Calendar CGD 2 - Fall 2013
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Date
Concepts Covered –Assignments discussed
Assignment Deadlines
August
27
1
Designing Career Paths
Graphic Communications--SolidWorks and Product Design--Career Investigation
29 Professional Presentation Essentials for Communicating Design Instructions
Professionally presenting career goals related to CGD2 -- Designing your future
Collaborative Assessments
Summary Reports Due
September
3
2
5
10
3
12
18
4
20
25
5
27
Using Design Principles to Enhance Communication
Brief
overview of SolidWorks Sketches, Features & Parts: 1st 3D Model
Modeling, Manufacturing & Marketing with SolidWorks relies upon Design Intent
Producing relational solid modeling with positional construction tolerances
Managing SolidWorks Files--Creating Templates & Using Sheet Format
Using Systemic SolidWorks File Structure--Sheet Format & Drawing Templates
Using Orthographic Drawings to Communicate and Create Designed Objects
Orthographic Views
Specifying Units, Using Design Standards
Beginning Chair Project-Part Templates
Parent Child Relationships, More Parts for Assemblies/Subassemblies
Patterns, Axes and Multiple Copies & Advanced Orthographic Views
Creating and Organizing Subassembly Files
Assembly Templates, Review File Management Inserting and Chair Base
Completing Assembly and Pack & Go
Bonus: continue creating and assembling unique parts
HW 1: Career Journey
Group Presentations
First SolidWorks File
HW 2: Orthographic Sketches
HW 3: 3rd Angle Ortho Projection
October
Seat: Fillets & Adding Texture to Appearances
Using Advance Appearances-Mapping & Color
3 Seat Base & Knob: Creating another sub-assembly
Viewing & Using Sections
Creating Arm Parts
8
Creating new subassembly parts
10 Making Assemblies/Subassemblies by Mating Parts/Components
Intro to isometric Sketches
Review Creating and Organizing Subassembly Files
15
Creating/Managing Files to Save & Organize Part Files for Chair Wheel
17 Revolutions, Sweeps & Lofts -- Tools for making Table
Patterns, Axes and Multiple Copies , One-Point Perspectives
Completing Chair Base Table Basics
22
1
6
7
8
9
HW 4 : Sections
HW 5 : Isometric Sketches
HW 6: Adv. Isometric Sketches
24 Creating a Folder to Save & Organize Part Files for Chair Wheel
Wheel Parts
Creating wheel sub-assembly for Assembled Chair
30 Midterm Review--completing wheel subassembly
29
10
HW 7: One-Point Perspective
November
Midterm Review--Design Sketches & Completing Wheel Subassembly
5
11
7 Midterm
Design Problem Solving
Developing Project Proposals--Overview of Affordances & Ergonomics to Benefit Users
14 Drawing Basics -- Drawing Template
Customizing Title Block, Adding Pages & Inserting Drawing Views
Creating Auxiliary Views and Sections Dimensioning Essentials
19
Adding Dimensions and Design Tolerances
21 Exploded Views & BOMs
Project Review
Creating Configurations using Tables
26
Configurations Basics
Thanksgiving Holiday
28
HW 8: Two-Point Perspective
Chair Folder
Table Folder to be included with Midterm
Folder
12
12
13
14
HW 9 : Problem Solving Proposal
HW 10: Design Sketches
Dimensioned Drawing a Part
Configured Part File
December
Creating Rendered Views
Adjusting lights and cameras for Presentation Images
5 Complying Presentations
Explaining Project
Project Review
10
Peer Critiques
16
12 Final Folder Due in Drop Box
3
jpg or pang or gif
Final
15
17
Final Draft Product Folder
All makeup/late work is due at 5 p.m. the
Final: http://www.gavilan.edu/schedule/finals.html
Tuesday 17 Dec. 10:30 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Schedule subject to change, check iLearn for most current version.
See iLearn for required readings and support information.
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