MD-11 Aircraft CAD Assembly

PARAMETRIC CAD / ASSEMBLY DESIGN / DRAWING RELEASE / BOM / EARLY STRUCTURAL WORKFLOW

My earliest full-aircraft design project. I built a parametric MD-11 model and assembly in SolidWorks, carried it into a drawing package and BOM workflow, and retained the native assembly, part, drawing, and neutral Parasolid artifacts.

Assembly scale24 parts

Native CAD3 files

Neutral export1 Parasolid

Project era2024

Concept visualization of a tri-jet widebody aircraft CAD assembly on an engineering workstation. — Concept visualization · Retained source artifacts below

Schematic overview of the retained MD-11 SolidWorks assembly, part, drawing, and Parasolid artifacts.

INTERACTIVE

Drive the assembly parameters

Move the sketch parameters and the three-view rebuilds, the way a parametric assembly does. Suppress a part group to see the roll-up change, or explode the assembly.

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Open the model yourself

The retained SolidWorks package and a neutral Parasolid export, so you can open the geometry in your own CAD seat instead of taking a screenshot on trust.

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01 / SOURCE ARTIFACTS

What is actually retained

Assem1.SLDASMSolidWorks assemblyRetained native assembly artifact dated November 24, 2024.

MD11.SLDPRTSolidWorks partPrimary native part model retained with the project package.

MD11_Drawing.SLDDRWSolidWorks drawingDrawing artifact retained from the original CAD workflow.

MD-11 Plane.x_tParasolid geometry exportNeutral geometry export retained for downstream CAD interoperability.

02 / DESIGN WORKFLOW

How the aircraft model was built

1Model geometryBuild reusable parametric aircraft geometry instead of disconnected sketches.

2AssembleOrganize components into a complete aircraft assembly with controlled relationships.

3Check rebuildsMaintain model intent so changes propagate through the assembly.

4Release drawingsCreate the drawing package and structured bill of materials.

5Export geometryPreserve a neutral Parasolid representation for later reuse.

Mechanical-design scope

Full-aircraft parametric modeling in SolidWorks
24-part assembly organization
Assembly mates, configurations, and rebuild-stable intent
Drawing release workflow with GD&T / PMI annotations
Bill of materials generation
Geometry prepared for downstream engineering analysis

Early engineering-analysis scope

Static, thermal, and modal FEA workflow
Representative 2.5g maneuver loading
Three structural hotspots identified during the study
Geometry, thickness, and fastener-layout iterations used to address weak regions
Academic design exercise, not OEM or certification analysis

03 / PROJECT EVOLUTION

Where this fits in the portfolio

2024

MD-11 Aircraft CAD Assembly

Learned full-aircraft CAD organization, parametric modeling, assembly structure, drawing release, and basic engineering-analysis workflow.

→

2026

AeroFrame-DT

Later structural work moved from broad aircraft modeling into traceable fitting substantiation, nonlinear FEA, allowables, fatigue, damage tolerance, and verification evidence.

04 / ARTIFACT MANIFEST

Evidence at a glance

Artifact	Format	Role	Evidence level
Assem1.SLDASM	SolidWorks assembly	Assembly structure	Native source retained
MD11.SLDPRT	SolidWorks part	Primary geometry	Native source retained
MD11_Drawing.SLDDRW	SolidWorks drawing	Drawing release	Native source retained
MD-11 Plane.x_t	Parasolid	Neutral CAD exchange	Export retained

Boundary: This is an academic CAD project and a record of my early mechanical-design development. It is not an OEM MD-11 model, an airworthiness artifact, or certification-level structural substantiation.