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The school basically said, ‘Here’s SOLIDWORKS. So for my senior design project, that was the first time I used SOLIDWORKS, and that was back in 2012.

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The school had the software available in the lab, and it wasn’t really well thought out from the school’s aspect, because in mechanical engineering a lot of the kids didn’t even have any experience with CAD design. I’ve never tried that, but I know it’s possible, and that would be something that I could potentially do in the future.Ĭonnor Burke: Are you certified in SOLIDWORKS? I know it’s possible, but I’ve never actually played with simulations in SOLIDWORKS. I never actually thought about doing it virtually through SOLIDWORKS. Matt Schmotzer: I thought about having it work in SOLIDWORKS, but when I say working, I want it to physically work so I’d 3D print out all the parts, and then have the train run on the track and on the rails physically.

I haven’t gotten there yet, but I’m hoping once it’s all complete I’ll be able to post it by actual CAD files on Thingiverse, so anyone with a 3D printer can go and just print it out without having to do any of the leg work for the design so that’s kind of a work in progress to come.Ĭonnor Burke: What did you mean when you said the main focus of this project was to create a “working” roller coaster?

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It wasn’t until about a month ago where I had enough free time to kick off all the printers and actually start printing out all the parts, so the past week I’ve been just trying to get it all assembled, and fully operational. Then once I got it about 80% complete, I was like, ‘I should just start 3D printing this!’ I did that project and I just was playing around, making the roller coaster design in SOLIDWORKS. The next decision I said to myself was, ‘If I do this, which ride am I going to make?’ So I wanted it to be a ride I’ve ridden on myself, and I wanted it to be a ride that’s small enough so that when I build it, it can fit in my garage because roller coasters can have a giant layout and they’re all unique in their design… I actually started the design back in January, when I was fiddling around with SOLIDWORKS for another class project, which was a fuel sender we were working on. I took a bunch of courses with CATIA, and then through the school of Mechanical Engineering, they teach you SOLIDWORKS, so I’ve actually been using CAD software for the past seven years, even more… but the reason I picked to do a roller coaster design is because, I love roller coasters and I like 3D printing, so why don’t I just combine both of those, and do a 3D printed roller coaster? I graduated from Purdue with my undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering, and a minor in Manufacturing Graphics, which essentially is just CAD design.

Matt Schmotzer: Right now I’m a grad student at Purdue. After viewing his design and learning about his display of the model at the Detroit Maker Faire, I had to follow up with Matt to ask him some questions about his experiences in creating the roller coaster, as well as his aspirations in what he believes this project can do for him in the future.Ĭonnor Burke: What gave you the idea of designing the Invertigo in SOLIDWORKS, 3D printing the necessary parts, and then constructing it in real life? This particular ride is located at King’s Island Amusement Park, in Mason, Ohio. Haven’t heard of this roller coaster? It is the one of three inverted boomerang styled roller coasters in the United States.