundary, Conic surface and N-sided patch, style tools 

Pro/ Sheetmetal: Introduction creates conversion, wall, rip, cut, form, flatten form, notch punch, and 

bend, unbend, bend back, corner relief, deform, edge bend.

Pro/Mold design: Introduction, Reference & work pieces, Mold Parting surfaces, Mold volumes, 

Extracting Mold components, split components.

Pro/NC: Manufacturing Process & Parameters, Tooling, NC sequence-Milling & Lathe-turning, CL 

Data, NC sequence Definition, Creation of CL Data File, NC Post Processing.

2.3 CAD/CAM USING CATIA

Fee: Rs 18,000/- Duration: 200 hrs

Part Modeling: Introduction to GUI, Sketcher, Constraints, sketch-based features, Dress up features,

Transformation features, Associating bodies with Boolean Operations, Reference Elements, Modifying 

Features.

Assembly Design: Creating assembly, Manipulating components in assembly, Assembly constraints, 

Exploded view, Clash checking, Assembly features, Scene creation, Using Mechanical Standard parts, 

Top Down Assembly.

Drafting: Generative Drafting, Interactive Drafting, Creating Views, Sections, BOM Generation.

Surface Design: Wire frame geometry creation, Basic surface, Operations on surface, advanced surface, 

Surface based features in Part design.

Sheet metal: Introduction, Sheet Metal Parameters, Creating the Side Walls, Cutout, Automatic Bends.

Mold Design: Core cavity separation, Basic mold design.

Manufacturing: Basic Tasks, Part operations, Programs & Processes, Managing Manufacturing Entities, 

Verification, Simulation and NC Code generation.

2.4 CAD/CAM USING I-DEAS

Fee: Rs 18,000/- Duration: 200 hrs

3D Modeling: Sketching, Constraining, Catalogs and Parameterized parts, Creating features, Advance 

features, Feature operations, Construction operations, Surface techniques, Bin and Library Management

Assembly: Top Down and Bottom Up, Sequencing & animation, Patterning, Exploded Views, 

Introduction to Mechanism designs.

Drafting: Associative and Non-associative Dimensioning, Views and Dimensions, Utility Symbols, Bill 

of Material

Simulation: Basics & General Analysis procedure, Free and mapped meshing, Quality check, linear, 

non-linear and variational analysis

Manufacturing: Model Creation, Operation and Tool Selection, Generation CL File, Post Processing. 





3.CAE PROGRAMMES 



3.1 CAE USING HYPERWORKS

Fee: Rs 15,000/- Duration: 160 hrs

Hypermesh: Basic modeling, Geometry cleanup, Organizing the model with collectors, Extracting mid 

surfaces & simplifying, Selecting the user Profiles, Project, Numbering, Mask, Normals, Interactive 

surface meshing, Element density, Algorithms, Checking element quality. Introduction to solid 

meshing: Solid panels, Drag, spin, Line drag, element offset, linear solid.

Optistruct- Linear Static Analysis, Thermal Analysis, Modal Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Inertia 

Relief Analysis.

Optimization- Topology, optimization for solid problems, Optimization for stress problems.

Hypermorph- morph volumes, Morph to geometry, freehand morph, morph options

Hypergraph, hyperview, Batch mesher.

3.2 CAE USING ANSYS

Fee: Rs 15,000/- Duration: 160 hrs



Introduction to FEA & ANSYS: GUI, Basics & general analysis procedure.

Modeling: Creating Solid model, Finite element modeling and importing models, Select Entities and 

Component manager.

Meshing: Quad and Tetrahedron mesh, Volumes, Areas, Line meshing. Free and mapped meshing,

check mesh.

Structural Analysis: Static, Modal, Harmonic, Spectrum, p-method, Nonlinear & Transient analysis.

Thermal Analysis: Steady state thermal analysis.

ANSYS Workbench: Simulation, CFX Mesh, Engineering Data sheet and FE modeler.

Report generation.

3.3 CAE USING LS-DYNA

Fees: Rs. 15,000/- Duration: 100 hrs

Theory: Introduction to basic concepts of FEA, Contact Analysis, Linear and Non-Linear analysis.

FEA Terminologies used in LS-Dyna: ALE, SPH.

Analysis: Larger Deflection Dynamics, Crash Analysis, Occupant Safety, Impact Analysis and Failure 

Analysis.

Post Processing-using Hyperview.Prerequisite: knowledge of FEA and Hypermesh 8.0.

3.4 CAE USING MOLDFLOW

Fees: Rs 15,000/- Duration: 120 hrs

Introduction to CAE: Basics of Plastics Product Design, Moldflow Modeling, Mesh Creation, Mesh 

Checking, Surface repair tools, Creating Feed system and cooling system.

Meshing Tools: create Node, curves, regions, move/copy, nodal mesh tools, edge mesh tools & check 

mesh diagnostics

Modules: Mid plane, Fusion and 3D Solid.

Analysis: Gate location, Fill, Flow, Cool, Pack, Warp, Shrinkage, molding window, Case Study.

Pre-requisite: Plastics & Mold knowledge.

3.5 CAE USING PRO-MECHANICA

Fees: Rs 15,000/- Duration: 160 hrs

Syllabus of CAD Using Pro/E Plus Pro/Mechanica

Basic Mechanica: Static Structural Analysis, Modal Analysis, Buckling and Steady state Thermal.

Advanced Mechanica: Vibrational Analysis, Dynamic and Time involving Analysis.

Post-Processing Using Pro/E.

