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Assembly Description Having two main assembly parts, the outer part and inner part assemblies, the

pen project was made with from effort and creativity. From the inside to the outside, the pen assembly was made step-by-step starting from the top to the bottom, from the cap to the pen tips ball. The pen consists of 15 parts. These important parts are the Inner Bottom Body, Jelly Grip, Middle Metal Ring, Outer Metal Body, Pen Hub, Top Casting Clear, Top Hub Metal, Cap, Stylus Holder, Stylus Tip, Clicker, Pen Tip, Pen Tip Ball, Ink Cap and the Spring. Without accuracy measurement, the parts were successfully come together. With a team of 4, the parts of the pen were split into half. Two members were responsible for the outer parts while the other two members were to construct the inner part of the pen. Eric Po and Gloria Shin were in charge of the outer parts: Eric Po- Inner Bottom Body, Top Casing Clear, Spring; Gloria Shin- Jelly Grip, Middle Metal Ring, Top Hub Metal, Stylus Holder. Tung Tran and Adan Valdes were in charge of the inner parts: Tung Tran- Outer Metal Body, Stylus Tip, Cap Top; Adan Valdes- Pen Hub Rev, Clicker, Pen Tip, Pen Tip Ball, Ink Cap. To be more time efficient, the assembly was split into 3 subassemblies: Outer Body, Clicker & Stylus Cap, and Ink Tube & Spring. These subassemblies were built accordingly: Outer Body Gloria Shin and Eric Po, Clicker & Stylus Cap- Tung Tran and Adan Valdes, Ink Tube & Spring- Adan Valdes. And the final full assembly was created by Gloria Shin. The main purpose of dividing this assembly into 3 subassemblies was because these subassemblies were where all the individual parts could be mated then all 3 subassemblies could be easily mated together with just 3 mates. It was especially useful since within their subassemblies, the parts do not move, but they move relative to other subassemblies. Which allows the clicking function: The Outer Body stays stationary while the Ink Tube & Spring and the Clicker & Stylus Cap move up and down inside the Outer Body. The majority of the mates used in this whole assembly were coincident and concentric. Being careful not to over restrain the parts, the minimal numbers of mates were used so the pen is able to click up and down in SolidWorks. A special mate used to mimic the clicking function is the Limit Distance mate, under advanced mates. This mate allows one selection, in this case the stylus holders middle edge, to move vertically up and down from the other selection, the inside upper face of the Top Hub. Since the inner parts of the pen are all mated together, this Limit Distance mate allows the whole inner part to move up and down, exactly 6mm, from the Top Hub. And to mimic the springs movement it was mated to both the inner part and the outer part. The top face of the spring was mated Coincident to a part of the Pen Ink Tip and the bottom face of the spring was mated Coincident to the bottom inner face of the Tip Hub. So when the inner part of the pen is moved up and down, the spring is stretched and compressed, up to 6mm, relative to the outer part of the pen. The final design of the pen, including the cosmetics such as color and other such details, were made by Eric Po and Tung Tran. Complications Making the inner part rotate according to the clickers pattern..?????

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