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    This document provides instructions for modeling a toy car and driver using Solidworks. It begins by having the user create an axle by sketching and extruding a circle on the front plane. Then it has them add wheels to both ends of the axle by sketching and extruding circles on the surfaces of the axle's ends. The overall tutorial guides the user through the basic modeling steps of sketching, dimensioning, extruding, and feature creation to build a simple toy car axle and wheels model.

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    This document provides instructions for modeling a toy car and driver using Solidworks. It begins by having the user create an axle by sketching and extruding a circle on the front plane. Then it has them add wheels to both ends of the axle by sketching and extruding circles on the surfaces of the axle's ends. The overall tutorial guides the user through the basic modeling steps of sketching, dimensioning, extruding, and feature creation to build a simple toy car axle and wheels model.

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    Mechanical Design Using Solidworks Wheels and Axle

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    This document provides instructions for modeling a toy car and driver using Solidworks. It begins by having the user create an axle by sketching and extruding a circle on the front plane. Then it has them add wheels to both ends of the axle by sketching and extruding circles on the surfaces of the axle's ends. The overall tutorial guides the user through the basic modeling steps of sketching, dimensioning, extruding, and feature creation to build a simple toy car axle and wheels model.

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    Mechanical Design Using Solidworks

    In this tutorial you will be modeling a toy car and driver.

    Wheels and Axle

    Create the Axle


    1. Open Solidworks. You will find the icon on your desktop 2. Select File>New 3. Select Part from the window that opens and click OK. Solidworks will open. 4. Confirm that you are using metric units by selecting Tools>Options>Document Properties>Units. Make sure MMGS is selected and press OK. 5. Click on Front Plane in the file manager found on the left side of the screen. A menu will appear. 6. Move your mouse up to the Sketch Icon and click. You are now sketching on the right plane.

    7. Select the circle sketch tool. Click on the origin (red arrows) and drag out to draw a circle. 8. Select Smart Dimension and click once on the circle, drag out away from the circle and click once to place the dimension.

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    9. Double click on the dimension. A window will appear that will allow you to change the size of your circle. 10. Type 15 and click the green arrow. The circle is resized. 11. Click on Extruded Boss/Base found under the Features Tab.

    12. Change the Direction to Mid Plane and set the distance to 80mm. 13. Click the green checkmark to accept the extrude. You have just created the axle. 14. Save your work in your working folder.

    Add the Wheels


    1. Click once on the flat surface of the end of the axle. Select the Sketch icon from the menu that appears. You are now sketching on that surface. 2. Press the spacebar and double click on Normal to. The model will reorient so you are looking straight onto the face.

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    3. Select the Circle tool and draw a circle centered about the origin. 4. Dimension the circle to be 50 mm. 5. Select the extrude tool from the features toolbar. Extrude the circle 20m. 6. Press Spacebar and select isometric to view your axle. Repeat the steps on the other end of the axle to create the second wheel.

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    Adapted from Toy Car Tutorial by PTC

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