CAD

Default Planes

Used as a primary sketch surface for creating boss and cut features.
Top plane
Front plane
Right plane
Bottom Plane
Back Plane
Left plane
Reference Planes
Planes added apart from the default ones.

Constructs a plane which is

parallel to the front plane and

Distance between the

reference plane and the
front plane = 3.81cm.
2D Sketching
Sketch toolbar

Smart dimension tool

Constraints
Midpoint
Pierce

Coincident : Can connect two same type of curves

Pierce : Can connect two different types of curves

Curvature

Generates a continuous curvature between a line and a spline(curve)

Symmetric

Constraints two geometries to be symmetric about a line.

Status of a sketch

Over defined Under defined Fully defined

Features
Features

Applied features Sketched features

(3D Models) (2D Sketches)
Chamfers Cut Extrude
Fillets Boss Extrude
Sketch fillet
Sketched Features

Applicable on 2D sketches

- Extrusions
- Revolutions
- Sketch fillets...
Applied Features

Applicable on 3D models

- Chamfer
- Fillets
- Drafts
- Shells
- Ribs….
Extrusion
- Boss extrude - Adds material to the sketch

- Extrude cut - Removes material from sketch .5cm

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Extrude cut on a 2D Sketch Model

Extrude cut from a

2D sketch
Rollback Bar
Revolve

Revolves a part with respect to a particular axis.

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Applied Fillet

Applied circular fillet with a

radius of 0.6cm
Fillets

Applied fillet

- Applied on a 3D Model(Applied feature)

- Curves the edges , used to make the product more durable.

Sketch fillet

- Sketch feature
- Applied on 2D sketches.
 Draft

Rotates a plane wrt another plane.

Neutral plane

Plane to
be rotated
Hole Wizard
Counterbore
Countersink
Simple
Chamfers

Chamfers vs fillets

Chamfers : Create a sharp bevel like profile instead of the rounded profile seen in
fillets
Fillet
Chamfer
 1cm

Shells

Used to make a certain surface hollow without using extrude cut.

Ribs
 Seed

Patterns
Used to repeat parts in a certain manner.

Seed - Part which has to be replicated.

Instances - The no. of times the seed has to be replicated.

Advantages of patterns Instances

Changes to seed are automatically applied to the instances.

 Part pattern

Linear pattern
Feature pattern

Along two directions Along one direction

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Mirroring a feature about a reference axis.
Mirroring a part about a reference axis.

Right plane
Global variables.

Variables can be stored in variable box.

Advantages : No need to change the dimensions individually.

Using variables
Equations
Assembly
Connects parts using the necessary mates.

Mates - used to limit the degree of freedom of the parts.

Assembly

Top down approach Bottom up approach

Used to design Used to design

complex objects simpler objects.
Concentric Mate
Mates two entities allowing rotational movement about the Z axis

Rotation of yoke about z axis is

possible

Bracket and yoke

Joined using concentric mate

 Width Mate

Mates two entities allowing translational movement along the Z axis.

Squirrel and (yoke + bracket)

Squirrel can be moved

translationally along Z axis