Lab open hours are:
8am-midnight Mon-Thurs
8am-10pm Friday
10am-10pm Saturdays
10am-midnight Sundays
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.
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
ME199 Automotive Design/Build/Compete Projects
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 Assignment #3 - Introduction to Hand Sketching
Lab Assignment #4 - Introduction to Creo
ME170_Base.zip - CAD files used in this assignment
Lab Assignment #5: Intro to Creo Part Modeling
Lab Assignment #6 - More Creo, 3D Printer Training, & PDS
Lab Assignment #7 - Blend and Sweep Features, & Pugh matrix
Lab Assignment #8 - Creative Part Modelling
Lab Assignment #9 - Patterns & Model Modification
Lab Assignment #10 - Detail Drawings
- DrawingTips
- Parameter Changes - config
- Parameter Changes - 170dwgconfig
Lab Assignment #11 - Assembly Modeling and Drawing, plus Mechanism Analysis and Animation
BOM Help
CAD files used for mechanism analysis
Animation Help/Guide
Lecture Class Assignment #2 - In-class sketching exercises with Prof. Bullock
Lecture Class Assignment #3- Design project case studies - home office chair
Lecture Class Assignment #4 - DFM for Injection Molding and sheet metal Stamping
Lecture Class Assignment #5 - PDS & Concept Selection Matrix
Lecture Class Assignment #6 - Engineering Drawings 1
Lecture Class Assignment #7 - Engineering Drawings 2
Lecture Class Assignment #8 - Engineering Drawings 3
*** START OF ON_LINE LECTURE CLASS FORMAT ***
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 3-24-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 3-24-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #9 - Ethics for Mechanical Engineers (docx)
Lecture Class Assignment #9 - Ethics for Mechanical Engineers (pdf)
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 3-26-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 3-26-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #10 - Tolerances and Standard Fits(pdf)
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 3-31-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 3-31-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #11 - Tolerances for Sheet Metal and Injection Molding (pdf)
Lecture Class Assignment #11 - Tolerances for Sheet Metal and Injection Molding (ppt)
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 4-2-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 4-2-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #12 - Tolerances and Ball Bearing fits(pdf)
Lecture Class Assignment #12 - Tolerances and Ball Bearing fits(ppt)
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 4-7-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 4-7-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #13 - Worst Case Tolerances(pdf)
Lecture Class Assignment #13 - Worst Case Tolerances(ppt)
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 4-9-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 4-9-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #14 - Axial Tolerances(pdf)
Lecture Class Assignment #14 - Axial Tolerances(ppt)
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 4-14-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 4-14-2020
LECTURE CLASS PRESENTATION MATERIAL FOR TUESDAY 4-16-2020
Lecture Class Presentation 4-16-2020
Lecture Class Assignment #15 - aPriori Cost Analysis (Pdf)
Lecture Class Assignment #15 - aPriori Cost Analysis (docx)
Term Design Project - Details
Grading Template - Presentation
Grading Template - Written Report
Excel template - Manufacturing BOM
Manan Mehta
Office Hours: Mon - Wed 11:30am-12:30pm (or by arrangement)
Office: 1009 MEL
Email: mananm2@illinois.edu
Ruoyu Sun
Office Hours: TBD (or by arrangement)
Office: 1009 MEL
Email: srypp20@gmail.com
OR
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
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