ME-1403: Mechanical Engineering Practice and Graphics

(Fall 2018)

Lecture Notes

  1. Lecture 1 (Course Introduction)
  2. Video: Basics: Sketch Tools (Solidworks, Chapter: 2), Lecture 2 (Home Works)
  3. Lecture 3 (Chapter: 2) (Home Works)
  4. Video: Basics: Modifying Sketches (Solidworks, Chapter: 3), Lecture 4 (Chapter: 3)
  5. Lecture 5 (Chapter: 3, Home Works)
  6. Lecture 6 (Chapter: 4, Home Works)
  7. Lecture 7 (Chapter: 5)
  8. Lecture 8 (Chapter: 5, Home Works)
  9. Lecture 9 (Chapter: 6, Home Works), Video: Tutorial_3_Help
  10. Lecture 10 (Chapter: 6, Home Works)
  11. Lecture 11 (Chapter: 7, Home Works)
  12. Lecture 12 (Chapter: 7, Home Works)
  13. Lecture 13 (Chapter: 8, Home Works)
  14. Lecture 14 (Chapter: 9, Home Works)
  15. Lecture 15 (Chapter: 12, Tutorial 1, Home Work) || Class Practice File || Part Files for Tutorial 1 (Courtesy: Matthew Davis)
  16. Lecture 16 (Chapter: 12, Home Works)
  17. Lecture 17 (Chapter: 13, Home Work) || Class Practice File || Part Files for Tutorial 1 (Courtesy: Lane Berger) || Part Files for Exercise 1
  18. Lecture 18 (A) : Reading Assignment || Lecture 18 (B) : Practice
  19. Lecture 19 (Chapter: 14, Home Work Only)
  20. Lecture 20 (Chapter: 15, Home Work Only)
  21. Lecture 21 (Rendering your CAD model.) || Class Practice File || Sample Rendering

Problem Solution

  1. Chapter 6, Exercise 1: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
  2. Chapter 7, Exercise 1: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
  3. Chapter 8, Exercise 3: Video.
  4. Chapter 9, Exercise 2: Video.

Project Materials

  1. Project Schedule
  2. Introductory Slide
  3. Group Name and Assignment Form
  4. Sample Draft Drawing Submission
  5. Project Report Template
  6. Report Discussion Abstract Tips Courtesy(Professor Johnson_senior_design_instructor)

Other Materials

  • Instructions for myUTSA apps
  • Class Schedule
  • Course Syllabus
  • How to Create Drawing Files (From Youtube): Video 1, Video 2, Video 3
  • (Remember to use appropriate settings as instructed in the class. These videos are here to give you directions only.)
  • Recommended Textbook 
  • (S. Tickoo, SolidWorks 2018 for Designers, 16th ed., 2018, CADCIM Technologies, ISBN: 978-1-64057-009-2.) or
    (S. Tickoo, SolidWorks 2017 for Designers, 15th ed., 2017, CADCIM Technologies, ISBN: 978-1-942689-75-1.) or
    (S. Tickoo, SolidWorks 2016 for Designers, 14th ed., 2016, CADCIM Technologies, ISBN: 978-1-942689-18-8.)
ME-1403: Mechanical Engineering Practice and Graphics
© Syed Hasib Akhter Faruqui, 2018