Please read this page in its entirety before entering the first module
Welcome to the Mechanical Team on Northeastern Electric Racing! Here we design, fabricate and assemble the components that make up the structure structural and dynamic components of the vehicle. Before we get into your work for the semester, we have a few topics to coverThis page will serve as a hub for your first semester on the team, teaching you the basics on how to design and manufacture parts in a real world setting.
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Schedule
Week 1-Solidworks Install, PDM, Finishline, Rules/Timeline?
Week 2-Acquainted with Solidworks/ PDM
Part Naming, File Locations
Planes, Sketches, Dimensions, Extrudes, Revolves, Relations, Measure, Hole Wizard
Feature Tree Organization
Week 3- Design Principles, DFM, DFA considerations
HSMWorks, Methods, CAM
Rules and Timeline
Mechanical Subteams - add links
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Solidworks
Part Design
Drawings
Simulation
PDM
Fabrication
Methods
CAM
Machining
Finishline
Competition Rules and General Timelines
Common Vendors and Purchasing
Design Practices and Resources
Documentation, what's important, why recording a history of your work is key
Design Justification
Notes
First a learner part to warm them up,
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when you complete this part and present your design, you will be given work for your subteam.
Modules to teach what you need, schedule for freshman/ sophomores?
Less rigid project - Simple design to get acquainted with the flow of design