Assembly

CimatronE 8.5 Tutorial

 Table of Contents
Connect ............................................................................................................................ 1
Assembly Introduction ................................................................................................ 1
Sketches ......................................................................................................................... 14
Sketches...................................................................................................................... 14
Sub-Assembly................................................................................................................ 23
Sub-Assembly ............................................................................................................ 23
Assembly Cut................................................................................................................. 26

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Connect

Assembly Introduction

In the following tutorial, several assembly operations will be carried out using CimatronE's assembly option.

Open Assembly Document

Unpack the assembly document Game Boy.ctf (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files\Design directory).

Double Click on the Game Boy.ctf file to open it.

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 Select the following *.elt files and select Unpack.

Select a location on your computer and Click OK in the Destination Path and Options dialog.

Click OK upon receiving the completion message.

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 Open the Game Boy.elt assembly document.

Display
Below is a picture describing the various icons displayed in the Assembly Tree.

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 Hide the BatteryCover part.

Change the render mode of the LowerCover part to Transparent.

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 Change the color of the ScreenHolder part.

To restore the components original color and render settings, right-click on a component in the Assembly
Tree and select Reset Color and Render Mode.

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Relations
The LeftClicker part will now be connected to TopCover part.

Click the Add Component icon.

From the CimatronE Explorer, select the LeftClicker.elt part.

Use the default Place By Pick option and pick a point anywhere on the screen.

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

Click the Connect icon.

The Connect function can also be opened via the Right-click menu.

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 Pick the two faces highlighted below:

The Coincident relation is selected when positioning selected faces and edges so that they share the same
plane or positioning selected edges and vertices so that they touch.

Click Apply in the Feature Guide.

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 Pick the following two faces:

The Concentric relation is selected when positioning selected components (cylinders) so that they share the
same center point.

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 Click OK in the Feature Guide.

The Connections created can be seen in the Assembly Tree.

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Alignments
In the Assembly Tree, Right Click on the Battery part and select Add this Component.

Use the default Place By Pick option and pick a point anywhere on the screen.

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

Click the Connect icon and pick the faces highlighted below:

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 Select the Tangent connect relation.

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 Change the Alignment option to Anti-Align.

The Anti-Align option, positions the selected components so that the normal vectors for the selected faces
point in opposite directions.

In our case the Battery part has moved to the other side of the LowerCover i.e. inside the battery
compartment.

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 Click Apply in the Feature Guide and pick the following faces:

Click Apply in the Feature Guide and pick the following faces:

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 Set the following relation and alignment options:

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

Sketches

Sketches

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Different Components

Pick the button indicated below and select Add this Component.

Accept the default Place By Pick option and toggle the Same Component option to Different
Components.

Pick a point anywhere on the screen and click OK in the Feature Guide.

An independent part is created and is displayed as such in the Assembly Tree.

Hide the parts shown here.

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 Connect the part using the following connections:

Use the Select Other mechanism to select the lower face in the picture below:

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 Activate the component.

The part can also be activated by double clicking the part in the Assembly Tree.

In the Active part window at the bottom left of the display, edit the sketch of the Remove Extrude18
Feature.

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 Change the following dimensions:

Exit the Sketcher.

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New Component
Activate the assembly.

Right Click on the ScreenHolder part and select Hide Other.

Click the Add New Component icon.

From the New Document dialog select Part and click OK.

In the CimatronE Explorer, set a name for the part.

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 Select the On Assembly UCS option.

The new part is activated.

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 Create a sketch on the plane shown here.

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 Extrude the sketch as follows:

Activate and show the entire assembly.

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 Set the render options for the Screen to Transparent.

Sub-Assembly

Sub-Assembly

Motor
Click the Add Component icon.

Select the Motor.elt assembly file from the Cimatron E Explorer.

Accept the Place By Pick option and click OK in the Feature Guide.

Hide ONLY the TopCover part.

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 Connect the following faces.

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 Click Apply in the Feature Guide and connect the following faces.

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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Assembly Cut

Place on Face

Set the display as follows:

Click the Add Component icon and add the Cap screw Z 30.elt part file to the assembly.

Select the Place on Face option and pick the face highlighted below:

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 Select the Create Sketch option.

Create the following sketch:

Switch to Wireframe mode to pick the reference points.

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 The diameter of the circles, equals the diameter of the screw head. Using circles to place the screws, the
user can preview the screws position within the assembly.

Exit the sketcher.

Change UCS

In the Feature Guide, click on the Change the UCS of the added part icon.

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 Pick the middle UCS of one of the added screws.

In the Feature Guide, click on the Offset and Rotation icon and set the following parameters:

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 Click OK In the Feature Guide.

The placement sketch can be edit by editing the add operation and clicking Edit sketch.

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Individual Control
Add the Cap screw Z 30.elt part and pick the face highlighted below:

Create the following Sketch:

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 Change the UCS of the added part icon to the middle UCS and set Delta Z to -2 in the Offset and Rotation
parameters.

Toggle the Group Control option to Individual Control.

Remain in the Offset and Rotation parameters and pick the screw highlighted below:

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 Change the Delta Z of the highlighted screw.

The individual change is highlighted in red.

The original position can be restored by clicking Reset Individual.

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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 Pick the screw positioned by individual control and select Highlight Leaf.

The Assembly Tree leaves expand and the relevant document is highlighted.

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