Intro to Engineering

The purpose of this class was to expose students to a variety of different topics of engineering. This class was very heavily based on 3D modeling with Autodesk Inventor where we completed numerous projects.

Some projects listed below, One great project that we completed was the Train Project, which brought together many of the skills we learned over the course of the year.

Product History:

• The goal in this assignment was to pick a specific product and research it. You had to create a presentation with your partner to present to the class on the history of the product. The presentation included things like when it was first used/invented, how it has been improved since invention or first use, and a timeline including the innovations and when they occurred.

This project taught me and my partner to work together and to divide the work evenly. It has also taught us how to get useful information and how to research efficiently. Honestly it wasn't my favorite project that we've done. I don't have a particular reason why, I just didn't really enjoy it.

Puzzle Cube:

• In this project we had to take "Scraps from a furniture company" and turn it into a functioning puzzle cube. We had to first draw out multiple ideas for a functioning puzzle cube then choose one. after that we had to use auto desk inventor to 3D model the parts. From there we used .75 inch wooden cubes and glued them together into the shapes of our pieces. finally, we colored them, tested them, then presented them to Mr.Landers.

This project helped me out a lot as it stepped me through all the steps of the design process. In each step, we had a different task to do relating to the design process. First we had to define the problem, or Read the criterion. Next, we used generating concepts by drawling out multiple different ideas for working puzzle cubes. Then, we Developed a solution by choosing an idea and making it in auto desk inventor. we modeled all the individual parts first, then did an assembly for all the parts. After that, we constructed and tested a prototype by gluing together wooden cubes in the shape of our parts and colored them. Finally we evaluated the solution by checking to make sure we had followed all the criterion. This project also helped me learn how to use Autodesk Inventor better and faster. I already had some experience but I learned more functions and shortcuts to speed up the process. I really enjoyed this project. I enjoyed the challenge and found it quite helpful.

Train Project:

• In this assignment, we were instructed to 3D model a train in Autodesk Inventor. We were given an instruction set that gave us all the info we needed to make it, even though we had to figure out some measurements using others. We learned new modeling tools that cut time significantly helped make parts we couldn't before. This was by far my favorite project that we have done this year, I enjoyed all of the thing we did, and I feel like I have learned a lot from it as well as learned I am capable of making more complicated things in Autodesk Inventor. Here are some drawings of what we did. After finishing the train, we were assigned to make a train car to go with the train. It used similar tool, but we were able to create anything.