Week 3 Lecture 3
Week 3 Lecture 3
fabrication
Lecture 3: Computer aided design of components
Outline
❖ Design synthesis and design analysis
❖ Model vs Prototype
❖ Computer aided design
❖ Sketching and industrial drawings
❖ 2D vs 3D modelling
❖ Computer aided analysis
Development of automated systems
❖ Electrical and electronics components: selection and procurement
❖ Mechanical components
➢ Design -> inhouse and fabrication -> purchase / outsource
➢ Design and fabrication -> in-house
Product life cycle (Kunwoo Lee 1999)
Synthesis Analysis
Design process
Design and
procurement of
new tools CAM
Order Marketing
materials
Manufacturing process
❖ Synthesis = philosophy, functionality and uniqueness
❖ Analysis = conversion of conceptual design into model (engineering
science based)
Design of a mechanical component
❖ Design need or requirement
❖ Apply the principles of mechanical engineering
❖ Strength of materials deals with the analysis of stresses and
deflections in materials under load.
❖ Knowledge of stresses and deflections -> safe design of structures
❖ Solid mechanics -> the study of the deformation and motion of
solid materials under the action of forces.
❖ Kinematics -> the study of motion of a system of bodies without
directly considering the forces affecting the motion.
Modeling and Prototyping
A Model A Prototype
A Model shows the appearance of the It is a working model of the product.
desired product. It does not work.
Used for visualization of the product in Used for performance evaluation and
early stage of the development. further improvement of the product before
Display and demonstration of product. the start of the production
Scaling can be applied. True scale.
May consist of only the exterior (skin) of Comprises of exterior (skin) as well as the
the product. interior parts/components/mechanisms.
Relatively cheap to manufacture Relatively expensive to manufacture.
SpotMini
Prototypes
LS3
Design Manufacturing
CAD
❖ Integrating computer science techniques for engineering design
❖ Use of hardware and software
❖ Hardware
➢ Input devices
➢ Output devices
❖ Modeling Software
➢ Numerical methods
➢ Matrices
➢ Differential equations
➢ Optimization methods
2 D drawing
Production drawing
3D modeling
• An aid to visualization
• Curves > surfaces > solids
• Definition of an object