Schedule: 15-294 Rapid Prototyping Technologies

Fall 2019, Mini A1 -- Home Page

	Date	Lecture	Office Hours	Project/Assignment	Hand-in
Week 1	Mon 8/26	Course overview. Computer login. Laser cutter safety training. Video: 17 Incredible 3D-Printed Objects		(A) Software setup. (B) Fire extinguisher training, part 1.	Sign up for fire extinguisher training part 2; multiple sessions on 9/3.
Week 1	Wed 8/28	Introduction to SolidWorks, part 1: sketches, dimensions, relations, extruded base, extruded cut, fillets.		#1: Make a Spirograph

Week 2	Mon 9/2	Labor Day: no classes.
	Tue 9/3	Fire extinguisher training (part 2) sessions. Choose one and register: 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, or 6:30 PM.
	Wed 9/4	Laser cutter intro. Introduction to SolidWorks, part 2: configurations, assemblies, mates, drawings, DXF files. Sample part: StandPiece1.SLDPRT	Lucas 5:30-6:30	Read the Rabbit Laser Cutter documentation.

Week 3	Mon 9/9	Lecture: DXF file format. SolidWorks part 3: splines, trim, kerf compensation, interference check, hole wizard.	Lauren 8-9pm	#2. Tree Generator	Spirograph due
Week 3	Wed 9/11	Reproducing the Pascaline: the first mechanical adding machine. Video: How the Pascaline Works.	Lucas 5:30-6:30	#3. Pascaline replica

Week 4	Mon 9/16	Lecture: Working in 3D. SolidWorks part 4: revolves, lofts, shell, and flex. See these Flex Examples from SolidWorks online help.	Lauren 8-9pm		Trees due; Pascaline partners due
Week 4	Wed 9/18	Intro to the Stratasys 3D Printer. In-class project: make a molecule.	Lucas 5:30-6:30	#4. Molecule design Skylab 3D printer portal

Week 5	Mon 9/23	Lecture: STL file format. Slicing algorithms. STL demo files. Lecture: Survey of additive manufacturing technologies. Videos. Dissolvable support.	Lauren 8-9pm	#5. Duck rendering.
Week 5	Wed 9/25	Equations and design tables in SolidWorks.	Lucas 5:30-6:30		Pascaline files due. Molecule due.

Week 6	Mon 9/30	Final project overview and idea generation.	Lauren 8-9pm	#6. Final project	3 project ideas due.
Week 6	Wed 10/2	Lecture: Design tricks for mechatronics and robotics. Laser-Cut Enclosure Design: advice from Adafruit Industries. Laser cutter origami. 3D Printed Fabric Shopping at McMaster-Carr.	Lucas 5:30-6:30		Duck due

Week 7	Mon 10/7	Lecture: Drawings, annotations, and part properties. Reference: SOLIDWORKS Certification Exam Guide & Practice Test Video: Solidworks CSWA practice exam	Lauren 8-9pm		Pascaline checkpoint
	Wed 10/9	Lecture: Solidworks CSWA exam part 2. Part file Hunk3.SLDPRT. Parts for chain assembly Video tutorial.	Lucas 5:30-6:30		Pascaline checkpoint
	Fri 10/11				Pascalines due

Week 8	Mon 10/14	Lecture: Printing exotic stuff: food, tissues/organs, prosthetics, houses. Multi-extruder printing. Videos	Lauren 8-9pm
	Wed 10/16	No class.	Lucas 5:30-6:30
	Fri 10/18	No class.			Final projects due

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