Integrated design projects

These six modules constitute a series of lessons and exercises that cover various topics in design. NX4 is used as the CAD package to support the lessons. They are intended for junior engineering students in any discipline.

The modules are available as PDF and AVI files.

Module 1
From 2D Sketches to 3D Objects
• PDF module
• AVI movie
Module 2
Advanced Basics with NX4
• PDF module
• AVI movie
Module 3
More Mating with NX4
• PDF module
• AVI movie

Module 4
A Pump Project
• PDF module
• AVI movie
Module 5
A Vice Grip Project
• PDF module
• AVI movie, part 1
• AVI movie, part 2
Module 6
A Toy Train Project
• PDF module
• AVI movie, part 1
• AVI movie, part 2

Supporting Papers
• R. Pop-Iliev and S. Nokleby. 2007. Digitally enhancing the project-based approach to engineering education. Proc Intl Conf on Engineering Design, Paris. (PDF)

• R. Pop-Iliev and G. Platanitis. 2007. Just-in-time implementation of open-ended take-home miniature design engineering projects. Proc PACE Conference. (PDF paper) (PDF presentation) (AVI movie 1) (AVI movie 2) (AVI movie 3)

[Description and screenshot taken from the wiki page for this module. Materials are used under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.]

Link: http://deseng.ryerson.ca/xiki/Dcl/Main:Integrated_design_projects
Author: R. Pop-Iliev; S. Nokleby
Publication Date: 2007-10-02
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Rights: Copyright 2011 Canadian Design Engineering Network, content on this site is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Licence.