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Extrude
Revolve
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Dashboard Tools
The system uses dashboard tools for defining the various elements of the feature. Extruded
features are created using the Extrude Tool as shown below. These tools includes right mouse
button popup menus for shortcuts to common elements of the feature being created.
Hole
Shell
Rib
Draft
Round
Chamfer
Extrude
Revolve
Variable Section Sweep
Blended Surface
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Sketch
Pause
Depth value
Thickness of
thin features
Done
Quit
Blind
Solid or Surface
Define the Sketch
plane, Reference
plane, Sketch, and
View direction for
the feature here
Symmetrical Blind
Thru Next
Thru All
Thru Until
Use the
right mouse
button
popup
menu for
shortcuts
Up To Entity
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TOP
FRONT
RIGHT
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Protrusion Vs Cut
A Protrusion adds material to the model. A Cut removes material from the model. Both
extruded protrusions and extruded cuts can be created using the Extrude Tool as shown below.
The system defaults to Protrusion, pick as shown below to create a Cut.
Pick here to toggle
between Protrusion and Cut
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Extrude Direction
The Direction of the extruded feature can be flipped on the model or in the Extrude Tool as
shown below.
Pick here to flip the direction
of extruded features
When you want to extrude in both directions from the sketching plane, use the Options panel of
the Extrude Tool as shown below.
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Material Side
Extruded features that remove material from the model are called Cuts. The Material Side arrow
controls on which side of the sketch the system removes the material.
The Material Side arrow points toward the material to be removed as shown below.
Pick here to remove
(cut) material
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Symmetrical Blind Depth is controlled by a single dimension symmetrical on both sides of the
sketch plane.
Thru Next
Thru All
Thru Until
Up To Entity
Blind
Symmetrical Blind
Thru Next
Thru All
Thru Until
Up To Entity
Extruded Feature Depth Options
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11
4.750
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value
value
value
value
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Thin Features
A Thin is a constant thickness feature created by sketching one side of the material. Pick as
shown below to create an extruded thin feature.
Pick here to create a
Thin extruded feature
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Sketch
Pause
Revolve angle
Solid or Surface
Define the Sketch
plane, Reference
plane, Sketch, and
View direction for
the feature here
Thickness of
thin features
Done
Quit
Blind
Symmetrical Blind
Up To Surface
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Task 1:
Create a new part. This is the connector part for the project.
Enter < 4455-001 > for the name (dont enter the < > symbols)
Read the message in the message area and notice the datum planes
Pick here
Pick the Sketch button in the Section dialog box as shown below
Pick Sketch
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The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Align the rectangle to the FRONT and TOP datums, be sure to draw the rectangle in
the upper left quadrant as shown below
TOP
H
H
2.00
FRONT
H
4.00
Double pick each dimension and modify the value as shown above
In the Extrude Tool, set the depth to Symmetrical Blind as shown below
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Enter < 21.5 > for the depth in the Extrude Tool
Task 2:
Create another new part. This is the LCD part for the project.
Enter < 4455-002 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
Pick Top in the Orientation pull-down menu in the Section dialog box as shown
Pick the Sketch button in the Section dialog box as shown below
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The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Align the bottom of the rectangle to the TOP datum plane as shown below
FRONT
V
TOP
H
28.80
Double pick each dimension and modify the value as shown above
In the Extrude Tool, set the depth to Symmetrical Blind as shown below
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Task 3:
Pick the Remove Material icon in the Extrude Tool as shown below
Pick this end surface of the model for the sketch plane
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Pick Top in the Orientation pull-down menu in the Section dialog box as shown
Pick the Sketch button in the Section dialog box as shown below
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Add two additional references by selecting the model edges as shown below
Specify these two surfaces of the part
as additional references
TOP
1.00
2.00
FRONT
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Double pick each dimension and modify the value as shown in the previous figure
In the Extrude Tool, set the depth to Thru All as shown below
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Task 4:
Create another new part. This is the battery for the project.
