MEAM.Design - MEAM 101 - DISSECT

Team formation
(to be done in studio on Feb 28th)

You are going to working with two or three other people from your lab section. Once you have found a group, place your names on the teams page (and please note your group letter, as you will use this throughout the remainder of the project).


Project Organization Tips

This project is going to fine tune your SolidWorks skills, hopefully give you some insights into how others solve mechanical-design challenges, and it is definitely going to tax your organizational talents. Here are some tips to keep things moving along smoothly:

  • use PDM
  • establish a part/file naming convention including a UNIQUE identifier, and stick to it
  • think in terms of subassemblies
  • establish a mating convention
  • consider the creation of a google docs spreadsheet to track the parts of your object (number, filename, mating parts, subassembly, who's responsible, etc.)
  • when you begin dissection, do so in a careful and controlled manner, and it is highly recommended that you photograph and label parts as you go


Individual Renderings
(due by noon on Tuesday, March 19th)

By now, everyone in your group should have modeled at least one interesting part. Each of you must now create a high-quality (1600x900 JPG, "best" quality) PhotoView rendering of the most interesting part (or subassembly) that you have created. Name the file as 101-DISSECT-RENDER-X-PennKey-S#(s1,s2,s3,s4 section).JPG (where X is your team letter and PennKey corresponds to the part of your email address before the @ sign), and send it as an attachment to medesign@seas.upenn.edu with the email title of 101-DISSECT-RENDER.


Assembly Submission
(due by start of lab on Thursday, March 28th lecture on Tuesday, April 2nd)

We will extract your full assembly from your team's PDM folder, so you need to make sure that it is all there before the deadline.


Animation
(due by noon on Tuesday, April 2nd 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9th)

  • Create a zip folder containing your full assembly (hint: use pack-and-go!), and rename the folder as 101-DISSECT-ASSEMBLY-X.zip (where X is your team number).
  • Create an explosion animation of your object. You should set this up for an AVI output of 1280 by 720 pixels with a framerate of at least 15fps (24-30fps is recommended) on a clean, solid-color (preferably white) background. In the creation of your animation you should be attentive to physical details (i.e. - parts can't fly through each other). If there are elements of your assembly that move during normal operation, you should also figure out good way to show these moving together in your animation. Further instructions for creating exploded views can be found here. Lastly, you must add an audio track to your animation video. Once complete, rename your video file as 101-DISSECT-ANIMATION-X (where X is your team letter). Load both your final zip folder and your animation movie onto a flash drive, and bring the drive to Dr. Fiene's office (Towne 220).



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