3D Engine Assembly, 2004

For this project, students were each given different parts to reverse engineer. They took precise measurements with micrometers, vernier calipers, thread pitch gages, depth gages, fillet/radius gages, and a variety of other measuring tools, then created 3D models with AutoCAD. It was a complicated and technical challenge, and the kids handled it very well. Many more parts were modeled, including all of the fasteners, but bringing all of them into this file exceeds the limits of our computers.

The reverse engineering of actual parts is a challenging hands-on/minds-on experience and students get a lot of development out of it. Good work CAD class of 2004! Shown below are 3D exploded assembly views.