Fusion Train Engine Project

Intro to Engineering Design Period 7 Project Fusion Train Engine 12/17/21 

In this project, I worked with my elbow partner, Krish Bhakta and we were tasked with designing a miniature toy train in the software program known as Fusion 360. The steps or parts we needed to follow in Fusion to make this was to first watch a demo on how to model the Hitch Peg, Linkage Peg, and Hitch Magnet and model these three parts. Next, we needed to model the Stack, Linkage Arm, and Axle Peg and get them checked off by Dr. Schick before moving on. We then proceeded to watch a demo on how to model the Wheel & Straight Track and then actually model the parts. Then we modeled the Engine Body & Cow Catcher and had to get them checked off before assembling. Then we started on the Engine Assembly where we used a video to help us assemble it in Fusion. We also needed to make sure in our project that to have our drive constraints work properly we must have to constrain our wheels like in the video demo. And here is where all of our hard work paid off, the final step. We then had to make a track in Fusion and have our train animated so that it can drive our engine on the track. To animate our train we needed to watch a demonstration and use the instructions provided to make our engine drive on the track. Once we were done, we submit the final screenshots of our train moving back and forward on the animated track for a grade to Dr. Schick.