1. Parametric Design William Foil Tyler Kennedy
Advisors: Dr. ma and Dr. Saadeh
Professor: Dr. Koutsougeras
ET-494, Senior Design

2. 3-D Parametric Design
3-D parametric design is a modeling approach that uses parameters to define features and relationships between parts
SOLIDWORKS is our chosen 3-D design software

3. Earlier Objectives:
Create program for Hydrolox that will generate a 3-D Traveling Water Screen.
Would have aided in quickly editing part parameters
Create plant layout optimization program for Lapeyre Stair
Would have automatically placed platforms to fill predetermined boundaries

4. Earlier Objectives Cont.
Above: Hydrlox program GUI
Right: Lapeyre Stair plant optimization program.

5. Current Objective: Continue work on plant optimization program
Fine-tune new MATLAB program
Link VBA and MATLAB programs

6. Relevance to Engineering
Program Design
Project Management

7. What We Accomplished
Created basic MATLAB and Visual Basic (VBA) Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Establish connection between MATLAB, Microsoft Excel, and SOLIDWORKS
Created a user interface to re-dimension a predefined object in SOLIDWORKS
Establish connections between VBA and SOLIDWORKS
Ported MATLAB program to VBA

8. Timeline 1/27/16—Met with advisors and discussed new program
2/3/16—Met with advisors to discuss advancement of program
2/5/16—Proposal presentation
2/14/16—Turn in Proposal and PowerPoint
3/9/16—Example of working program
4/13/16—Example of project
5/4/16—Final Presentations

9. Questions?