Computer-Aided Design Studio - SH 213
This state of the art facility was established in 1996-97
using a $150,000 University of Louisville instructional
infrastructure grant, Mechanical Engineering Department
research release funds, and corporate gifts. Since then,another
$100,000 has been invested in updated hardware and software.
The Design Studio supports research and instruction in computer-aided
design and analysis. It consists of an 18 station instructional
facility, a walk-in microcomputer laboratory, and a breakout
area for use by design teams. Hardware includes:
- 1 Pentium III server with two 579 MHz processors, RAID 5 Controller,512 Mb RAM and 50 Gb drive space
- 19 Pentium III 667 MHz PCs with 256 Mb RAM and 13 Gb hard drives
- 7 Pentium II 350 MHz PCs with 128 Mb RAM and 10 Gb hard drives
- 10 Pentium Pro 200 MHz PCs with 128 Mb RAM and 6 Gb hard drives
- Hewlett Packard Scanjet 4c scanner
- Lexmark Optra N Monochrome Laser Printer with 24 Mb RAM
- Lexmark Optra C Color Laser Printer with 24 Mb RAM
- Sanyo Multimedia Pro X Projection System
- Iomega 100Mb Zip drive
The Design Studio software suite includes Microsoft Office
2000 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, etc.), Microsoft
Developer Studio 6.0 (Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual J++, etc.),
Microsoft FORTRAN Powerstation 4.0, MathCad 7.0, Maple V, KIDASA Milestones 5.1,
Netscape Navigator 6.0, Paint Shop Pro, ANSYS 5.5, I-DEAS Master Series 7.0,
MSC Nastran V70.7, and MSC PATRAN 8.5.
The Design Studio supports supports both research and
instruction in courses throughout the Mechanical Engineering
curriculum, including the CAE sequence ME 180, 280 and 380.
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