MEEM 4403 CAD METHODS

LAB INSTRUCTIONS
TUTORIAL 1: Sketching and Basic Operations

Tutorial Objectives

• Learn about the components of the Unigraphics User Interface.

• Go through the basic steps to create a sketch, part, assembly and drawing.
• Learn to manipulate the graphical display with zoom, pan, and rotate functions.
• Learn to use layers and to change the display of an individual object.
• Practice 2-D sketching and constraining techniques.

Lab Tasks
Complete the online tutorial Design An Overview of NX.*

Complete the following parts of the online tutorial Design Sketcher:

Sketching in NX
The Basics
Working with Sketches
Dragging and Animating a Sketch
Finding an Alternate Solution

Complete the following parts of the online tutorial Design NX Essentials:

Organizing Parts
Displaying Parts
Common Tools

Deliverables
Email the following parts to cadm4403@mtu.edu by May 11. Part file names must start
with your user name as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Deliverables for Tutorial 1

Tutorial Part filename

Design Sketcher Constraining username_skt_constr_1.prt
Sketches – Exercises Practice #1 –
Constraining a U-Shape
Design Sketcher Constraining username_skt_constr_2.prt
Sketches – Exercises Practice #2 –
Constraining an Angled Part

*
(Note that tutorial parts are available on PC’s in the directory “C:\\Program Files\UGS\NX 3.0\ugcast
\parts\sketcher” and on Sun workstations in “/usr/arch/apps/ugs030/ugcast/parts/sketcher”.)