Before you start this module, please create a Google Docs or Word page and format the name Firstname_Lastname_Subteam, replacing with your name and your subteam i.e. handling, powertrain, ergonomics or structural. You will be sending this to your head once all modules have been completed, so be sure to keep it somewhere that you will be able to find it.
Finishline
Finishline is our in house project management website, developed by our software team. The Mechanical and Electrical teams both use Finishline to track timelines, propose project changes, schedule design reviews and submit reimbursement requests for any purchases made for the club.
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Your first task is to go to https://finishlinebyner.com/ and log in with your @husky.neu.edu email address. Then navigate to the teams tab. Once you have found your team, message the project head on Slack, and ask to be added to the team on Finishline as a member.
Deliverable: Message Head on Slack to Request to be added to the team
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Your next task is to navigate to the Gantt tab. From there, you will navigate to Ergonomics and find the pedal box project. Then hover over the manufacturing work package, and find the end date. Write this date as the completion date on your Google Doc.
Deliverable: Note completion date of pedal box project on your google doc
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So, any time you make a design decision in the club, you better make damn sure that it is written down in a confluence page that is located in the correct folder.
Deliverable: Locate your subteams folder under the NER24 page. Find the list of leads and write their names and roles down on your google doc.
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Once you have done that, navigate to this page https://nerdocs.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AQAd and follow the instructions to download and install PDM.
Deliverable: Once you have installed both Solidworks and PDM, message the Chief Mechanical Engineer to grant you an account on PDM.
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Once you have a student account, click your profile in the top right, then under account, click products and services. Then at the top right, click add products. Scroll down to HSMWorks Ultimate and select. Under Student, click access products and follow the websites instructions to install. It may require you to download Autodesks launcher, but that should come with your download.
Deliverable: Have HSMWorks downloaded and installed.
Congratulations! You have now completed Module 1!