Saturday SECME 10/3 MTV Technical Drawing

There will be a special Seminole SECME meeting on Saturday, October 3rd from 9 AM to 1 PM in Mr. Batchelor's room. The topic will be Mousetrap Vehicle Technical Drawings. Any student who attends Wednesday's meeting to build a "Little Moe" MTV kit MUST attend the followup meeting for the tech draw on Saturday.

2009 SECME ENGINEERING DESIGN COMPETITION GUIDELINES: MOUSETRAP CAR DRAWING
As a part of the Engineering Design Competition, each team is required to prepare a scaled drawing depicting the car that they have designed and built. The maximum number of points for the Engineering Design Competition Mousetrap Car Drawing is 50. Any entry not meeting the following requirements will be automatically disqualified.

1. The Mousetrap Car Drawing entry is required to illustrate the actual mousetrap car built by the team (photographs and computer generated drawings will NOT be allowed).

2. The size of the engineering paper is required to be the standard 18" X 24" (plain, non-grid, (17-pound vellum) sheet. (Allowing for the required 1" border on all sides, the actual drawing is to cover an exposed area of 16" X 22" of the paper.) No mounting, no frames allowed. But the drawing may be laminated for protection if desired.

3. All dimensions are required to be illustrated on the drawing.

4. The scale and the units are required to be indicated on the drawing.

5. The team's Mousetrap Car Drawing is required to show front, side, and top views.
Excerpt of technical drawing for mousetrap vehicle
6. All parts of the car are required to be labeled.

7. Ink pens, pencils or markers may be used.

8. A 4" x 6" title legend is to be drawn in the bottom left corner of the drawing inside the 1” border with the following information is required:
Team name
School Name and Address
Team Members' Names, Addresses, and Grade Levels
School Coordinator’s Name
Date of Competition

At all compeitions, the Mousetrap Car Drawing will be judged on:
RESEMBLANCE
The accuracy to which the Mousetrap Car Drawing illustrates the actual Mousetrap Car designed and built by the team. (1-15 points)
SCALE
The proportions in the Drawing correctly relate to and represent the team's actual Mousetrap Car. (1-15 points)
NAMING/LABELING
The correctness of the names/labels of all of the parts in the Drawing of the Mousetrap Car. (1-10 points)
APPEARANCE/NEATNESS
The quality of the visual presentation of the Mousetrap Car Drawing entry (1-10 points)