In our mech. engineering CAD (computer assisted drawing) class we've been working on this small project for the past couple weeks. We had to model all the parts of an engine and finally put them together in a working 3d animation.

I was finishing up the project (making the cam move with the crank at the proper relative velocity) and I realized this is probably something some of you guys might want to check out, especially if some of you are figuring out what you might want to study in college.

Engine is an inline 4, 8 valves, SOHC. Very basic but making more complicated engines is very easy as its just a few more parts. All of the parts were designed and animated in Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0

Enjoy


A complete component list inside the final 3d file:



Lower engine block:



Engine head:



Complete engine assembled:



Complete engine with datum planes (to show the complexity of the assembly):



Animation:

 

Nice. I like the animation

 

Im getting my degree in Mechanical Engineering technology and should be starting classes with stuff like this in in a few semesters. Really neat stuff im already into 3d modeling and solid modeling and i start a class on inventor next semester. Awesome work dude looks great.

 

Dahmmm good job man!! I love this stuff. Im about to graduate from BMW school in less than a month. Lets say you design them and ill fix em!

 

I'll be doing this next semester. Looks like you did a good job. I'm in Electro-Mechanical Engineering but I'm trying to get my Electrical engineering degree.

 

nicely done, i just started building complete 3d drawings and animations in my class.

 

Nice

I use this program at work all day, and now I have to see it on the boards?!

 

They are some cool drawings...

 

Maya would look a lot better for animations, and your wire drawings would be just as complete in CAD.


Nice work.

 

Not bad. I use Solidworks for my designing at work. Mechanical Engineering FTW