(IN THE WORKS)
To ensure consistency across mechanical team projects, please read over this page and follow the practices when you are using Solidworks!
Coordinate Convention
planes and where the origin will be placed
When symmetric, sketch on which half of the car
Design Units
Design the car in metric, the only exception being critical fasteners in imperial. Normal fasteners can be metric or imperial, but consult your team lead and keep it consistent.
Follow standardized units to maintain consistency between components. Design in Metric due to alignment with ASC regulations and ease for force loading calculations in Newtons. Critical Fasteners in Imperial due to significantly better availability and price in McMaster-Carr.
Critical Fasteners: Fasteners for critical areas, which is defined to include: steering, braking, suspension, seat mounts, safety harness, drive train, battery box, ballast carrier, and parking brake.
Hole Wizard
Use Hole Wizard when placing holes in your components.
Using hole wizard is an efficient way to place holes in your parts while making sure that hole sizes remain consistent across the whole team.
Design Libraries and templates
All mechanical components (ex. fasteners, nuts, washers) models should be taken from McMaster-Carr, NOT the Solidworks design library. Check the Bild PDM if the component is in our directory, and if it is not available, download the CAD from McMaster-Carr website.
Where to find design library in bild
where to download from mmc
Bild PDM Organization
how to check in check out
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