| Date | Lecture | Office Hours |
Project/Assignment | Hand-in |
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| Week 1 |
Mon 1/13 |
Course overview.
Computer login.
Laser cutter safety training.
Video:
17 Incredible 3D-Printed Objects |
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(A) Software setup
(B) Fire extinguisher training, part 1
(C) Laser cutter safety module. |
Sign up
for fire extinguisher training part 2; multiple sessions available. |
| Wed 1/15 |
Introduction to SolidWorks, part 1: sketches,
dimensions, relations, extruded base, extruded cut, fillets. |
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#1: Make a Spirograph |
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| Thu 1/16 |
Fire extinguisher training (part 2) sessions.
Choose one and register if you need it: 11:00 or 11:30 AM. |
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| Week 2 |
Mon 1/20 |
Dr. Martin Luther King holiday: no classes. |
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| Wed 1/22 |
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.
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| Thu 1/23 |
Fire extinguisher training (part 2) sessions.
Choose one and register if you need it: 11:00 or 11:30 AM. |
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| Week 3 |
Mon 1/27 |
Lecture: DXF file format.
SolidWorks part 3:
splines, trim, kerf compensation, interference check, hole wizard. |
Lucas 8-9pm |
#2. Tree Generator |
Spirograph due |
| Wed 1/29 |
Reproducing the Pascaline:
the first
mechanical adding machine.
Video: How the Pascaline Works. |
Lucas 5:30-6:30 |
#3. Pascaline replica |
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| Week 4 |
Mon 2/3 |
Lecture: Working in 3D.
SolidWorks part 4:
revolves, lofts, shell, and flex.
See these
Flex Examples
from SolidWorks online help. |
Lucas 8-9pm |
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Trees due; Pascaline partners due |
| Wed 2/5 |
Intro to the Stratasys 3D Printer.
In-class project: make a molecule. |
Lucas 5:30-6:30 |
#4. Molecule design
Skylab 3D printer portal |
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| Week 5 |
Mon 2/10 |
Lecture: STL file format. Slicing algorithms.
STL demo files.
Lecture: Survey of additive manufacturing technologies.
Videos.
Dissolvable support.
| Lucas 8-9pm |
#5. Duck rendering. |
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| Wed 2/12 |
Equations and design tables in SolidWorks. |
Lucas 5:30-6:30 |
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Pascaline files due. Molecule due. |
| Fri 2/14 |
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Daniela 4pm-5pm |
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| Week 6 |
Mon 2/17 |
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 8-9pm |
#6. Final project |
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| Wed 2/19 |
Final project idea presentations. |
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Duck due. Final project idea due. |
| Fri 2/14 |
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Daniela 4pm-5pm |
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| Week 7 |
Mon 2/24 |
Lecture: Drawings, annotations, and part properties.
Reference: SOLIDWORKS Certification Exam Guide & Practice Test
Video: Solidworks CSWA practice exam
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Lucas 8-9pm |
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Pascaline checkpoint |
| Wed 2/26 |
Lecture: Solidworks CSWA exam part 2.
Part file Hunk3.SLDPRT. Parts for
chain assembly
Video tutorial. |
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Pascaline checkpoint |
| Fri 2/28 |
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Daniela 4pm-5pm |
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Pascalines due |
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| Week 8 |
Mon 3/2 |
Lecture: Printing exotic materials:
food, tissues/organs, prosthetics, houses.
Multi-extruder printing.
Videos
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| Wed 3/4 |
No class. |
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| Fri 3/6 |
No class. |
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Final projects due |