Challenge 4 : Concept Modelling of Alloy Wheel
1) CHALLENGE NO. 04 – CONCEPT MODELLING OF ALLOY WHEEL 2) OBJECTIVE:- IN THIS EXERCISE I LEARN HOW TO APPLY A SURFACES ON THE CURVES NETWORK OF AN ALLOY WHEEL OBJECT/MODEL BY USING DIFFERENT SURFACING TOOLS AND ACHIEVE A 3D SHAPE OF THE GIVEN OBJECT.AS WELL I LEARN HOW TO MAKE IT IN CLASS-A BY APPLYING VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF SURFACING TOOLS. 3)INTRODUCTION:-IN THIS EXERCISE I KNEW THE SURFACING TOOLS IN A DEEP WAY AND HOW TO APPLY IT ON THE CURVES OF A MODEL FOR ACHIEVE THE 3D SHAPE OF THE ALLOY WHEEL MODEL. 4) DESIGN METHODOLOGY :- 1) FIRSTLY I USING A CONSTRUCTION OPTION TOOL AND SETTING THE WORKSPACE IN CATIA V5 AND GIVING ITS PROPER VALUE.2) THEN IMPORT A IMAGE OF A ALLOY WHEEL MODEL BY USING CANVAS IMAGE TOOL AND ASSIGN IT PROPERLY IN THE WORKSPACE.AND I APPLYING A CONSTRUCTION PLANE EDITOR TOOL FOR THE BETTER VISUALISATION OF IMAGE OF THE MODEL.3) AFTER THAT I TAKING A CIRCLE WITH THE HELP OF IMAGE AND APPLIED THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CUREVE ON IT FOR THE PERFECTION OF THE CURVES AND FOR THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CURVES AND SURFACES.4)AFTER THAT I STARTING THE CURVE NETWORK AND MATCHES IT WITH THE IMAGE FOR THE SURFACING AND MANIPULATING THE CURVES AND MATCH IT WITH THE GIVEN OBJECT.5)THEN I STARTING FROM THE TOP SURFACE CURVES AND MATCHING IT WITH NTHE CIRCULALAR VIEW AND MATCHING IT TILL THE BOLT SIDE VIEW AND GIVE IT SKIN SURFACE TOOLMATCH IT WITH THE BACK SIDE OF THE BOLT CIRCLE 6)THEN I TAKING THE CURVES ON THE SPOKES OF THE WHEEL AND SURFACING IT BY MANIPULATING THE CURVES IN A PROPER FORM FOR THE SURFACING. 7)AFTER THAT I GIVINGA SYMMETRY TO THE OBJECT AND ACHIEVING ANOTHER SIDE OF THE MODEL. 8)THEN I NEEDED THE INTERNAL SHAPE OF THE OBJECT FROM THE BOLT SIDE OF THE WHEEL THEN I GIVING A CURVES TO THE UPPER SIDE OF BOLT AND SET SURFACES ON APPLIED CURVES ON IT. 9) AFTER THAT I TAKING A BOLT CIRCLE AND TRIMMING IT IN PROPER FORM BY DIVIDING IT.I CREATE ANOTHER SMALL BOLT CIRCLE AND SET IT IN A LITTLE BIT BACK SIDE OT THE FRONTAL BOLT CIRCLE AND SURFACE THE SKIN ON THE INTERNAL SIDE OF THE BOLT.10)AFTER THAT I COMPLETE A ONE SIDE PORTION OF THE ALLOY WHEEL BUT I NEEDED THE MORE 5 SPOKES FOR COMPLETE THE WHEEL THEN I USING A DUPLICATE TOOL AND DUPLICATE THE SELECTED OBJECT SET IT IN A PROPER ANGLES AND I ACHIEVED A ALLOY WHEEL AND I COMPLETED THE OBJECT BY GIVING MULCOL AND USTEX DIAGNISTIC SHADES. 