Enter < 4455-003 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
Pick Top in the Orientation pull-down menu in the Section dialog box as shown
Pick the Sketch button in the Section dialog box as shown below
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
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FRONT
7.00
5.05
Align to TOP
T
V
2.00
TOP
H
11.58
Drag a box around all the dimensions using the left mouse button
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Task 5:
Enter < 4455-004 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Note
The part does not reference the original sketch and it is not associative to
the sketch-6.sec file
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Enter < 1 > for the Scale in the small dialog box, press enter but do not pick the
green checkmark yet
Pick the center of the red section and move it as shown below
RIGHT
15.00
52.00
FRONT
20.00
41.00
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Place the sketch as shown above then pick the checkmark in the Scale Rotate dialog
box
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Enter < 9.25 > for the depth in the Extrude Tool
Task 6:
Enter < 4455-005 > for the new name then pick OK in the dialog box
Note
Remember that after using the File, Save a Copy command, the current
object is the original object, not the new object.
Task 7:
Pick the Remove Material icon in the Extrude Tool as shown below
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Pick the Sketch icon in the Extrude Tool as shown in the previous figure
Select the top part surface for the sketching plane as shown below
Sketch on this
part surface
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Pick Loop in the small dialog box then pick the surface of the part as shown below
Pick Loop
Then pick this
part surface
Enter < - 4.5 > to offset in the opposite direction of the arrow
Note
The offset edge command creates sketch entities offset from the existing
edges of the model. If the original edges are changed, the offset edges
update automatically.
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Add two horizontal lines and two vertical dimensions as shown below
RIGHT
31.50
Create these
two dimensions
using
FRONT
10.00
- 4.50
Note
When using the sketcher, the Save and
Save a Copy commands only save the
sketch and not the part itself.
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Enter < 2.55 > for the depth in the Extrude Tool
Task 8:
Pick the Remove Material icon in the Extrude Tool as shown below
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Pick the surface of the model as shown below for the sketch plane
Sketch on this
part surface
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Vertical centerline
aligned with the
RIGHT datum plane
21.75
H
6.00
FRONT
20.37
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Double pick each dimension and modify the value as shown in the previous figure
In the Extrude Tool, set the depth to Thru All as shown below
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Task 9:
Create a new part. This is the lens part for the project.
Enter < 4455-006 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
RIGHT
TOP
R 50.00
3.00
21.50
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Drag a box around all the dimensions using the left mouse button
In the Extrude Tool, set the depth to Symmetrical Blind as shown below
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Pick here
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Pick Loop in the small dialog box then pick the surface of the part as shown below
Pick Loop
Then pick this
part surface
Enter < -0.5 > to offset in the opposite direction of the red arrow
Note
The offset edge command creates sketch entities offset from the existing
edges of the model. If the original edges are changed, the offset edges
update automatically.
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FRONT
7.85
-0.50
3.80
RIGHT
Vertical centerline
aligned to the
RIGHT datum plane
FRONT
4.00
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Enter < 0.5 > for the depth in the Extrude Tool
Task 11: Create another new part. This is the battery cover for the project.
Enter < 4455-007 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
Pick cover.sec from the list then pick Open (this sketch was created on page 112)
Note
The part does not reference the original sketch and it is not associative to
the cover.sec file
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Enter < 1 > for the Scale in the small dialog box, press enter but do not pick the
green checkmark yet
Align a vertical
centerline to the
RIGHT datum plane
RIGHT
FRONT
10.00
H
R 15.50
32.00
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Task 12: Create another new part. This is the button part for the project.
Enter < 4455-008 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
The system selects two references for you and they are displayed as dashed lines
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RIGHT
3.00
FRONT
7.00
20.00
Enter < 1.45 > for the depth in the Extrude Tool
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Pick here
Pick Sketch in the Section dialog box, then pick Close in the References dialog box
8.00
0.65
H
TOP
3.85
4.85
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Pick the Remove Material icon in the Revolve Tool as shown below
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FRONT
H
2.50
V
H V
2.50
TOP
0.75
4.85
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Task 15: Create another new part. This is the printed circuit board for the project.
Enter < 4455-009 > for the name of the new part then pick OK in the dialog box
Pick here
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Add a vertical centerline aligned with the RIGHT datum plane as shown below
R1
R1
V L1
L1
43.70
FRONT
Vertical centerline
aligned to the
RIGHT datum
18.40
36.15
Enter < 0.76 > for the depth in the Extrude Tool
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