foundations of engineering design I

Class 10 – Sep 25

SolidWorks Into + Redesign Activity

today’s plan

•turn in practice assignments•play with SolidWorks model•redesign dental hygiene process•practice assignment 11

•assignments & announcements

so what, exactly, is SolidWorks?

SolidWorks• computer-aided design (CAD)• draw with increased precision

and accuracy• account for material, wall

thicknesses, etc. • produce a drawing that can be

handed off to manufacturing

a first taste of SolidWorks • six SolidWorks files are posted

on blackboard (under syllabus + misc. tab)

• download them to your machine

part model

open the part model of the dental floss case. notice the dimensioning. rotate the part. look at it from different views.

assembly model

open the assembly model of the whole dental floss container. play around. open the assembly drawing.

how does this assembly drawing compare to the one you did by hand?

SolidWorks + EGR 101

• final two projects (angry birds + redesign recycling)

• between now and then, feel free to play around

• SolidWorks 2011 (or 2012) for Designers are good references

• SW’s help menu is also useful

redesign the dental hygiene process

practice assignment 11

for the remainder of class, use the provided handout to redesign the dental experience of a teammate. turn in your handout at the end of class for practice assignment 11 credit.

assignmentsPractice AssignmentsPA 11: completed in class todayposted on blackboard under assignments practice assignments

Competency AssignmentsCA 5: mfg process presentation (10/2)CA 6: design process application (10/4)posted on blackboard under assignments competency assignments