SYSTEMFULL VIEW
COMPLETE PACKAGE
The complete drive for checking how every subsystem fits around the wheel.
FORMULA SAE · THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
OUTBOARD DRIVE.
DESIGNED TO ADAPT.
I designed this compact coaxial drivetrain to package the motor and compound planetary gearbox inside the wheel. I then built the MATLAB, Inventor, and iLogic workflow that lets me explore and update the design without rebuilding it by hand.
CONFIGURATION EXPLORER
EXPLORE THE DESIGN SPACE
Use the slider and camera controls to see how the assembly changes as I move between valid designs.
AUTOMATED INVENTOR OUTPUT
CONFIGURATION 14 / 64
VIEW 1 / 5
LOADING COMBINED CAD VIDEO
PARAMETRIC CAD VIEW
CONFIG 14 · VIEW 1 · 1×
CONFIG 14 · VIEW 1 · 1×
CAD INSPECTION
SEE HOW IT FITS TOGETHER
I use consistent views and motion studies to compare each design and understand the complete assembly.
LOADING CONFIGURATION SNAPSHOT
CONFIG 14 · VIEW 1
SELECTED VIEW
CONFIGURATION
Compare the selected design from five consistent angles.
CURRENT DESIGNSWITCH VIEWS
MODEL STATESONE ASSEMBLY.
ONE ASSEMBLY.
DIFFERENT JOBS.
I built dedicated states for system review, gear design, and manufacturing preparation.
SYSTEM
DESIGNGEAR VIEW
FINISHED GEAR GEOMETRY
The tooth geometry is exposed for mesh, interference, and packaging review.
MANUFACTUREGEAR BLANK VIEW
MANUFACTURING STATE
The teeth are suppressed to reveal the blanks needed before the tooth-cutting operation.
HOW I BUILT IT
ONE CONNECTED DESIGN PROCESS
I built the mechanical system and the tools around it, so each design can move from an idea to a reviewable CAD assembly.
MATLAB + EXCEL
MATLAB searches gear combinations against ratio, packaging, spacing, and geometry constraints. Valid designs are organized in one controlled table.
INVENTOR + iLOGIC
Selecting a configuration updates the gears, housing, bearings, clearances, and model states without rebuilding the assembly by hand.
ENGINEERING OUTPUT
Consistent views, motion studies, calculations, and manufacturing states make each design easier to compare.
Nine inputs and three control features drive more than 100 geometry, performance, validation, and documentation outputs.
SKF BEARING INTEGRATION
The bearing is the only purchased component that changes between configurations. MATLAB selects it from SKF data and brings its dimensions into the CAD workflow.
A CLOSED FEA LOOP
The next step is automated model simplification and FEA, feeding stress, stiffness, and mass results back into the optimizer.