Parametric Design WILLIAM FOIL TYLER KENN EDY ADVIS

Parametric Design WILLIAM FOIL TYLER KENN EDY ADVIS ORS: DR. MA AND DR. SAADEH PROFES S OR: DR. KO UTSO UG ERAS ET-493, SENIO R DESIGN

3 -D Parametric Design • 3 -D parametric design is a modeling approach that uses parameters to define features and relationships between parts • SOLIDWORKS is our chosen 3 -D design software

Original Project: Originally we were tasked with createing a 3 -D parametric design for Hydroloxs’ Traveling Water Screen. The problem: Drafter has to manually customize designs to fit the working conditions.

Original Project Solution: Create GUI to allow User to edit pre-existing parts

Current Application • Design plant layout optimization program for Lapeyre Stair • Elements from our parametric design program will be used

Lapeyre Stair • Part of Laitram L. L. C. • Involved in manufacturing and design of industrial stair cases and platforms Purpose behind Lapeyre Stair: • Drastically reduces design time, • Reduced Construction costs • Reduced installation errors

Objective The Problem: • Platforms must be manually inserted The Solution: • Create program to plot platforms at user defined coordinates

Relevance to Engineering • Program Design • Force Calculations: static and dynamic • Knowledge and application of equations • Project Management

What We Accomplished • Created basic Mat. LAB and Visual Basic (VBA) Graphical User Interface (GUI) • Establish connection between Mat. LAB, Excel, and SOLIDWORKS • Created a user interface to re-dimension a predefined object in SOLIDWORKS • Establish connections between VBA and SOLIDWORKS • Ported Mat. LAB program to VBA

Moving Forward • Insert pre-made parts at specific coordinates instead of shapes • Insert structural members and rails of platforms via user input

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