Creo Parametric 2.0 Practice Exercises.

Brake Drum Creo Parametric Practice Exercise 1.

Only the profile of the brake drum, and a centre line to revolve it about, need be drawn to create the full part model. This technique is widely used for constructing models which have a centre line axis passing through them. It can reduce the number of operations required to construct a model and keeps the model tree much simpler. The details of the profile to be drawn are shown next.

Dimensional details for sketching the brake drum profile. NOTE that the diagonal lines represent a surface cut by a cutting plane and indicate a sectional view. They do not have to be drawn!

The steps required to draw the brake drum profile. New, Part, and name it Brake_Drum. Select the Sketch tool , make the Front datum plane the Sketch Plane and accept the default reference Right Datum Plane. Select the Geometry Centerline icon in the sketching tab and create a horizontal centreline (c/l) through where the axes cross (the cursor will snap to this point), then create a vertical centreline where the axes cross. Now select the Line Chain tool and sketch a line somewhere

above the horizontal c/l but attached to the vertical c/l. Exit the line draw command. Adjust the dimensions shown on screen by double clicking on them and entering the required value so that this first line is 100mm above the horizontal c/l and is 50mm long. Make sure you understand which line from the details shown you have just drawn! Normally the whole profile could be sketched at once and then adjusted by altering the dimensions accordingly, but this method is useful when beginning using Creo Elements as it establishes a correct starting point for the rest of the profile. It may be bypassed as you gain experience. Using Line Chain, sketch the required geometry as detailed.

Note that the profile must have no gaps or open ends and no internal lines !!
Extra dimensions will have to be added to achieve the required profile and these are placed using the Normal - create defining dimension tool . Select the lines which determine the feature to be dimensioned and then click the MMB to establish the dimension display. Be careful when adjusting the dimensions as there may be unexpected knock-on effects from altering one before another. Try and establish the large or overall dimensions and then adjust the smaller feature dimensions of the profile. The Resolve Sketch warning window shown may appear when adjusting dimensions. It may be that there is a conflict between a dimension to be altered and another dimension or constraint. Usually it is a simple case of highlighting a dimension or constraint and clicking on the Delete button to resolve the conflict. When the profile sketch has been completed select the tick button and then select the Revolve tool . Usually Creo Parametric will assume the profile is to be revolved by 360 and will display the finished model automatically. Editing the Revolve would allow you to revolve at a specified angle e.g. 180.

SAVE YOUR WORK NOW! 3

With the brake drum model created, try adding 1.5mm rounds to the sharp internal corners. This can be done by using the Round tool . To perform this on multiple corners, hold down Ctrl and pick each edge to be rounded. Also experiment with the use of the Edge Chamfer tool external edges by adding 2mm chamfers. on the