Computer Aided Engineering
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Fan Blade Design Exercise
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This exercise demonstrates use of the following elements:
Profile creation and dimensioning
Geometrical sets
Wireframe and surface geometry workbench
Shaft feature
Sketch in place
Extracting edges and using construction geometry to aid sketch in place
Hide/show command
Creating surfaces using Extrude
Extracting a face
Creating intersecting curves between two surfaces
Creating new edge curves from existing boundaries
Using the fill command to create a surface interpolating 4 boundary curves
Revolve, trim and join commands
Transformation features; using circular pattern
Boolean operations: assemble command
Using edge fillet
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1. Open a new part in the Part Design workbench and name it Fan. Insert a body,
define it as in work object and open a sketch in the yz plane. Create the profile
shown below and dimension as indicated.
Make sure your specification tree appears as that in the figure.
2. Exit the sketch and activate the Shaft tool. Create the Shaft as shown.
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Again check that your specification tree is as below:
3. Insert a body, Body.3, and a geometrical set, name the set Set_01.
Switch to the Wireframe and Surface workbench.
Create a plane offset from the yz plane by 300mm.
Now create a sketch on this plane. Extract the top and bottom edges of the
shaft (select and project) and make them construction geometry (turn if off
afterwards).
Create a 3 point arc with limits. Select the first point on the bottom edge as
shown and the second point on the top edge; click the third point somewhere in
the middle. Dimension the arc as shown below. Exit the sketch.
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4. Create a new sketch on the same plane as in 3. Create another 3 point arc with
limits and dimension as shown. Exit the sketch.
Check your specification tree is as below
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5. Select the plane again and enter the Sketcher. Create another 3 point arc and
dimension as shown. Exit the sketch.
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6. Make one more sketch on the same plane and dimension as shown. Exit the
sketch.
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Check your specification tree is as below
Extrude the two profiles to create the surfaces as shown.
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7. Extract the cylindrical face.
8. Create two intersections between the cylindrical face and the two extruded
surfaces.
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Use hide/show to get the result shown. Again check your tree is up-to-date
9. Activate the Blend tool to create the front and back surfaces of the blade as
shown.
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[Link] the boundary curve segment from the top and bottom edges of the shaft
by selecting the Boundary tool and selecting the two points from the top edge
as limits as shown. Repeat for the bottom boundary.
11. Hide the cylindrical surface, hub, intersection1 and 2. Use the fill command to
create a surface filling the four boundary curves at one end of the blade as
shown.
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[Link] a shape for the end of the blade. Enter sketch on the zx plane. Select and
extract the top and bottom edges as construction geometry. Create a 3 point arc
and dimension as shown. Exit the sketch.
[Link] the revolve feature. Use the sketch made in 12 and revolve around z to
create a surface as shown.
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[Link] the trim command and trim the surface of revolution against the blend
as shown.
Repeat for the other side as shown.
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15. Use the Fill command to create a surface filling the top and bottom blade
edges (top one shown below).
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16. Use the Join operation to join the four surfaces together as shown.
[Link] the part design workbench. Select Body 3 as in work object and go to
Insert-Surface Based Features-Close Surface. Select the join to close.
Hide the geometrical set and bring back (show) the hub.
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[Link] the Transformation features toolbar and select the Circular Pattern
Definition. Select the solid just created as object to pattern and select 8
instances at 45 degrees, select the z axis as reference element.
19. Now perform an assembly. Select the Boolean operations toolbar and in the
assemble command select the bodies as shown: Assemble: Body.3 To: Body.2 After:
Shaft1.
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[Link], create blends using the Edge Fillet command along the edges as shown
(be careful to select the edges and not the faces).
[Link] gives the final result
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