Rocket Science!
Learning Intentions
Design Sketching
Practice your sketching skills for presenting design ideas. Learn how to illustrate your designs quickly and effectively.
CAD for Manufacture
Learn to use 3D CAD to design a product with a specific manufacturing method in mind - 3D printing. Learn to consider such factors such as tolerance, thin-walls, mass and strength.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation
Learn how computers can be used to test a design prior to manufacture, using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This computerised wind-tunnel helps you visualise air-flow along with lots of other useful scientific data.
3D Printing
Learn to prepare a file for 3D printing. What settings will impact quality, speed of print and the strength of the final part? You will learn the basics in this short tutorial.
Project Downloads
The course note booklet for Rocket Science.
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Rocket Launching!
BGE Rocket Science
Learn to create a 3D model, simulation performance and manufacture it!
Computer Aided Design can be a powerful tool for designing, testing and making a product. In this series of videos, you will learn to model a rocket, simulate aerodynamic performance and 3D print it.
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3D Modelling
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Lesson 1: Starting Autodesk Inventor
Learn how to start a new file in Autodesk Inventor and get ready to 3D model…
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Lesson 2: Saving files
Start right - save your file as you start. This protects your progress through the design process. Saving to cloud storage (such as OneDrive) keeps your files safe.
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Lesson 3: Rocket Body
Create the main rocket body by drawing a circle and extruding.
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Lesson 4: Nose Cone
Create the nose cone by drawing a profile and using the revolve command.
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Lesson 5: Wing
Create a wing for your rocket to stabilise flight.
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Lesson 6: Many wings...
Create a radial array of your wing…
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Lesson 7: Chamber Hole
Create a hole for the launch tube
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Lesson 8: Rounding the wings
Use the fillet tool to blend the wings into the body.
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Lesson 9: Making edits.
Want to change the rocket? No problem. Use the modelling tree to edit what you have previously created.
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Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Engineering Drawing
"If you do it right, it will last forever”
Massimo Vignelli