Mechanical Engineering
“An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.”
–Oscar Wilde (maybe)
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T 9/3 |
Review Policies & Expectations Find the course website and Canvas |
Electronically Sign Policies & Expectations |
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W 9/4 |
Distinguish orthographic, oblique, isometric, and perspective sketches Make simple oblique and isometric sketches of a simple object |
Weekly Reading: Psychopathology Discussion contribution due Sun 8PM |
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F 9/6
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Sketch an object from an orthographic drawing Sketch a more complex object |
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M 9/9 C T 9/10 F |
Work on sketches |
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T
9/10 A W 9/11 F |
Finish sketches |
Weekly Reading:
Psychopathology Part Deux |
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W 9/11 A Th 9/12 F |
Refresher:
English/metric lengths Create simple
objects using CAD Work on CAD |
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Th 9/12 A F
9/13 F |
Work on CAD |
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F
9/13 A M
9/16 F |
Work on CAD |
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T
9/17 |
Create an assembly
using CAD |
Weekly
Reading: Why Designers Go Astray |
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W
9/18 |
Work on CAD |
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Th 9/19 A F
9/20 F |
L1: Create files for 3D printing Work on CAD |
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F
9/20 A M
9/23 F |
Last day for CAD in
class! |
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M
9/23 A T
9/24 F |
Relate Time to
Money |
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T
9/24 A W 9/25 F |
Describe motion and
6 "degrees of freedom" Describe mechanisms
for converting and transforming motion |
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W 9/25 A Th 9/26 F |
Complete Motion
Analysis |
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F
9/27 |
Introduce
Mechanisms Mini-Project Describe Project
Log requirements Describe Personal Post-Project
Review Practice
“constructive criticism” |
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M
9/30 |
Work on project |
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T
10/1 A W 10/2 F |
Work on project |
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W 10/2 A Th 10/3 F |
Finish project |
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More Resources for this Unit…
Sketching - from the MIT Open CourseWare version of 2.000 (How and Why Machines Work)
Mechanism Animations – Organized by motion transformations; the terminology is a little informal and a little off
More Mechanisms - The rest of the ones we viewed in class from Brock Engineering
Formal
Kinematics Notes - From a CMU college course; this is the official
terminology (in the US, anyway)
Get Creo 2.0 for free – Instructions for downloading and installing (Windows only!)
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