Project 7.

5 Engineering Documentation
ALTERNATE
Introduction
In order to design an improvement, enhancement, or accessory for a product you
must have detailed information about the product itself. Reverse engineering a
product should provide all the information you need; however, it is necessary to
carefully document that information so that everyone involved in the project can
have accurate information. In this project you and your team will document the
product that you reverse engineered in preparation for designing an improvement or
enhancement to the product.

Equipment
 Engineering notebook
 Pencil
 Product Disassembly Chart
 CAD files for Automoblox vehicle or other reverse engineered product.

Procedure
1. Create a set of working drawings to document the parts and assembly of your
reverse engineered product. The drawing set should include the following.
a. A fully dimensioned part drawing for each part of the product. Each part
drawing should include general notes and general tolerances. Divide the
work evenly among your team members such that each team member
produces at least two part drawings.
b. An assembly drawing. Remember that you have created subassemblies
and a complete assembly of the Automoblox vehicle in Activity 7.4
Assembly Models. Each team member must individually produce their
own assembly drawing that includes:
i. A ballooned isometric view of each subassembly and other
orthographic and/or section view(s) of each subassembly, as
needed, to fully describe the sub-assemblies.
ii. A ballooned isometric view of the complete assembly (with all parts
assembled together) and orthographic view(s) of the assembly as
needed to fully describe the assembly.
iii. A ballooned section view of the full assembly.

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iv. A parts list giving part names, material, density, volume, surface
area, and mass.

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Conclusion
1. Why is detailed documentation important in the design of a product?

2. What is the purpose of engineering documentation in reverse engineering?

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