CREATING A PART IN SOLIDWORKS

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+, DRAWING SETUP 1.1. Create a New File 1.2. Plane/Origin Selection 1.3. Create and Position Centerline -, CREATING T'E PART 2.1. Create the Profile 2.2. Create the 3-D Part ., CREATING T'E RETAINING TA/S 3.1 Create the !a" Profiles 3.2 Create the 3-D !a"s 0, CREATE TOP RECESS # 1$ 11 2 2 2 3 4 4 6

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DRAWING SETUP

+,+ CREATE A NEW 1ILE 'egin the t(torial ") o*ening Solid+or,s and selecting -new. fro/ the -file. /en(. Notice that -*art. designates a 3-D re*resentation of a single design co/*onent. +,- PLANE2ORIGIN SELECTION Clic, on the s,etch icon and select a *lane of reference as shown in fig(re 1. !he "o0 on the left hand side of the drawing has selection o*tions. For the *(r*ose of this *art select the front *lane. Notice in fig(re 2 that once the *lane has "een selected the origin re/ains 1isi"le2 and the screen a**ears "lan,.

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Place/ent of the origin with res*ect to the s,etch is 1er) i/*ortant. !h(s2 the "est *lace/ent for this *art is "otto/ center. +,. CREATE AND DI*ENSION CENTERLINE Select -centerline. fro/ the /en( o*tions then clic, the origin and draw a 1ertical line (*ward. Select the s/art di/ension tool fro/ the /en( and clic, on "oth end*oints of the centerline. Drag the di/ension line awa) fro/ the drawing as shown in fig(re 3. !he s/art di/ension tool allows the (ser to designate the e0act length of the line re3(ired ") do("le-clic,ing the di/ension associated to the line drawn and entering the necessar) 1al(e in the 4odif) "o0.

Fig. 1-3 SA3E T'E DRAWING a IntroEngr+ 5nter 31.&%// for this 1al(e. Clic, at an) o*en *oint in the field to finali6e the di/ension change /ade. !he lines will "eco/e "lac, rather than light green. 7dditionall)2 find the co//and in the (**er tool"ar to -6oo/ to fit.. Fig(res 4 and % "elow de*ict these settings.

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Fig. 1-% -, CREATE T'E PART !he co/*leted *art will "e circ(lar. 8owe1er2 the s,etch is that of 9:; of the trans1erse section of the entire co/*onent. 7ccordingl)2 select the line f(nction to draw this section.

-,+ CREATE T'E PRO1ILE 'egin at the origin and 9+<!8O=! D>7+<N? 7 @<N5; /o1e along the hori6ontal a0is a s/all (ndefined distance as shown. Ne0t draw a "ac,ward -&. or (*side down -@. as shown in fig(re 6. %

Fig. 2-1 Now2 ") selecting an) two references *oints esta"lished on the drawing2 one can now easil) di/ension the co/*onent to the desired s*ecifications. =sing s/art di/ension2 )o( /a) now co/*lete the *rocess ") si6ing the di/ensions of the cross-section to the 1al(es shown in fig. &. >e/e/"er to sa1e the s,etch *eriodicall) thro(gho(t the drawing *rocess. Notice that each di/ension is gi1en in /illi/eters. !o enter 1al(es in inches2 si/*l) enter the n(/erical 1al(e followed ") in2 the con1ersion is a(to/atic.

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!he centerline is the reference line that will "e (sed to re1ol1e the entire cross-sectional s,etch for/ing a 3-D *art. Fro/ the Feat(res /en(2 select the re1ol1ed "oss/"ase o*tion. !he res(lting re1ol1ed c(t is shown in fig(re .

Fig. 2-3 'e certain to clic, on -selected conto(rs.2 as this will deter/ine whether the *art is solid or hollow. Since line 12 9center line; is the a0is of re1ol(tion2 no change is necessar) (nder re1ol1e *ara/eters. Ao( /(st designate the conto(r of re1ol(tion as shown in fig(re #. Berif) the c(t is 36$ degrees2 one direction2 and then clic, enter or the green chec, /ar,. Fig(re 1$ re*resents the "asic 3-D co/*onent.

