ME170 - Computer Aided Design - Class Website

~ Fall 2019 ~

Lab sections in EWS Lab; room 1009 MEL (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory)

Lab open hours are:
8am-midnight Mon-Thurs
8am-10pm Friday
10am-10pm Saturdays
10am-midnight Sundays

Link to campus maps for location of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory building
If you enter MEL from the John Bardeen Quad (west entrance), turn left down first corridor,
1009 is the first room on the left.

Class Notes and Handouts

Syllabus, Schedule, and Class Notes/Presentations:
ME170 Course Syllabus
ME170 Class Schedule
Introduction to ME170
MechSE Design Process
Human Centered Design and Engineering
Introduction to Design For Manufacture (DFM)
Ideation - Project Case Studies
Product Design Specification
Concept Selection
Ethical and Professional Responsibilities of an Engineer
Engineering_Drawing_Notes - Part A - Coordinate Dimensiong and Tolerancing
Engineering Drawing Notes - Part B - Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T))

Lab Assignments

Lab #2 - Downloading + Synthesis

Lab #3 - How might we...?

Lab Assignment #4 - Introduction to Hand Sketching

Lab Assignment #5 - Introduction to Creo
ME170_Base.zip - CAD files used in this assignment

Lab Assignment #6: Intro to Creo Part Modeling

Lab Assignment #7 - More Creo, 3D Printer Training, & PDS

Lab Assignment #8 - Blend and Sweep Features, & Concept Selection matrix

Lab Assignment #9 - Creative Part Modeling
Email with order details for Lab#9
Help with Helical Sweeps - for the threads in Plastic End Cap

Lab Assignment #10 - Patterns & Model Modifications

Lab Assignment #11 - Detail Drawings
DrawingTips
Parameter Changes - config
Parameter Changes - 170dwgconfig

Lab Assignment #12 - Assembly Modeling and Drawing, plus Mechanism Analysis and Animation
BOM Help
CAD files used for mechanism analysis
Animation Help/Guide

END OF LABS!

Lecture Class Assignments

Lecture Class Assignment #2 - DFM for Injection Molding and sheet metal Stamping

Lecture Class Assignment #3 - In-class sketching exercises with Prof. Bullock

Lecture Class Assignment #4- Design project case studies - home office chair

Lecture Class Assignment #5 - Engineering Drawings

Lecture Class Assignment #6 - Engineering Drawings cont./a>

Lecture Class Assignment #7 - Engineering Drawings cont.

Lecture Class Assignment #8 - Tolerances

Lecture Class Assignment #9 - Tolerances for Sheet Metal and Injection Molding

Lecture Class Assignment #10 - Radial Tolerances

Lecture Class Assignment #11 - Worst Case Tolerances

Lecture Class Assignment #12 - Worst Case Axial Tolerances

Lecture Class Assignment #13 - aPriori Analysis of Bracket - part 1
Lecture Class Assignment #13 - part files.zip

Lecture Class Assignment #14 - aPriori Analysis of Bracket - part 2
Lecture Class Assignment #14 - part files.zip

Grades

Term Design Project

Term Design Project - Details
Grading Template - Presentation
Grading Template - Written Report
Excel template - Manufacturing BOM for aPriori Cost Analysis

Office Hours and Contact Information

Manan Mehta
Office Hours: 2-3pm Wednesdays and Fridays (or by arrangement)
Office: 1009 MEL
Email: mananm2@illinois.edu

Ophelia Bolmin
Office Hours: 8:30am-9:30am Fridays, 4-5pm Fridays (or by arrangement)
Office: 1009 MEL
Email: obolmin2@illinois.edu

Ruoyu Sun
Office Hours: Wednesdas 4-5pm and Fridays 12-1pm (or by arrangement)
Office: 1009 MEL
Email: srypp20@gmail.com

Other Resources

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Use Citrix for remote access to Creo 5.0 on lab workstations:
Link to Citrix Service information
You can log into your EWS account, access your lab EWS files, and run Creo Parametric 5.0 remotely using this service
Supports Windows, Mac OSX, EWS Linux, Android and iOS

For further information on EWS workstations:
EWS Manual

For news on Pro/Engineer and its latest release ProE/Creo:
Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)

For news on Professor Philpott's CAD-integrated Design-to-Cost software:
aPriori Technologies inc.
'aPriori' Software available in the EWS labs - under 'Start', or use search
aPrioriUserGuide.pdf