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7. Introduction to a Modelling System
Major CAD/CAM systems.
Unigraphics
Pro Engineer
CATIA
I-DEAS
The modelling methods that are embedded within Unigraphics are:
Solid Modelling
Surface Modelling
Wire frame Modelling
Feature-Based Modelling
7.1 Unigraphics general facilities
Fig. 7.1 The Unigrpahics screen appearance before starting the
modelling.
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Coordinate System
The coordinate system used is the cartesian right handed coordinate
system like any other CAD system.
Absolute Co-ordinate System: The world coordinate system is called
Absolute coordinate system in Unigraphics and it refers to the master co-
ordinate system used for the component.
Work Co-ordinate System: The user coordinate system is called Work
coordinate system or WCS in Unigraphics which is generally
manipulated by the user to permit easy entry of the modelling data.
Change the location of the origin but not the direction of the axes.
Change the direction of the axes, but not the location of the origin.
Change both origin locations and axes direction (the orientation)
of the WCS.
Fig. 7.2 The coordinate systems used in Unigrpahics
Point Sub Function
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Fig. 7.3 The point sub function dialogue window used in Unigrpahics
Geometric facilities in Unigraphics
Fig. 7.4 The geometry creation dialogue windows in Unigraphics
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The basic curves included are:
(i) Lines, polygons
(ii) Arc, Circles and ellipses
(iii) Splines
(iv) Fillet and Chamfer
The solids specified when performing the Boolean Operations are
called the Target and the Tool.
Target solid is that solid upon which the operation is performed.
Tool solid is that which operates upon the Target and becomes
a part of the solid at the end of the operation.
7.2 Solid modelling example
Fig. 7.5 An example of the geometric modelling in Unigraphics
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Fig. 7.6 Geometric modelling step 1 for Fig. 7.5
Fig. 7.7 Geometric modelling step 2 for Fig. 7.5
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Fig. 7.8 Shaded view of the present model in Geometric modelling step
2 for Fig. 7.5
Fig. 7.9 Shaded view of the present model in Geometric modelling step
3 for Fig. 7.5
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Fig. 7.10 Geometric modelling step 4 for Fig. 7.5
Fig. 7.11 Shaded view of the present model in Geometric modelling step
5 for Fig. 7.5
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Fig. 7.12 Shaded view of the final model in Geometric modelling of Fig.
7.5
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Fig. 7.13 The modelling screen being divided into multiple view ports.
The actual view in each of the ports can be selected by the
user.
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Fig. 7.14 The menu window for creating the dimensions.
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Fig. 7.15 The completely drafted model which is directly associated with
the model created earlier.
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Fig. 7.16 The assembly model of a drill jig
Fig. 7.17 The assembly model with exploded components of Fig. 7.16