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Fig. 2-% Now ") e0*loring the 1ario(s 1iewing o*tions contained in the tool"ar2 one /a) 1iew the co/*onent fro/ an) desired orientation. 9See fig(re 11;

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RETAINING TA/S

!a"s are re3(ired to hold the co/*onent fir/ d(ring the /illing *rocess. !hese ta"s /(st "e d(ra"le eno(gh to s(**ort the weight of the *art2 as well as2 resist the c(tting forces a**lied ") the /illing /achine. 8owe1er2 once the /illing *rocess is finished these ta"s /(st "e re/o1ed witho(t da/aging the *art or o"str(cting its f(nction. 'egin ") selecting the to* 1iew fro/ the (**er tool "ar. !he 1ario(s 1iewing o*tions are shown as c("es with highlighted faces to de*ict each s(rface. Ne0t2 clic, on the face of circ(lar region shown in the to* 1iew. Fig(re 12 details the colored shading that occ(rs when the s(rface is selected.

. Fig. 3-1 Select the rectangle icon fro/ the s,etch /en( and draw two rectangles each crossing the (**er and lower area of the circ(lar face2 witho(t to(ching the center hole. !he si6e of each rectangle is not criticalC each will "e *ro*erl) di/ensioned (sing s/art di/ension. 'e certain the rectangle edges e0tend *ast the *eri/eter of the *art as ill(strated in fig(re 13. Now esta"lish a 1ertical centerline thro(gh the two rectangles2 and then line (* their centers with the center of the *art.

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CREATE T'E TA/ PRO1ILES

Fig. 3-2 Di/ension the rectangles as shown in fig(re 14.

Fig. 3-3 <n the Feat(res /en(2 locate the e0tr(ded "oss/"ase o*tion. Notice that the defa(lt e0tr(ded distance is $.$1/ D 1$ //. which wor,s well for this *artic(lar *art. !his 1al(e /a) "e changed as necessar) for other co/*onents. =nder direction 1 in the 50tr(de /en(2 it is necessar) to *(sh the "(tton that changes the nor/al direction of the rectang(lar e0tr(sion. 9!his "(tton has two arrows of different colors on it.; Otherwise the ta"s will "e located a"o1e the *art and not attached as re3(ired. 7dditionall)2 clic, on selected conto(rs and then highlight each of fo(r sections to "e e0tr(ded. Fig(re 1% shows this 1$

*rocess. Select enter or the green chec, /ar, to see the *art with the e0tr(ded ta"s attached. !he newl) for/ed 3-D *art is de*icted in fig(re 16. .,- CREATE T'E .4D TA/S

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Fig. 3-% 0, CREATE TOP RECESS 7gain2 select the to* orientation fro/ the tool "ar. Ne0t2 clic, on the *lanar s(rface as "efore. Select the circle o*tion fro/ /en(. 'egin at the origin and draw a circle that e0tends to an) inter/ediate dia/eter with res*ect to the to* of the *art. Fig(re 1& "etter 11

ill(strates this alteration. <n the lower section of the *ara/eters "o02 set the radi(s of the circle drawn at $.$2/ D 2$//.

Fig. 4-1 Ne0t2 fro/ the Feat(res /en( select -e0tr(ded c(t.. Set the de*th of the c(t to $.$$%/ D %//. 7dditionall)2 choose -selected conto(rs. and clic, on the region shown in fig(re 1 . Clic, the green chec, or *ress enter to 1iew the co/*leted co/*onent. 9Fig(re 1#;

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Fig. 4-3 Fig(re 2$ is a half section 1iew of the *art createdE

Fig. 4-4 Sa1e the file as an 9.igs; t)*e for f(t(re co/*ati"ilit) with the 4OD5@7 Pla)er 4 software associated with the /illing /achine.

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