Gaining insights on Composite curves and Make pierce features in Solidworks
Objective:
In this module you will gain some insights on Make pierce feature and composite curves to model Chassis and Engine.
1. Chassis
Drive link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bIsDLCwF-Qy_dYFEE6vjIJtWZt5N63dJ
Tools:
Draw a 2d sketch
- Extrude
- Extruded Cut
- Thin Extrude
- Revolve
- Revolved Cut
- Mirror
- Sweep
- Dome
- Fillet
- Chamfer
- Projected Curve
Steps:
- Change the scale and position of the sketch to ensure that the bottom of the chassis is equal with the BOTTOMPLANE CHASSIS.
- Change the position to -930 mm
- Change the position to -805 mm
- Change the size 3508 mm
- Change the size to 2480 mm
- Click OK
- Select the MIDPLANE CHASSIS and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the circles and centerline as shown in the picture.
- Click at the Sketch button in the upper right corner to close the 2D Sketch
- Select the BOTTOMPLANE CHASSIS and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the line and spline as shown in the picture starting at the Origin as shown in the left corner.
- Click at the Sketch button in the upper right corner to close the 2D Sketch
- Mirror Face/Plane : MIDPLANE CHASSIS
- Select the “Features to Mirror” option
- Features to Mirror : Sweep1
- Click OK
- Select the blue surface and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Go to: Insert > Features > Chamfer or click at the Chamfer icon
- Select the light blue edge as shown in the picture
- Select the ‘’Distance distance’’ option
- Change into 90 mm
- Change into 44 mm
- Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
- Click at the nine blue edges as shown in the picture
- Change the Radius into 25 mm
- Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
- Click at the two blue edges as shown in the picture
- Change the Radius into 50 mm
- Select the new Plane1 and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the construction line and fix the construction line at the corners of Fillet1 as shown in the picture and detail.
- Draw a spline with one midpoint as shown in the picture.
- Fix the right side of the spline at the midpoint of the vertical construction line and make
- the spline tangent at the horizontal construction line as shown in the picture.
- Select Plane1 and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw two construction lines and a spline with one midpoint as shown in the picture.
- Click at the Glasses of BLUEPRINT CHASSIS in the feature tree to Hide or Show the blueprint.
- Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Extrude or click at the Extrude icon Direction : Blind
- Ensure that the offset is directed outwards as shown in the picture.
- Change into: 223 mm
- Go to: Insert > Feature > Dome
- Select the blue face of Extrude3.
- Change the Distance into 10 mm
- Select the MIDPLANE CHASSIS and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the spline with one midpoint as shown in the picture.
- Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane
- Select the Right Plane
- Select the purple Vertex point of Sketch12 as shown in the picture
- Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Sweep or click at the Sweep icon
- Profile : Select the blue Sketch13
- Path : Select the pink Sketch12
- Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the Extrude icon
- Direction : Mid Plane
- Change into: 60 mm
- Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
- Select the three blue rectangles and cylinder surfaces as shown in the picture. Change the Radius into 2 mm
- Click at the model
- Click at the appearances button
- Click at the Body option
- Change the color into orange
2. Engine
Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zmbYCGtzFpy0YLAX2bJUF7PY8TwP3v_k
Tools:
- In this tutorial you will learn the following features:
- Draw a 2d sketch
- Extrude
- Extruded Cut
- Thin Extrude
- Chamfer
- Projected Curve
- Linear Pattern
- Circular Pattern
- Fillet
- Mirror
- Dome
- Sweep
Steps:
- Select the Front Plane and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
Draw the sketch as shown in the picture.
- Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Extrude or click at the Extrude icon
- Direction : Blind
- Change : into 200 mm
- Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Extrude or click at the Extrude icon
- Direction : Blind
- Change : into 50 mm
- Select the MIDPLANE ENGINE and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
Draw the sketch as shown in the picture.
- Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Extrude or click at the Extrude icon
- Direction : Mid Plane
- Change : into 150 mm
- Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
- Select the eleven edges as shown in the picture.
- Change the Radius into 50 mm
- Select the Right Plane and create a sketch by
- clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the sketch as shown in the picture and detail.
- Draw a horizontal centerline at the bottom of the sketch
- Select the new Plane2 and create a sketch by
- clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the sketch as shown in the picture and detail.
- Draw a horizontal centerline at the bottom of the sketch
- Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Revolve or click at the Revolve icon
- Axis of revolution: Select the horizontal centerline
- Select the selected surface of Revolve1 and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Select the selected surface of Revolve2 and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon Draw the sketch as shown in the picture and detail.
- Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the Cut Extrude icon
- Direction : Blind
- Change into: 88 mm
- Go to: Insert > Feature > Dome or click at the Dome icon
- Select the two blue faces as shown in the picture.
- Change the Distance into 10 mm.
- Go to: Insert > Features > Chamfer or click at the Chamfer icon
- Select the four blue edges as shown in the picture
- Select the ‘’Distance distance’’ option
- Change into 30 mm
- Change into 240 mm
Select the blue surface and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
Select the blue surface again and click at Convert Entities to copy the edges of the surface
- Go to: Insert > Features > Chamfer or click at the Chamfer icon
- Select the four blue edges as shown in the picture
- Select the ‘’Distance distance’’ option
- Change into 90 mm
- Change into 15 mm
- Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
- Select the sixteen blue edges as shown in the picture.
- Change the Radius into 15 mm
- Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane or click at the Plane icon
- Select the pink surface as shown in the picture
- Change the Offset Distance into 315 mm
- Select the new Plane4 and create a sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
- Draw the two rectangles as shown in the picture
- hange the dimensions by clicking at the dimension button
- Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the Cut Extrude icon
- Direction : Blind
- Change into: 8 mm
- Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
- Select the four edges as shown in the picture.
- Change the Radius into 10 mm
- Select an edge that lies parallel at the direction of the pattern.
- This can be the orange line as shown in the picture.
- Change into: 16 mm
- Number of Instances : 14
- Features to pattern : Extrude13, Fillet4