MAE 1351 EXAM 1 Questions & Answers 100% Accurate!

The engineering design process follows the same steps as the scientific discovery process, or scientific method. True? - ANSWER-No; there are major differences The term "IPS" in SolidWorks refers to... - ANSWER-measurement units To create an extrusion, I must first draw a sketch on a surface. True? - ANSWER-Yes, but the surface must be flat What are the fundamental types of sketch constraints? - ANSWER-Geometrical and dimensional To clock a hexagonal feature so that it rests horizontally on one side, I would... - ANSWER-Apply a horizontal constraint To create a revolved feature, the profile and the axis of the revolution must be what? - ANSWER-Coplanar To create a solid of revolution, I must... A) Select a plain line from the sketch to use as an axis B) Make an axis in the sketch using a construction line C) Use reference geometry to make an axis D) Any of the above will work - ANSWER-D) Any of the above will work I have a distance in my sketch preceded by a "sigma" symbol. This means... - ANSWER-It is a dimension driven by a parametric formula Graphical User Interface (GUI) - ANSWER-The format of information on the visual display of a computer, giving its user control of the input, output, and editing of the information primary modeling planes, principal viewing planes, or datum planes - ANSWER-The planes representing the XY-, XZ-, and YZ-planes in a Cartesian coordinate system. sketches - ANSWER-Collection of 2-D entities sketching editor - ANSWER-A software tool used to create and edit sketches.