Design Resources

Some of the links below are only accessible on campus or via a Purdue VPN connection

• Remote Access to ME Computers
• Shape Synthesis Notes
• Background & Benchmark Research
• Fasteners Guide
• Tap Drill Sizes
• Motor Basics
• Commonly Used Vendors
• Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization
• Microsoft Project Training Video
• Manual Sketch Training Videos
  • Sketching and Manual Drawing Tools
  • Sketching Techniques
  • Sketching Pictorial Views from 3D Objects and/or Images
  • Sketching Picotrial Views from 2D Orthographic Views
  • Sketching Orthographic Views
• Engineering & Manufacturing Drawings Training Videos
  • Engineering "Drawing" Standards
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Categories of Drawing Views
  • Types Of Dimensioning Styles or Methods
  • Standard Dimensioning
  • What are Precise Dimensions
  • Types of Drawing Notes
  • Drawing Title Blocks and Format Sheets
  • First Angle Projected Orthographic Views
  • Third Angle Projected Orthographic Views - What is used by US Firms
  • Necessary Orthographic Views
  • Drawing Scale and Drawing View Scale
    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3

• SOLIDWORKS Training/Documentation -- Docs are accessible from within the SOLIDWORKS App

  • CAD Modeling Videos
    • Part Modeling
    • Creating Cosmetic Threads
    • Assembly Modeling
  • Sheet Metal Flat Pattern Videos
    • Sheet Metal Basics
    • Flattening Surfaces
  • Electrical Modeling Videos
    • Introduction to Electrical Routing
    • Electrical Routing
  • FEA Videos
    • Part FEA
    • Assembly FEA
    • Thermal Study
    • Flow Simulation Analysis
  • Motion Videos
    • Motion Analysis
    • Event-based Motion
    • Motion Analysis Plots
  • Drafting Videos
    • Creating a Drawing
    • Creating a Format or Template
    • Assembly Drawing
  • Photo Rendering Videos
    • Photoview 360 - Part
    • PhotoView 360 - Assembly
    • Turntable Render

• Siemens NX Training/Documentation

  • CAD Modeling Videos
    • Part Modeling
    • Part Modeling with Draft Features
    • Assembly Modeling
  • Sheet Metal Flat Pattern Videos
    • Generating a Flat Sheet from a 3D Component
    • Flattening and Forming
  • Electrical Modeling Videos
    • NX Routing Electrical Summary
    • How to Create a Wire Harness in NX
  • FEA Videos
    • Part FEA
    • Assembly FEA
    • Advanced Assembly FEA
    • Thermal Simulation - Steady State & Transient Simulation
    • Basic CFD Analysis
  • Motion Videos
    • Governor Dynamic Motion Simulation
    • Kinematic Motion Simulation
    • Determining Motion Results and Plots
  • Drafting Videos
    • ISO Metric Drafting
    • Dimensions and GD&T converted to PMI
    • Assembly Drawing
  • Photo Rendering Videos
    • Photorealistic Rendering
    • Photorealistic Rendering 2
    • Render-Animation

• 3D Experience & CATIA Training/Documentation

  • CAD Modeling Videos
    • Part Design
    • Advanced Part Design
    • Assembly Modeling
  • Sheet Metal Flat Pattern Videos
    • Sheet Metal Design
    • Unfold Surface
  • Electrical Modeling Videos
    • Electrical Harness Assembly
  • FEA Videos
    • Physics Simulation Model - Part 1
    • Physics Simulation Model - Part 2
    • Physics Simulation Model - Part 3
    • Physics Simulation of an Assembly
    • Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation
    • Flow Simulation
  • Motion Videos
    • 4 Bars Mechanism
    • Mechanism Animation
    • Kinematic Motion Simulation
    • CATIA V5 Kinematics
  • Drafting Videos
    • Introduction to 3DExperience Drafting
    • ISO 3DExperience Drafting
    • Assembly Drawing
  • Photo Rendering Videos
    • Live Rendering - Part
    • Live Rendering - Assembly
    • Live Rendering - Video

• Creo Training/Documentation

  • Modeling Videos
    • Advanced 3d Modeling
    • Advanced Surface Modeling
    • Assembling with Constraints
  • Sheet Metal Flat Pattern Videos
    • Flat Pattern, Unbend, and Flatten Form
    • Flatten Surface
  • Electrical Modeling Videos
    • Cabling and Piping in Creo
    • Manual Cabling Process
  • FEA Videos
    • FEA Simulate
    • Assembly FEA
    • Assembly Structural Analysis
    • Thermal Analysis
    • Flow Analysis
  • Motion Videos
    • Slide Crank Linkage Kinematic & Dynamic Analysis
    • MECHANISM - EXCAVATOR ANIMATION USING SERVO MOTOR
    • Determining Motion Results and Plots
  • Drafting Videos
    • Modeling and Detailing
    • Detailing with GD&T
    • Assembly Drawing
  • Photo Rendering Videos
    • Render 3D - Model
    • Render 3D - Assembly
    • Turntable Animation - Not Rendered