4.MOLD PROGRAMMES

4.1UNIGRAPHICS MOLD WIZARD

Fees: Rs 10,000/- Duration: 80 hrs

Refreshing the part modeling, assembly and drafting.

Mold wizard: Loading Product, Family Mould, Shrinkage, Work piece, Layout, Mould Tools, Parting, 

Mould Base, Standard Parts, Slider lifter, Ejector pin, Runner, Gate, Cooling, Insert, Electrode, Mold 

trim, Bill of material, Mould Drawing.

Prerequisite: Unigraphics & Mold Design Knowledge

4.2 CAD USING UNIGRAPHICS WITH MOLD WIZARD

Fees: Rs 15,000/- Duration: 160 hrs

Syllabus of CAD Using Unigraphics

Mold wizard: Loading Product, Family Mould, Shrinkage, Work piece, Layout, Mould Tools, Parting, 

Mould Base, Standard Parts, Slider lifter, Ejector pin, Runner, Gate, Cooling, Insert, Electrode, Mold 

trim, Bill of material, Mould Drawing.Prerequisite: Mold Design Knowledge.

4.3 CAD/CAM USING UNIGRAPHICS WITH MOLD WIZARD

Fees: Rs 24,000/- Duration: 260 hrs

Syllabus of CAD/CAM Using Unigraphics

Mold wizard: Loading Product, Family Mould, Shrinkage, Work piece, Layout, Mould Tools, Parting, 

Mould Base, Standard Parts, Slider lifter, Ejector pin, Runner, Gate, Cooling, Insert, Electrode, Mold 

trim, Bill of material, Mould Drawing.

Prerequisite: Mold Design Knowledge.

4.4 PRO/MOLD

Fees: Rs 10,000/- Duration: 80 hrs

Refreshing the part modeling, assembly and drafting.

Pro/Moldesign: Introduction, Mold design sequence, Reference & work pieces, Draft Checking, 

Applying Shrinkage, Creation Of Parting Surface, Splitting to Volume, Runner & Waterlines, Molding, 

Mold Opening Process, Mold Layout, Injection Molding Machine, Catalogs.

Prerequisite: Pro/E & Mold Design Knowledge.

4.5 CAD USING PRO/E WITH PROMOLD

Fees: Rs 15,000/- Duration: 160 hrs 

Syllabus of CAD Using Pro-E

Pro/Mold: Introduction, Mold design sequence, Reference & work pieces, Draft Checking, Applying 

Shrinkage, Creation Of Parting Surface, Splitting to Volume, Runner & Waterlines, Molding, Mold 

Opening Process, Mold Layout, Injection Molding Machine, Catalogs 

Prerequisite: Mold Design Knowledge.

4.6 CAD/CAM USING PRO/E WITH PROMOLD

Fees: Rs 24,000/- Duration: 260 hrs

Syllabus of CAD/CAM Using Pro-E

Pro/Mold: Introduction, Mold design sequence, Reference & work pieces, Draft Checking, Applying 

Shrinkage, Creation Of Parting Surface, Splitting to Volume, Runner & Waterlines, Molding, Mold 

Opening Process, Mold Layout, Injection Molding Machine, Catalogs 

Prerequisite: Mold Design Knowledge.5. MULTI software PROGRAMMES - (20% concession on course fee) 

Selection of More than one Programme from Sl. No 1 to 4 

6. SPECIAL PROGRAMME 

6.1 CAD/CAM USING CATIA WITH REVERSE ENGINEERING

Fee: Rs 24000 /- Duration: 260 hrs

Part Modeling: Introduction to GUI, Sketcher, Constraints, sketch-based features, Dress up features, 

Transformation features, Associating bodies with Boolean Operations, Reference Elements, Modifying 

Features.

Assembly Design: Creating assembly, Manipulating components in assembly, Assembly constraints, 

Exploded view, Clash checking, Assembly features, Scene creation, Using Mechanical Standard parts, 

Top Down Assembly.

Drafting: Generative Drafting, Interactive Drafting, Creating Views, Sections, and BOM Generation.

Surface Design: Wire frame geometry creation, Basic surface, Operations on surface, advanced surface, 

Surface based features in Part design.

Sheet metal: Introduction, Sheet Metal Parameters, Creating the Side Walls, Cutout, Automatic Bends.

Mold Design: Core cavity separation, Basic mold design.

Manufacturing: Basic Tasks, Part operations, Programs & Processes, Managing Manufacturing Entities, 

Verification, Simulation and NC Code generation.

Reverse Engineering: Basics concept, theoretical method of reverse engineering, Training on 

conventional measuring method, training on CMM, digitized shape editor, generative shape design, 

Quick surface reconstruction, free style, and project work.

7. Tailor Made Programmes CORPORATE Personnel on 'CAD/CAM/CAE 

Softwares’ #

Course Fee, Duration, Period, Syllabus will be decided on mutual discussion

#Conditions apply



Mode of Payment

1. Cash at Accounts Section in Cash Counter, CIPET, Chennai (or)

2. Demand Draft in favour of CIPET, Chennai 

Alongwith REGISTRATION FORM which is to be obtained in person at CAD/CAM/CAE centre, CIPET, 

Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. 

For further details: 



e-mail to: cadcamcaecipetchennai@yahoo.com, cipetchn@eth.net

Write to: The Deputy Director, CIPET, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032 

Ph: 044-22254709, 044-22254701 – 706 (6 lines), Extn: 470, 480, 490

Fax: 044-22254707

Mobile: 09677123886