Welcome to Why Are You Here?

Computer-Aided Drawing and

Fabrication • This course is required!
Fall 2010 • CAD modeling is funf n
• Engineering graphics is a very useful skill
• People will pay you $ to do it!
(Starting this summer!)

Custom chocolate model

for Frasca restaurant by
Nixie tube Naomi Saliman
Peter vanBlerkom Spring 2004
Individual project F09
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How Does This Course Fit into the ME

Curriculum?
ME Program Outcomes, Part 2
1. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, 9. Knowledge of the processes used to manufacture
and engineering products
2. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering 10 Knowledge of contemporary issues in mechanical
10.
problems engineering
3. Ability to use computers to solve engineering problems 11. Ability to make effective oral presentations
4. Ability to use modern instrumentation 12. Ability to write effectively
5. Ability to design and conduct experiments including the 13. Ability to function effectively on multi-disciplinary
use of probability and statistics. teams
6 Ability to analyze and interpret data
6. 14. Understanding g of p
professional and ethical
responsibility
7. Ability to design thermal systems, components, or 15. Understanding of the impact of engineering in a global
processes to meet desired needs and societal context
8. Ability to design mechanical systems, components, or 16. Ability to engage in life-long learning
processes to meet desired needs

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 Textbooks Labs
• Confucius said (really!):
• Engineering Graphics – Selected Topics, Three chapters I hear – I forget
from Bertoline & Wiebe, Fundamentals of Graphics I see – I remember
C i ti 6th Ed.,
Communication, Ed McGraw-Hill,
M G Hill 2010.
2010 I do
d – I understand
d d
– Available online (see web site for instructions).
• Labs are your opportunity to learn by doing
• Howard, W.E. & Musto, J.C., Solid Modeling using • Lab assignments will be posted on the
SolidWorks 2010, McGraw-Hill, 2010. course web site:
www.colorado.edu/MCEN/MCEN1025
• SolidWorks software
One-year unlimited version available CASE SENSITIVE
See web site for details Lab assignments are due by the beginning of
the lab one week later for full credit
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Quizzes Lectures
• Lecture slides posted on course web site:
• Five quizzes to test knowledge of www.colorado.edu/MCEN/MCEN1025
engineering graphics concepts, especially • Print
P i t outt andd bring
b i tot class
l
• Provide big-picture concepts
GD&T – Design process, manufacturing processes, geometric
• Administered in labs via CULearn dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), design for
manufacturability, etc.
• Count 15% of your grade • Quiz hints
• SolidWorks examples and tips
• In-class workshop exercises (10% of grade – 10 max)

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 Grading
Interactive Instruction Lecture

Lecture: “An ancient process whereby

Workshops
10%
information passes from the notes of the
Individual
professor to the notes of the student — Labs
Project 45%
without passing through the mind of either” 15%

Interactive lecture:
Team Project
Instant feedback from 15%
students via remote
RF “clickers”
Quizzes
15%
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Two Projects Sample Individual Projects

1. Create CAD model of a simple assembly (15%)
(Individual)
Climbing Cam
Chris Carter
2. Design and build a small vehicle (15%)
(Teams)
– Stereolithography body
CVT Transmission
– Purchased RC car chassis Eric Eason
– Documentation
• Part drawings
• Assembly drawing

Sponsored by:

Electric Guitar
Lightning SYX
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Brandon Wheeler

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 Sample Individual Projects Sample Group Projects

Spinning Reel - Nick Marsiglia

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Academic Honesty Graphics = Language

• It is expected that each student will do

his/her own work
• Acceptable: Collaboration for the purpose
of learning the concepts, SolidWorks, etc.
• Unacceptable: Copying files
• Graphics is the language of design
• It allows clear communication of
design intent
• It fueled the industrial revolution

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL BE

DEALT WITH HARSHLY

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 Two Types of Graphics Course Skills
• The old-fashioned way
– Sketching by hand • Hand drawing
– All you need is a pencil and paper – Ability to “read” engineering drawings
• Chalk and blackboard • Basic knowledge of Geometric
• Marker and white board Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Computer-aided design (CAD) • SolidWorks CAD proficiency
– AutoCAD – Parts
– ProEngineer – Assemblies
– SolidWorks – Drawings
– and many others…

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Hand Sketching Is Still Important! Computer-Aided Design Process

CAD Model DOCUMENT

ANALYSIS
Stress
Motion
Heat Transfer
Fluid Flow
Photo Realistic Rendering

MANUFACTURE
Design
g
M hi i
Machining
Information:
Rapid Prototyping:
Material
• 3D printer
Tolerances
• Laser cutter
Finish
• Stereolithography
etc
Engineering Drawing
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 SolidWorks Characteristics Some SolidWorks Features
Dome Fillet
Extrude cut
Extrude
• Feature-based boss/base
• Constraint-based Chamfer
• Parametric
• History-based
• Associative
Circular
pattern

Shell
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More SolidWorks Features Constraint-Based

To turn off blue squares, deselect
Sweep “View – Sketch Relations”
Helical sweep path
Profile Lines constrained
to be vertical
Loft
Center of circle constrained
to mid-point of diagonal
Lines constrained
to be equal length

Lines constrained
to be horizontal

Design intent remains intact

as the part is modified

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 Parametric History-Based
FeatureManager
Design Tree
These dimensions are all
parameters that specify
the highlighted features

Hint: Rename features

Changing the value of as you go to make the
the parameters will model easier to “read”
automatically change the in the future!
model

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History-Based Associative
Can “roll back” part’s
design history to
change the order of Model 2
Model 1
feature creation, and
hence the model

Drawing 1 Drawing 2
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 SolidWorks Files Part Files
SolidWorks parts are solid objects, no matter how complex
Disjoint parts are OK
Part
.sldprt
sldprt

Assembly Drawing
.sldasm .slddrw

.eprt
.easm
.edrw
Shaded model Wireframe model Sections add clarity
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Assembly of Parts
Parts can be moved
relative to each other

SolidWorks eDrawing
• Self-contained file
Closed Open • Ability to zoom, pan, rotate
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