The goal of my project is to help increase the understanding of how different car parts function. The two parts I chose were a braking system and an Inline-4 (I4) engine. In my project, I created different parts in Onshape and used the assembly feature to create a working animation of an I4 engine, as well as using Blender to animate a braking system. I met with Jacob Nikolajczyk, a Mechanical Engineer, to discuss the importance of 3D CAD models in the engineering space, and how they develop an understanding of different complex systems, for both engineers and non-engineers.

Crankshaft