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January 2020 - May 2020
Course Description
This course will introduce the basics of sound engineering design through the development of product assemblies. Students will understand how to interpret drawings, and develop their own designs through the use of solid modeling software. Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Dimensioning, Tolerancing, and the Basics of GD&T will be introduced and required for all design work. Students will be inspecting parts through lab assignments. Statistics related to the inspection of parts for use in real world applications will be introduced.
Summary
Course introduced students to SolidWorks, GD&T, 3D Printing, and G-Code. The course consisted of individual homework assignments as well as group projects.
Weekly Homework
Experience with SolidWorks was gained with weekly homework assignments. Students were given an isometric view of a part and were tasked with creating those parts in SolidWorks and forming engineering drawings out of those parts.
SolidWorks Drawings.pdfThe PDF above contains a compilation of many of the engineering drawings that were submitted as homework. As the semester progressed, the parts became more complicated. By the final weeks of the semester, the parts we were designing were also made into an assembly.
Nesting Blocks Project
This project was an introduction to the process of engineering design. Prototypes were created in SolidWorks and those prototypes were 3D Printed before being revised and prepared for CNC machining. Parts of the G-Code for the CNC were hand-written.
Number Block Project.PDFEach team was assigned a block with an extruded number on one side of the block with an embedded number (the previous number) on the opposite side. At the end of the project, all of the team's number blocks needed to fit together.
Final Project
An Air Engine was created using SolidWorks. With new understanding of GD&T, students were tasked with applying size tolerances based on manufacturing processes depending on the function of the part. The expectation was to prepare the assembly to be created in a factory setting. A final report and presentation was expected of the groups of three.
MCET 111 Air Engine Remodel Final Exam Presentation Group 2.pdfFinal project report presentation. This presentation was presented live in front of the professor. The conclusion of the presentation was followed by a Q&A period.
Proposed Inspection Methods.pdfA report of proposed inspection methods for each part of the Air Engine assembly.
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