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Currently, a very important factor in human life is higher education. An important component in the formation of information competence is the ability to use ready-made software products in their professional activities. The primary goal of modern engineering education is that it is necessary to prepare a competitive personality. In most parts of the world, innovative engineering education is now on the path of development. Unfortunately, not every university graduate is a competitive person because it is not enough to have a high level of education and professional skills. It is also important at the same time to have psychological training and the ability to realize the tasks. Maintaining a high level of education is the main factor in social and economic progress and the most important condition for the sustainable development of any state, and this requires the improvement of the entire system of higher education (Bolotin and Bakayev, 2017a,b; Moreira, Gonçalves, et al., 2017; Aristizábal et al., 2017). Technical mechanics is a science that allows the widest and most diverse application of various elements of information provision in the learning process. One such tool is application software such as AutoCAD (2016; Ulugov Bozor, 2018). There are many programs equipped with application modules designed to solve the problems of solid mechanics. As an example, we consider the solution of problems of discipline technical mechanics using the software package AutoCAD. The proposed program includes several application modules, of which AutoCAD is of most interest to us (Megri, Hamoush, and Stallings, 2018; Almerich et al., 2020; Megri et al., 2018). Auto FEM makes it possible to perform design iterations quickly and inexpensively on computer models instead of costly physical prototypes. Regardless of industry application, from aerospace to machine-tool, Auto FEM Analysis provides significant product quality benefits, enabling engineers to go beyond hand calculations and verify proof of concept for their designs. Auto FEM Analysis enables designers to meet functional design specifications, but not waste materials, helping to reduce the cost of production, shipping, and packaging (Görz et al., 2017; Raji, 2017; Han et al., 2017). The introduction of new technologies, such as finite element modeling, already at the initial stage of training, not only provides a powerful tool for visualizing mechanical processes but also increases students' interest in working in the technical field. As a computational experiment, it was proposed to carry out finite element modeling to calculate the stress-strain state of structural elements based on the AutoCAD program (Gros, Kinshuk, and Maina, 2016; Poitras et al., 2017; Hew and Kadir, 2016). Currently, this program is widely used in the educational process of higher educational institutions in the Republic of Uzbekistan. In particular, depending on the direction of preparation, this program can be studied in various disciplines: computer science, engineering graphics, and computer design. To study technical mechanics, students already have the skills to build three-dimensional models. Even if such skills are absent, this is not a significant obstacle to laboratory work using the program, since the AutoCAD program has a standard graphical user interface combined with many Windows applications, which significantly reduces the time to master the program. Technical mechanics is the course that develops creativity and analysis ability (Revilla-Cuesta et al., 2020). However, if students do not realize the physical meaning of the task and the nature of the given conditions, then they will not be able to evaluate the results of computer calculations. Therefore, before proceeding with the implementation of laboratory work, it is necessary to study the theory and perform computational and graphic tasks for each section of the discipline passed. The implementation of laboratory work is a logical continuation of the development and consolidation of the studied sections of the discipline technical mechanics. In this regard, we list the main tasks of a computational experiment using an application program: