Brian Houston

School of Engineering & Computer Science

University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1482 466474 | E: b.houston@hull.ac.uk
W: www.hull.ac.uk

CADCAM Portfolio – DfAM

Module 601088: Computer Aided Analysis and CADCAM&
Module 601069: Artificial Organs and CADCAM for Medical Engineering

Utilise contemporary CAD/CAM tools and techniques to produce a Design for

Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) portfolio for a bespoke coat hook…

Working to the provided design constraints you are to design, simulate and optimise your own bespoke
design for a coat hook, ensuring to adhere to the following requirements:
• Your design must be within the spatial restrictions shown in Figure 1.
• Your design must accept a typical clothes hanger, with a maximum wire thickness of 4mm and
nominal hook radius of 20mm.
• Your design must be mounted by a single #6 self-tapping countersunk screw.
• Your design must support a load of 1kg, hung from the hook.
• Assuming a simulation material of Nylon 101, your final design must be within a Factor of Safety of
2 in all areas.
• Your design should be optimised for 3D printing on an Ultimaker 2 Extended+ 3D printer.

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 Brian Houston
School of Engineering & Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1482 466474 | E: b.houston@hull.ac.uk
W: www.hull.ac.uk

This assignment requires you to do the following:

1. Using Solidworks, produce an initial design meeting the specified criteria.
2. Simulate the loading conditions and evaluate the performance of your initial design.
3. Modify your design with the target of minimising material, whilst reducing stress concentrations
and ensuring a robust product, fit for the purpose intended and manufacturing process capability.
4. Validate manufacturability using an open source 3D printer slicing application (Cura).
5. Produce engineering drawings of the final design, complying to BS 8888.
6. Produce a Photorealistic render of your final design.
7. Provide a STL file of your final geometry.
8. Provide a production ready Cura Project 3MF (3D Manufacturing Format) file, containing
processed tool paths and recommended production parameters.

Reminders for this assignment:

• This is a 4-part submission, with each section to be submitted separately as follows:
1. Produce a Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) portfolio, detailing steps 1-8 and
upload to Canvas
2. Upload your Solidworks part file/s to Box
3. Upload your STL file to Box
4. Upload your Cura Project File to Box
• There is no word limit for the design report; however, you should aim to write as clear and
concisely as possible, using figures/tables & data to, where possible, present data-driven objective
design justifications.
• You must submit your DfAM Report as a .pdf file.
• Your files should be named in the following way: 9digitstudentnumber_CADCAM_Assignment
(e.g. 202112345_CADCAM_Assignment)

Formatting your submission:

• You do not need to include a cover sheet.
• Submission format is a design portfolio and should be treated as a formal report:
o As such, subtitles/section headings are expected, as is a contents page, figure/table
captions, abstract and list of tables/figures etc.
• References are not required, however if you do use external content within your report, you
should follow University of Hull Harvard referencing standards: http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/harvard
• To make it easy to read, you should use font size 11 or 12, in either Arial, Calibri or Times New
Roman.

* This is a digital assignment and should be submitted via the relevant Canvas site
** Links to the Box folder for Solidworks, STL file & Cura Project File uploads will be available via your
relevant Canvas site
Note: This assignment deadline will also be available via your relevant Canvas Site

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 Brian Houston
School of Engineering & Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1482 466474 | E: b.houston@hull.ac.uk
W: www.hull.ac.uk

Figure 1 - Schematic showing design scope for assignment

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 Brian Houston
School of Engineering & Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1482 466474 | E: b.houston@hull.ac.uk
W: www.hull.ac.uk

CADCAM Portfolio - Marking Criteria

Criteria Description
Detailed DfAM report clarifying the following:
• Design Requirements (PDS)
• Design Strategy/Rationale
• Design for Performance Evaluation/Simulation
DfAM Report • Optimisation/Refinement
[60 points] • Design for Manufacturing
• Prescription (Engineering Drawings & Manufacturing Parameters)
• Marketing (Photorealistic Render)
The report should convey the design process from start to end and provide sufficient
detail to understand the engineering rationale that has led you to your final design.
Detailed engineering drawing of final design:
Includes orthographic views in first angle projection and isometric view. Ideal
layout, scale and well-presented drawing.
Appropriate use of dimensions:
All dimensions necessary for costing, process definition and quality assurance
are appropriately applied and ideally positioned, with no overlapping. No
Engineering
missed or unnecessary dimensions and appropriate use of dimensioning
Drawing to
regimes.
BS 8888
Effective use of title block and annotations:
[10 points]
Default title block customised to include all required information, including
angle of projection and manufacturing/costing requirements. Effective use of
annotations to improve dimensioning and add clarity to drawing.
Appropriate use of tolerances and surface finishes.
Tolerances, linear, angular and geometric, specified where appropriate.
Evidence of appropriately defined surface finish.
Photorealistic High quality photorealistic render of the final design generated using Solidworks
Render Photoview 360. Excellent material, scene and lighting specification. Chosen
[5 points] orientation and placement effectively markets the key aspects of final design.
Design:
• Appropriate use of Solidworks design tools and features in the generation of
Solidworks
the designs.
design &
• Good defining sketch discipline with no unconstrained features and
simulation
appropriate references.
aptitude
• Calculated design ethos and well organised feature tree with appropriately
[10 points]
named and organised sketches and features.
• Effective use of configurations to show key design iterations.

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 Brian Houston
School of Engineering & Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1482 466474 | E: b.houston@hull.ac.uk
W: www.hull.ac.uk

Simulation:
• Appropriate use of Solidworks Simulation capabilities to evaluate the static
loaded performance of each design iteration.
• Appropriate fixtures applied for the specified loading condition.
• Appropriate loading regime for the specified loading condition.
• Appropriate mesh specification for the design.
• Effective post processing of the simulation results.
Print Ready
Submission of a print ready STL file of the final part, appropriate tessellation and file
STL File
size for the detail of the final design.
[5 points]
Production Submission of a production ready Cura Project File (3MF), appropriate for printing on
Ready Cura an Ultimaker 2 Extended + 3D printer, using PLA material and a print nozzle size of
Project File 0.4mm. Rational part orientation/placement and appropriate print parameters pre-
[10 points] defined.
Total Points = 100

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