15-394 Assignment 2: Model A Complex Mechanism

Instructions

Visit the 507 Movements web site. A good collection of suitable mechanisms can be found between numbers 90 and 140. Here's a direct link to the start of the good stuff.

You don't have to stop at number 140; there are some good mechanisms further along as well, e.g., 222 and 223.

Pick a mechanism that's not too simple (numbers 138 and 164 are example of ones that are too simple).

Model the mechanism in SolidWorks and produce a rendering and a Motion Study animation.

Fabricate the mechanism from laser cut cardboard and hardboard and demonstrate that it works.

Take a picture of your mechanism and post that plus your rendering to Piazza.

Hand-In

1. Your SolidWorks part and assembly files.
2. Your animation file.
3. Your rendering image.
4. A photograph of the mechanism you made.

Grading (10 pts)

• TBD