Additional Resources


Here you will find:


  • Practice questions and exercises to help with hand-drawing techniques
  • A tutorial to teach you how to use Microsoft Word for report writing
  • A design library of parts to use in engineering projects

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    Word Tutorial
    Practice Material
    Design Library
    Tolerancing

    WORD TUTORIAL

    MS WORD has a lot of funcitonallity and tools to help report writing.

    Work through this tutorial to experiences these methods and tools.

    Click to download the tutorial and supporting material. The file will need to be unblocked in the file preferences (right-click) to run.

    Download a brief summary of all the concepts you should know for writing engineering reports in WORD HERE



    Here are some links to other, external resources for WORD.


    The WordMVP Site (Excellent)

    UMassAmherst (OK - PDF info)

    The University of Waterloo (Excellent)

    There is no substitute for experience.

    The better you understand the tools in WORD the better your reports will be!

    Click on the images to download the practice problems.

    ORTHO TO ISO

    Practice problems to help with drawing an isometric view from orthogonal views.

    MISSING VIEWS

    Practice problems to help with drawing missing orthogonal views.

    Click on the links to download the solidworks parts.


    Gearbox Parts
    Gears
    Pulleys
    Rope
    Other Parts

    You can download a GD&T Guide HERE

    A table of limits and fits can be found HERE

    An autofill tolerance template can be found HERE