MODELLING AND ASSEMBLY OF AN AMERICAN PREDATOR YACHT

MODELLING AND ASSEMBLY OF AN AMERICAN PREDATOR YACHT:

• OBJECTIVE:
  • The aim of this project is to Design and Modelling of an American Predator Yacht using Solidworks, by using Surface Modelling and converting them to 3D models.
  • Assembling the parts to create the final model and giving it a realistic view by rendering the model.

• INTRODUCTION:
  • Project report is about to designlang of an American Chopper.
    • Designing of the individual parts of the American Predator Yacht
    • Assemble all the individual parts if the American Predator Yacht by proper mates.
    • Rendering the American Predator Yacht by adding the decals, lights, camera and scenes.

• DESIGN METHODOLOGY:

• DESCRIPTION:
  • Software Used:
    • SOLIDWORKS 2017
    • SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE 2017
  • Parts of an American Predator Yacht:
    1. Propeller.
    2. Radar.
    3. Hull.
    4. Garage Door.
    5. Front Seat.
    6. Middle Seat.
    7. Rear Seat.
    8. Superstructure.
    9. Radarmast.
  • Commands Used:
    1. SKETCHING:
       • Sketch
       • Line
       • Rectangle
       • Circle
       • Arc
       • Spline
       • Fillet
       • Mirror
       • Dynamic Mirror
       • Sketch Picture
       • Smart Dimension
       • Offset Entities
       • Convert Entities
       • Intersection Curve
       • Trim Entities
       • Extend
       • Linear Sketch Pattern
       • Circular Sketch Pattern
    2. FEATURES:
       • Extruded Boss: Extruded a sketch or selected sketch contours in one or two directions to create a solid feature.
       • Revolved Boss: Revolves a sketch or selected sketch contours around an axis to create a solid feature.
       • Swept Boss: Sweep a closed profile along an open or closed path to create a solid feature.
       • Lofted Boss: Adds material between two or more profiles to create a solid feature.
       • Extruded Cut: Cuts a solid model by extruding a sketched profile in one or two directions.
       • Revolved Cut: Cut a solid model by revolving a sketched profile around an axis.
       • Swept Cut: Cuts a solid model by sweeping a closed profile along an open or closed path.
       • Fillet: Creates a rounded internal or external face along one or more edges in solid or surface feature.
       • Chamfer: The chamfer tool creates a beveled feature on selected edges, faces, or a vertex.
       • Shell: Removes material from a solid body to create a thin walled feature.
       • Reference Geometry: It defines the shape or form of a surface or a solid.It includes items such as planes, axes, coordinate systems, and points. You can use reference geomentry in the creation of several kinds of features.
       • Curves: You can create several types of 3D curves.
       • Dome: Select one or more planar or non-planar faces you can apply domes to faces whose centroid lies outside the face this allows you to apply domes to irregularly shaped countours.
       • Combine: It can manually combine the solid bodies.
       • Split: It is able to split faces on multiple bodies.
       • Pattern: Pattern repeats the selected features in an array based on a seed feature. You can create a linear pattern, a circular pattern, a curve driven pattern, a fill pattern, or use sketch points or table coordinates to create the pattern.
       • Mirror: Mirror copies the selected features or all features, mirroring them about the selected plane or face.
    3. SURFACING:
       • Extruded Surface: Creates an Extruded surface.
       • Swept Surface: Creates a surface feature by sweeping an open or closed profile along an open or closed path.
       • Lofted Surface: Creates a lofted surface between two or more profiles.
       • Filled Surface: Constructs a surface path within a boundary defined by existing model edges, sketches or curves.
       • Offset Surface: Creates offset surfaces using one or more contigous faces.
       • Ruled Surface: Insert ruled surfaces from edges.
       • Delete Face: Deletes faces from solid bodies to create surface or delete faces from a surface bodies.
       • Extend Surface: Extends the edge, multiple edges or the face on a surface, based on end conditions and extensions type.
       • Trim Surface: Trims a surface where one surface intersects with anouther surface, a plane or a sketch.
       • Knit Surface: Combines two or more adjacent, non-intersecting surfaces together.
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  1. Propeller: A propeller is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades. It transforms rotational power into linear thrust by acting upon a working fluid, such as water or air.  The rotational motion of the blades is converted into thrust by creating a pressure difference between the two surfaces.
     • Features used:
       
