Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
School of Engineering

MET 452

Rapid Prototyping

 

 

Announcements:

Files for this course are located in the 452 subdirectory on the pro_e (V:) courseware data disk.

Semester assignments are subject to change depending upon hardware/software acquisitions/installations and problems.

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2001)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2002)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2003)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2004)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2005)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2006)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2007)

Reverse Engineering Semester Project (2008)

 

 

Assignment

Date

Description

Due

Class 1

1/14

Introduction to Rapid Prototyping, Points and Curves

 

Lab 1

1/14

Traditional Surfacing, Module 3, Exercise 1 & 2
    Additional Reading:  Copying Curves

1/28

Class 2

1/16

Introduction to RP Continued

 

1/21

No Class and Lab (University wide) – Martin Luther King Day

 

1/23

Intro to RP, Continued

 

Class 3

1/28

Composite Curves
Entity selection, Boundary Surfaces, End Conditions;   Subtractive Project discussion

 

Lab 2

1/28

Traditional Surfacing, Module 5, Exercise 1 & 2

2/4

Class 5

1/30

CDRS (Kaiser Connecting Rod)

 

Class 6

2/4

Curve and Surface Analysis, Offsetting edges, Warp

 

Lab 3
 

2/4

Traditional Surfacing, Module 9, Exercise 1 & 2
                                          Module 10, Exercise 4

2/11

Class 7

2/6

3D Systems - Stereolithography

 

Class 8

2/11

3D Systems continued

ISDX style surfaces, curve

 

Lab 4

2/11

Freeform Surfacing, Module 2, Exercise 1 & 2

2/18

Class 9

2/13

3D Systems continued

 

Class 10

2/18

WF 4 Discussion, ISDX Surface Creation

 

Lab 5

2/18

Freeform Surfacing, Module 3, Exercises 1,2 & 3

2/25

Class 11

2/20

Clay model review, Discussion on Proportions

 

Class 12

2/25

Advanced ISDX Features, Fused Deposition Modeling (Stratasys) Dimension)

 

Lab 6

2/25

Freeform Surfacing, Module 4, Exercises 1, 2 & 3, Schedule Milling                                    

3/3

Class 13

2/27

Surface faring using raw CMM data
Using the Microscribe Digitizer

 

Class 14

3/3

FDM (Dimension)

Creating tool paths with Pro/MFG, checking with Vericut

 

Lab 7

3/3

Freeform Surfacing, Module 5, Exercise 1                               

3/17

Class 15

3/5

Semester Project surface creation methodology

 

3/10 -  3/14

Semester Break

 

Class 16

3/17

Z Corporation

 

Lab 8

3/17

Roland LPX-250 Laser Scanner

3/24

Class 17 

3/19

Z Corporation continued,  Z-510 demo

 

Class 18

3/24

 Z Corp Infiltrants                     

 

Lab 9

3/24

Semester Project

 

Class 19

3/26

Current Z Corp Product line

 

Class 20

3/31

Selective Laser Sintering, ProMetal

 

Lab 10

3/31

Semester Project

 

Class 21

4/2

Use of RP models, Case Studies

 

Class 22

4/7

Laminated Object Manufacturing, Sheet Layering - JP System

 

Lab 11

4/7

Semester Project

 

Class 23

4/9

Semester Project

 

Class 24

4/14

Solid Ground Curing, Soligen

 

Lab 12

4/14

Semester Project

 

Class 25

4/16

Semester Project

 

Class 26

4/21

Rapid Tooling, Laser Scanning Semester Project

 

Lab 13

4/21

Semester Project 

 

Class 27

4/23

Semester Project

 

Class 28

4/28

Laser Scanning, Emerging Additive Technologies

 

Lab 14

4/28

Semester Project 

 

Class 29

4/30

Semester Project

Project Summary Doc Due