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Total Hours in NX: 10.0
Total Hours in NX: 34.0
CAD Design Systems - Aras & CATIA | Spring 2019
Professor: Travis Fuerst
This project is a week by week look at a CAD design class taken my final semester senior year. It will be written after each week/assignment has been completed and turned in. This is to show my progress, improved skills weekly, but also to show and demonstrate my design process and thinking in a unique way.
Assignment 01: Print, Read & Submit Syllabus
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Assignment 02: Plane Identification
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Assignment 03: Indv. Skill Level Assessment Quiz
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Quiz 00
Quiz 01
0212_mlandorf
Hours spent in NX: 1.0
Hours spent in CV5: 1.0
WEEK 2 | CAD & 2D Sketching
Assignment 04: Introduction to Aras
Create a file in both CATIA V5 and NX,
save both to Aras with proper naming
convention, and submit for grading.
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Assignment 05: CV5: Environment Settings & Start Part
Environment settings will be changed within CATIA V5. These settings will be used throughout the course as the default standard.
Proper Naming Convention: 2309_Username 23=Assignment Number 09=Seat Number
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Assignment 06: CV5: Naming Features in the Specification Tree
Rename geometric features, relations, and parameters in the Specification Tree using logical naming conventions for quick identification in the future.
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Assignment 07: CV5: Constrain 2D Sketch Assignment 08: CV5: Create 2D Sketch
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Assignment 09: NX11: Environment Settings & Start Part
Environment settings will be changed within NX 11. These settings will be used throughout the course as the default standard.
Proper Naming Convention: 2309_Username 23=Assignment Number 09=Seat Number
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Assignment 10: NX: Naming Features in the Part Navigator
Rename geometric features, relations, and parameters in the Part Navigator using logical naming conventions for quick identification in the future.
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Assignment 11: NX: Constrain 2D Sketch Assignment 12: NX: Create 2D Sketch
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Quiz 02
1112_mlandorf
1212_mlandorf
0812_mlandorf
0712_mlandorf
Hours spent in NX: 1.0
Hours spent in CV5: 3.0
WEEK 3 | 3D Solid Modeling & Hand Sketching
Assignment 13: Sketch Orthographic & Isometric (Primitives)
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Assignment 14: Sketch Ortho & Iso (models 04 & 05) Assignment 15: Sketch Ortho & Iso (models 07 & 08)
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Assignment 16: NX: Primitive Train Assignment 17: CV5: Primitive Train
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Assignment 18: Unique Primitive Design - Purdue Arch
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Quiz 03
1312_mlandorf_ 1
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1312_mlandorf_ 2
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1312_mlandorf_ 3
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1312_mlandorf_ 4
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1412_mlandorf_ 1
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1412_mlandorf_ 2
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1512_mlandorf_ 1
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1512_mlandorf_ 2
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1612_mlandorf
1712_mlandorf
1812_mlandorf
Hours spent in NX: 2.0
Hours spent in CV5: 2.0
WEEK 4 | Design Intent & Parameters
Assignment 19: CV5 - Positive Cylinder Holder Assignment 20: Model Cutoff in NX
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Assignment 21: Hand Sketch: Cutoff Model Assignment 22: CV5 - Building Brick
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Quiz 04
1912_mlandorf
2012_mlandorf
2112_mlandorf
2212_mlandorf
Hours spent in NX: 0.5
Hours spent in CV5: 0.5
WEEK 5 | Design Process & Design Automation
2412_mlandorf
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2612_mlandorf_2
2412_mlandorf
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Assignment 23: CV5 - Building Brick Design Table & Catalog
Create Catalog and name is Classic_Red_Brick.
Assignment 24: NX Lego Assignment 25: CV5 - BRACKET_181-14b
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Assignment 26: Hand Sketching BRACKET_181-14b Assignment 27: Brick (Lego) Concept Sketch
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Quiz 05
Hours spent in NX: 2.5
Hours spent in CV5: 3.5
WEEK 6 | Assembly Design
Assignment 28: CV5 - Roller Assembly Assignment 29: NX - Vault Assembly
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Assignment 30: CV5 - T3 Assembly
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Assignment 31: NX - T3 Assembly
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Quiz 06
2812_mlandorf
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2912_mlandorf
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3012_mlandorf_4
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Hours spent in NX: 0.0
Hours spent in CV5: 4.0
WEEK 11 | Intro to Surface Design
Assignment 37: CV5: Sweeps (Paper Clip) Assignment 38: CV5: Multi-Section Lofts (Bottle)
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Quiz 11
Assignment 39: NX
Surface Design (Trombone)
I did not do this assignment
at all due to a family emergency.
Assignment 40: Submit
Lego Assembly for 3D Print
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WEEK 12 | Advanced Surface Design
Assignment 41: CV5: Sketch Tracer/NURBS Assignment 42: Sketch Tracer - Your Design (B737)
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Quiz 12
Tasks accomplished:
- planes created
- stickers placed
- first 4 plane planes places
- first 3 ovals sketched
(and then the whole thing deleted it self - so I started over and it became the assignment 42 - which is to the right)
I did not complete this assignment due to personal things going on that were more critical to attend to
WEEK 13 | Professional Development & Project Work
Assignment 43: Resume Assignment 44: Online Profile (LinkedIn & Portfolio)
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Assignment 45: Final Project (Race Car) - 3D Printing Assignment 46: Final Project (Race Car) - Laser Cutting
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(has since been updated!!)
WEEK 14 | Project Work
Assignment 48: End of Course Survey
Group Project 103/203: Digital Thread
Final Project: Race Car
WATCH VIDEOS OF MY CAR TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT ALL
Thank you Professor Fuerst!
It's been one heck of a semester - what a way to wrap up my senior year! :)
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