A MID-SEMESTER REPORT

ON
Database Development of CAD Models for Assembly

BY

NAME ID NUMBER

OSAMA MOHAMMAD ABDUL FATTAH 2018A4PS0142H

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY, PILANI
(March, 2021)

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 A MID-SEMESTER REPORT
ON
Database Development of CAD Models for
Assembly
BY

NAME ID NO DISCIPLINE

OSAMA MOHAMMAD 2018A4PS0142H B.E(MECH)

ABDUL FATTAH

Prepared in partial fulfillment of the Study Oriented Project

Course No.

ME F266
AT

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PILANI

March, 2021

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to use this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who has
been supporting me through the course of the project. I am extremely grateful to my
institute, BITS Pilani for offering me the Study Oriented Project course.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mr.K. Ramesh, PhD Scholar

Mechanical Department BPHC, for his valuable technical support and guidance on
the project.

I would also like to thank Prof. Sandip Deshmukh, the faculty in-charge, for providing
timely suggestions and assistance in keeping our progress on schedule, and making
all possible arrangements to reduce the difficulties in our path.

I would also like to thank everyone else who was directly or indirectly involved to
provide me with this opportunity.

OSAMA FATTAH
The work summarized in this report represents contribution from a student working
on the project “Database Development of CAD Models for Assembly”.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE
PILANI (RAJASTHAN)

Duration : Jan - March Date of submission : 17th March, 2021

Title of the Project : Database Development of CAD Models for Assembly

NAME ID NO DISCIPLINE

OSAMA MOHAMMAD 2018A4PS0142H B.E(MECH)

ABDUL FATTAH

NAME OF THE FACULTY : Prof. Sandip Deshmukh

PROJECT AREAS :
1. CAD Modelling
2. 3D printing
3. Metal Fabrication
4. Image processing
5. Machine Learning

ABSTRACT :
Uptill now, the entirety of the projects for me have been designing various objects on
CAD and this report is the description of those designs.

Signature of students : Signature of faculty:

Osama Mohammad Abdul Fattah

Date : 17/03/2021 Date :

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Page Number

Cover 1

Title Page 2

Acknowledgements 3

Abstract sheet 4

Table of Contents 5

Introduction 6

Project I 7

A. Camera holder 7

B. Fasteners 11

Project II 12

Conclusion 15

Glossary 16

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INTRODUCTION
I have been working on 2 separate projects
1. The first one deals with an apparatus with a camera attached at the top (on a
horizontal sliding rig) facing downwards in order to capture images of the
subject pieces placed underneath and to calculate the dimensions of those
pieces using machine learning algorithms
2. The second one is a rather confidential one and deals with the design and
fabrication of a cylindrical object

I’ll be discussing both of them, but the first one in greater detail

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Project I
The apparatus is as shown in the image

The camera is attached to a rig which helps it slide horizontally on a prefabricated

metal axis
I was given the task to design a camera holder which connects the camera to the
metal axis and has a rotating tightener knob inorder to keep the camera in place

A. Camera holder
This part has 4 sub parts which form an assembly

1. Holder

has the slot for the axis to slide in

has the hole for the knob
has the 4 cylindrical chambers for the screw to go in

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2. Holder Cap

3. Knob

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 4. Mount

Assembly

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I have also created the drawings for each part of the CAD designs for easier
fabrication
here is an image of the drawing assembly

each drawing has the scale and units witten at the bottom left corner and
shows the subject in isometric, trimetics and various orthogonal views
the subjects have measurements written on them and these are written in an
exhaustive manner

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B. Fastener Pieces CAD Modelling
I made CAD models of different kinds of fasters, in order to gather data for the
development of the algorithm which identifies the subject.

These were the different fasteners I made in CAD

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Project II
I was given the task of designing a rig which was intended accommodate some
circuit boards, on the inner side

The model contains several parts like

1. Shells (a pair of different colour)

There are a total of 16 holes on each of the shells (8 at either ends)

2. Longerons (x8)

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 3. Rings (x2)

Assembly

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I have created the Drawings for each part of the rig inorder to send for fabrication
here is an image of the Assembly drawing

each drawing has the scale and units witten at the bottom left corner and shows the
subject in isometric, trimetics and various orthogonal views
the subjects have measurements written on them and these are written in an
exhaustive manner

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Conclusion

The experience I gained in the process of designing these products is enormous and
would help me in further developing my skills as an engineer.

The Camera rig has been completed and will be used for capturing images and
processing them later.

The blueprints of the camera rig can be easily accessed and it can be recreated using
3D printing

The CAD profiles of the fasteners can be used to feed data to the machine learning
algorithm in order to train the model.

The Rig of the second project is a work in progress and more details would be added
in the final report

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Glossary
1. Longerons - a longeron and stringer is the load-bearing component of a
framework.
2. Rig - A fixed structure to incorporate components.
3. Mount - A support for a device.

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