Syllabus: Rapid Prototyping Technologies

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DateLectureOffice Hours Project/AssignmentHand-in
Week 1    Mon 1/11 Course overview.
Tour of IDeATe@Hunt.		 Software setup User info
User agreement
Wed 1/13 Introduction to SolidWorks, part 1. #1: Make a Spirograph Sign up: fire extinguisher training
 
Week 2 Mon 1/18 Martin Luther King Day: no class
Wed 1/20 Introduction to SolidWorks, part 2.
Laser cutter intro.
Sample part: StandPiece.SLDPRT		 Meg
5:30 - 6:30		 #2. Tree Generator
 
Week 3 Mon 1/25 Lecture: DXF file format.
SolidWorks part 3.		 Adam
5:30 - 6:30		 Spirograph due
Wed 1/27 Reproducing the Pascaline: the first
mechanical adding machine.
Video: How the Pascaline Works.		 Meg
5:30 - 6:30		 #3. Pascaline replica Trees due. Pacaline partners due
 
Week 4 Mon 2/1 Lecture: Working in 3D. SolidWorks part 4:
revolves, lofts, shell, and flex. See these Flex Examples from SolidWorks online help.		 Adam
5:30 - 6:30
Wed 2/3 Intro to the Cube.
In-class project: make a molecule.		 Meg
5:30 - 6:30		 #4. Molecule design
 
Week 5 Mon 2/8 Lecture: Survey of additive
manufacturing technologies. Videos.
Form 1 stereolithography printer.
Cube demo. 		Adam
5:30 - 6:30		 Pascaline files due
Wed 2/10 Additive manufacturing technologies (continued).
STL file format. Slicing algorithms.
STL demo files. 		Meg
5:30 - 6:30		 #5. Duck rendering. Molecule due
 
Week 6 Mon 2/15 Final project overview and idea generation. Adam
5:30 - 6:30		 #6. Final project Pascaline checkpoint; 3 project ideas due.
Tue 2/16 Pascaline due
Wed 2/17 Equations in SolidWorks Meg
5:30 - 6:30		 Duck due
 
Week 7 Mon 2/22 Lecture: Design tricks for
mechatronics and robotics.
Laser-Cut Enclosure Design:
advice from Adafruit Industries.		 Adam
5:30 - 6:30
Wed 2/24 Lecture: Printing exotic stuff:
food, tissues/organs,
prosthetics, houses.
Multi-extruder printing. Videos
Meg
5:30 - 6:30
 
Week 8 Mon 2/29 Final project showcase. Adam
5:30 - 6:30		 Present final project in class
Wed 3/2 No class. Meg
5:30 - 6:30
Fri 3/4 Final projects due

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