My last day at Forthright Engineering involved creating three more parts in CAD software and then learning how to put them together along with another part I made yesterday. The parts were put together in what is called an assembly. In an assembly, I learned how to add constraints to the parts, which are basically rules to how they should be placed in relation to one another. This work brought all my CAD learning together and helped me begin to imagine the vast possibilities of what I could actually create in this software. Another interesting thing that I did today was presenting the findings of my research to the engineers in an internal development meeting. After I explained everything, they deliberated how and on which project to move forward and it was really cool to be able to sit in on a meeting where they talked about the specifics of creating new inventions, especially ones that I had helped them start work on. Over the past two weeks at Forthright I’ve been able to see firsthand the work that mechanical engineers do and make meaningful contributions to some of their projects, learning a lot about how such a engineering firm operates along the way. It’s been an invaluable experience and one that I’m extremely thankful for.
