As a new practical lesson laying stress on professional practice ability, the course of creation and realization of structural models mainly adopts a variety of teaching modes, e.g., lecture, discussion, experiment and computer application. The traditional assessment method is heavily weighted in favor of the investigation of theoretical knowledge, which is difficult to reflect the students’ mastery of the curriculum, especially the cultivation of practical ability. Nevertheless, the non-standard answer assessment method can break away from the traditional fixed thinking. It plays a significant role in arousing the students’ subjective initiative, which is helpful to cultivate students’ comprehensive ability to solve complex engineering issues. Therefore, the non-standard answer assessment method is used to comprehensively evaluate the learning quality of students, and train students’ practical operation ability and innovative thinking. Firstly, the learning objectives of this course and the support for graduation requirements are systematically introduced, and the feasibility of non-standard answer assessment method in this course is demonstrated. Secondly, the main factors that affect the course assessment are discussed and analyzed, and we formulate idiographic implementation plans and safeguard measures. Finally, a questionnaire was designed to evaluate the effect of the implementation of the scheme, and hundreds of students selected courses in recent years were investigated and counted. The evaluation results of curriculum provision, curriculum management, curriculum resources and teachers’ teaching ability were systematically analyzed. The results show that the non-standard answer assessment method can improve students’ enthusiasm for learning, scientifically and comprehensively evaluate students’ mastery of theoretical knowledge and practical ability, and cultivate students’ teamwork and innovation ability. This paper can provide an important reference for the construction and evaluation of other practical courses.