Day 7: (Wed Feb 5, Week 4) Project Pitches; Mold Design Tutorial Part 2

Notes for 2025-02-05.

New Assignments

New assignment: Exercise: Laser-Cut Mold Design Workshop, with results to Exercise 7 Shared Folder. Please laser-cut and assemble your mold parts and be prepared to pour them on Monday.

Agenda

1. Review project pitches (Exercise 6 Shared Folder)

   • look at each idea

   • collectively brainstorm implementation strategies

   • assess technical requirements

2. Mold design workshop continued

   • SolidWorks Overview

   • Using SolidWorks on Virtual Andrew

   • Design Example: Laser-Cut Open Mold for Flexure Part

   • sample: flexure-test-3.zip or individual files at flexure-test-3

3. SolidWorks details

   • mass estimation

   • DXF export

   • cutting file setup

4. hands-on laser-cutter training as needed