What are general tolerances, and when are they considered on technical drawings?
What are the benefits of working drawings when communicating the design of a consumer product?
Beyond creating working drawings to document a design, how can CAD be used in and beyond the design process?
Why is reverse engineering done?
How is information gathered during product disassembly?
When is it acceptable for a company to reverse engineer and reproduce another person/company’s product?
Why are many consumer product designs not commercially successful?
How do you determine the properties of a material?
How does the material chosen for a product impact its design?
How does an engineer predict the safety and reliability of a selected material?
How would you select a design team in order to deliver the best possible outcome to your client?
Why is a design process so important to follow when creating a solution to a design problem?
Create technical working drawings by hand and with CAD
Identify different types of tolerances in working drawings.
Carefully and thoroughly reverse engineer an object.
Perform visual analysis of a design
Perform a functional analysis of a design
Carefully and thoroughly reverse engineer an object.
Potentially identify areas that could be improved within a product to make it better
Explain why a specific material was used in a design
CAD Software
Sketching Techniques
Dial Caliper
Spreadsheet
This course uses a variety of STEM standards such as: Algorithms and Programming (AAP), Engineering Tools and Technology (ETT), Communication (COM), Collaboration (COL), Ethical Reasoning and Mindset (ERM), Critical and Creative Problem-Solving (CCP), Modeling (MOD), and Career Readiness (CAR).
CAR-A.Demonstrate awareness of the education and skills required for professional practice in an engineering field.
CAR-B.Analyze the role of engineering professionals in society.
COM-A.Communicate effectively with an audience based on audience characteristics.
COL-A.Facilitate an effective team environment to promote successful goal attainment.
COL-B.Contribute individually to overall collaborative efforts.
ERM-A.Apply personal and professional ethical standards as they relate to the habits and characteristics of an engineering professional.
ERM-B.Consider the impact of potential engineering solutions on future generations to inform the development of sustainable solutions.
CCP-A.Demonstrate independent thinking and self-direction in pursuit of accomplishing a goal.
CCP-B.Demonstrate curiosity, creativity, flexibility, and adaptability to change.
CCP-C.Persevere to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
CCP-D.Make judgments and decisions based on evidence.
CCP-E.Apply an iterative design process to creatively address a need or solve a problem.
CCP-F.Design and perform an experimental protocol to investigate a phenomenon and/or gain knowledge.
CCP-H.Apply project management tools when designing and developing a solution to successfully deliver a product using available resources.
CCP-I.Apply systems thinking to consider how an engineering problem and its solution may be thought of as containing subsystems and as being a sub-system of a larger system.
CCP-K.Analyze and evaluate the work of others to provide helpful feedback.
CCP-L.Analyze a consumer product using reverse engineering techniques to document visual, functional, and structural aspects of the design.
CCP-M.Optimize performance of a mechanical part or assembly.
AAP-A.Apply problem decomposition skills to break down data, problems, and processes into manageable parts.
AAP-B.Use algorithms to create a solution with or without the use of a computer program.
AAP-E.Apply abstraction to generalize problems and solutions.
ETT-A.Using a variety of measuring devices, measure and report quantities accurately and to a precision appropriate for the purpose.
ETT-B.Apply scientific knowledge related to frictional forces, to solve a problem or design a physical system.
ETT-C.Apply basic materials science concepts to inform a design process.
MOD-A.Develop models and simulations to represent information, processes, and/or objects to an appropriate level of abstraction for the intended purpose.
MOD-C.Use engineering graphics to represent physical objects.
MOD-D.Apply appropriate engineering tolerances to specify the allowable variation, size of individual features, and orientation and location between features of an object.
MOD-E.Create and interpret a computer model or simulation of simple objects, assemblies, or systems to inform engineering decisions and solve problems.
MOD-F.Create technical drawings using 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software to document a design according to standard engineering practices.
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