《机械设计基础》是机械类专业的一门主干技术基础课程,同时又有较强的实践性,在整个专业教学计划中占有相当重要的地位。其作用在于培养学生,使其具有一定的机械基础知识和初步的机械设计能力,为今后从事机械技术工作打下基础。本文从《机械设计基础》的教学现状出发,探讨了该课教学方法创新上的一些措施。 “Mechanical Design Basics” is a backbone technology basic course for mechanical major, and at the same time, it has strong practicality and occupies a very important position in the entire professional teaching plan. Its role is to train students to have a certain degree of basic knowledge of machinery and mechanical design capabilities for future work in mechanical technology to lay the foundation. Based on the teaching status quo of “Mechanical Design Basis”, this paper discusses some innovations in the teaching methods of this course.