API APPLICATION FOR ORGANIZING GENERAL MONITORING OF STUDENTS' DRAWING ASSIGNMENT

Abstract

Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are widely used for the development and preparation of engineering and design documentation. Future specialists acquire fundamental CAD skills in secondary vocational and higher education institutions, mastering the Engineering graphics, Computer graphics and Descriptive geometry programmes. One of the most popular CAD systems in Russia and Belarus is the KOMPAS-3D system (ASCON). Drawings created in KOMPAS-3D have the .cdw file extension and, in addition to geometric data, contain information about the file history, original author, and internal file structure. Analysis of this information enables instructors to control the overall labour intensity of the assigned tasks, perform time management, and identify potential cases of nonindependent work submission. This article presents an author-developed project related to the design of a special pedagogical tool for monitoring students’ learning activities. The project is implemented as an API application for the KOMPAS-3D system. For the convenience of users, a new toolbar and an additional drop-down menu have been imbedded into the program interface. The application allows instructors to analyze drawing file metadata directly from the KOMPAS-3D system during the assessment of graphical assignments. The API application was developed in 2024 and has been successfully tested and implemented in practice