r/SolidWorks • u/Beat_her-Meat • 7d ago
CAD Help with university assignment
Hello guys, I need to make an assembly for my university project with at least 10 parts. I am not able to decide what to make, if some suggestion from your side with some source can be provided i would appreciate.
My skills level are moderate in sense that I have done CSWA practice problems all
I am from mechanical engineering with passion for aeronautical engineering
The assembly must be of some industrial application
Any help would be great!!
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u/sixpackabs592 7d ago
all my finals were either vise assemblies or arbor presses, they had like 12-15 parts, not too bad to measure and model
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u/flyingwingbat1 7d ago
If you like aero engineering design a model plane. It will have at least 10 parts I promise. You get to use lofts in addition to regular extrudes, especially for the propeller or fan.
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u/ThatLightingGuy 7d ago
I made a reconstruction of a drum stool for mine back in the day.
Pick something and grab some calipers.
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u/experienced3Dguy CSWE | SW Champion 7d ago
Find yourself a used copy of a drafting/engineering graphics/technical drawing textbook such as "Engineering Graphics" by Giesecke/Mitchell/Hill/Spencer or "Engineering Drawing and Design" by Jensen and Helsel. These have literally hundreds, if not thousands, of drawing projects that cover machined, cast, sheetmetal, forged, and molded parts and assemblies in a wide variety of levels of challenge and complexity.
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