The Team
The goal of the project was to build a fully functional train, by making the part on inventor, and then assembling them, making an explosion of them, and making detailed drawing of them. This project was supposed to have been done with a team of four, with each member making a major part. However, since we only had a team of three, another team would be making our fourth part, My team members were Isabella Pottack-Rettler, and Emma Dolata. We worked well as a team, because we all already knew each other. Everyone contributed, and made their part well. I made the train body, and it turned out well.
The Part
I made the train body, and also the axle peg. I did have to learn some new techniques to make these parts. While I was making the train body, I had to extrude some holes in, because that was easier to do than to try to make actual holes. Also, I had to set down a work plane to make the hole for the smokestack, because it was on a curved surface. For the axle peg, I had to learn to make the threads on the screw. I didn't have too much trouble with either of these parts. I would say the axle peg was harder to make than the train body, just because I had to make my own measurements of the picture provided so I could revolve it. I figured out the math, with a little time.
The Assembly
I learned two new constraints in order to assemble this train. I learned the insert constraint, to place the various screws and pegs in the holes, and the angle constraint, to make the wheels turn in sync. I had some problems with the linkage arm, because I would insert constrain one end, while the other would already be in the proper place, not allowing me to constrain it to there. Then, when I tried to move it, it would not constrain. I solved this by constraining the opposite end of the linkage peg, forcing it to constrain upside down so I could properly constrain it. I did assembly the train with no mistakes.
this is the Train Body. I chose to use this number of views to show all of the various holes in the train.
this is the wheel. I chose these views to show the total width, height, and depth, along with the details on the front and back. i chose to use detailed views on the inset hole for the linkage peg, to show the smaller details, and make sure it was a working drawing.
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This is the cowcatcher. I chose to use these views ti show the pegs hollow inside, and slant of the part. This part was not made by my team, but by another team who made it incorrectly. There were supposed to be an indent to both of the slanted parts of the cowcatcher.
This is the smokestack. I chose these views to show the various layers of the hole in the smokestack. I used the section view to also show the layers more distinctly.
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