Based on the analysis and discussion of the importance of the structural mechanics course, and the pressure and challenge in its teaching in recent years, the importance of the engineering intuition in teaching of structural mechanics was discussed in detail. The training paths and methods of engineering intuition were presented in teaching of structural mechanics from three aspects, strengthening the intuitive feeling, developing and strengthening structural mechanics experiment teaching, and strengthening the case education. It provided some new ideas for the teaching reform of structural mechanics and some references for the cultivation of innovative talents in civil engineering.