       • Revolve
       • Loft
       • Fillet
       • Cut Extrude
       • Circular Pattern
     • Rendering:
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  2. Radar: Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects. Radio waves (pulsed or continuous) from the transmitter reflect off the object and return to the receiver, giving information about the object's location and speed.
     • Features Used:
       • Boss Extrude
       • Cut Extrude
       • Sketch Driven Pattern
       • Mirror
       • Fillet
       • Split Line
     • Rendering:
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  3. Hull: A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. The hull may open at the top, or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. A top the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline
     • Features Used:
       • Surface Loft
       • Surface Trim
       • Surface Knit
       • Surface Fill
       • Shell
       • Boss Extrude
       • Cut Extrude
       • Sweep
       • Dome
       • Linear Pattern
       • Delete Face
       • Chamfer
       • Fillet
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  4. Garage Door: Garage door is usually used to park vehicles inside the yacht.
     • Features Used:
       • Cur Extrude
       • Shell
       • Fillet
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  5. Front Seat: Front Seat is loctaed at the front end of Hull which is usually used for seating and to enjoy the scenery.
     • Features Used:
       • Surface Sweep
       • Surface Extrude
       • Surface Trim
       • Surface Fill
       • Surface Loft
       • Surface Knit
       • Cut Extrude
       • Revolve
       • Dome
       • Chamfer
       • Filler
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  6. Middle Seat: Middle seat is situated just after rear end of Super Structure which also used for Seating and chilling out.
     • Features Used:
       • Boss Extrude
       • Cut Extrude
       • Chamfer
       • Fillet
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  7. Rear Seat: Rear seat is situated at rear end of Hull which also used for Seating and Enjoying view.
     • Features Used:
       • Surface Sweep
       • Surface Offset
       • Surface Knit
       • Ruled Surface
       • Surface Trim
       • Surface Extrude
       • Surface Loft
       • Surface Extend
       • Boss Extrude
       • Cut Extrude
       • Sweep
       • Revolve
       • Chamfer
       • Filler
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  8. Superstructure: A superstructure is an extended construction of any building or platform that rises above the rest of the building or platform in a distinct manner. Add a construction to an already existing structure. In ships this is the name given to the part of the ship that emerges from the Hull.
     • Features Used:
       • Surface Extrude
       • Surface Sweep
       • Surface Loft
       • Surface Fill
       • Surface Trim
       • Ruled Surface
       • Surface Extend
       • Surface Knit
       • Boss Extrude
       • Cut Extrude
       • Lofted Cut
       • Sweep
       • Chamfer
       • Fillet
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  9. Radarmast: The definition of a mast is a tall pole used for support of the sails on a boat. An example of a mast is the pole that holds up the sails and radar on a ship.
     • Features Used:
       • Boss Extrude
       • Revolve
       • Sweep
       • Dome
       • Chamfer
       • Fillet
       • Shell
       • Mirror
     • Rendering:
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  • ASSEMBLIES:
    • All the modelled parts are inserted one by one in the assembly.
    • So to start the assembly of the yacht the first part being inserted will be the hull which has the deck surface.
    • Since the parts are created based on the reference with the deck surface the parts are automatically fixed above the deck surface while the part is inserted in the assembly environment.
    • The Propeller,Radar and Garage Door are not fully fixed since they have to rotate and move respectively.So, for these parts, the mates are manually defined to allow them to move in particular axis only.
    • Below the assembly images of final yacht are attached.
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• PHOTORELASTIC RENDERING:

  • The Final Assembly Model is rendered using Visualize and using Photoview 360.

  • Different scenes were created by adding new camera views.

  • Visualize project is used to create relaistic environment and the rendereing is done.

  • The rendered images are attached below with different environment and backgrounds.

  • Front View:
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  • Side View:
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  • Top View:
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  • Isometric View:
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• CONCLUSION:
  • Thus a complete American Predator Yacht is modeling using SOLIDWORKS, Photoview 360 & Solidworks Visualize.
• Link: Revanth_Yacht