5) DESCRIPTION:- THE TOOLS WHICH I USED FOR TO COMPLETE THE SURFACING THAT ARE AS FOLLOW :-FOR THE BASIC CURVE NETWORK I USE :- 1)CURVE TOOL 2)CIRCLE TOOL 3)KEYPTBOX TOOL FOR THE EDITING OF THE CURVES I USE:- 4)BLEND TOOL 5) ATTCH TOOL 6)EXTEND TOOL 7) ALIGN TOOL. FOR THE SURFACING I USE :- 8)PLANER9) SKIN RAIL 10)M-RAIL SURFACE TOOL 11)SQUARE TOOL.FOR THE SURFACE EDITING I USE :- 12) SURFACE FILLET CONTROL13) FREE FORM BLEND 14)MULTISURFACE DRAFT CONTROL 15) PROJECTAND TRIM TOOL 1)FIRSTLY USE A CANVAS IMAGE TOOL FOR THE IMPORTING IMAGE IN A WORKING PLACE AND MATCH IT IN A PROPER WAY.2)AFTER THAT I USING A CIRCLE TOOL AND SCALE IT IN A IMAGE VIEWTHEN I USE LINE TOOL ON IT FOR THE PERFECTION OF THE CURVES AND FOR SURFACING ALSO.3)THEN I USING A CIRCLE TOOL AND MAKES CIRCULAR BOUNDARY OF THE WHEEL WITH THE HELP OF IMAGE4)AFTER THAT I DIVIDED IT INTO TWO PARTS BY TAKING THE CURVES ON IT.AND ACHIEVED A CENTER LINE FOR THE WORKING.AND THEN I TAKINGLINE ON IT AND GIVE IT SPECIFIC INCLINATION ANGLE BY USING INFORMATION WINDOW AND ATTRIBUTE TOOL 5)THEN I USING THE SAME CIRCLE AND SCALE IT DOWN TILL THE SPOKES OF THE WHEELAND SURFACE BY USING SKIN TOOL AND USING DETACH TOOL I DETACH THE TOP SURFACE CURVES TILL THE INCLINED LINES.6)AFTER THAT I CREATE A SMALL CIRCLE IN THE CENTRE OF THE WHEEL AND MOVE IT BACK AND ALIGNING THE TOP SURFACE CURVES ON IT.THEN I USING RAIL SURFACE TOOL AND EXTEND TOOL AND EXTEND THE SURFACE ON THE TOP SIDE.7)THEN I USING TRIM CONTROL
TOOL AND TRIM THE TOP SURFACE.8)AFTER THAT I USING BLEND TOOL AT THE TOP SURFACE AND BOLT SIDE SURFACE.9)FOR THE INSIDE PART OF THE WHEEL I ALSO USES THE SAME PROCESS AND THE TOOLS AND MANIPULATION OF THE CURVES FOR THE OBJECT.10)THEN I USING MULTISURFACE DRAFT TOOL FOR THE DRAFTING THE INSIDE SURFACE CURVES AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC ANGLE TO IT.11)THEN I GOING TO SMALL CIRCLE AND USING THE PLANNER TOOL FOR THE MANIPULATIO0N OF ITS CURVES TILL THE FRONT SIDE THEN I SURFACE IT AND USE PROJECT TOOL FOR THE CURVES ON SURFACE ON THE CIRCLE AND TRIM IT.
12) THEN I USE SKIN SURFACE AND CONTROL THE SKIN SURFACE OTF THE OBJECT ALSO USES FREE FORM BLEND TOOL FOR ACHIEVING THE PERFECT BLEND CURVES WITH CHECKING CONTINUITIES BY USING SURFACE CONTROL TOOL. 13)I USING ALIGN TOOL WHERE THE CONTINUITIES IS NOT IN A PERFECT WAY MAKE IT PERFECT BY GIVING G2 CURVATURE
. 14) ALSO I USING EXTEND TOOL TO CONNECT THE CURVS ON SURFACE TO EACH OTHER.15)I USE MRAIL TOOL FOR THE SURFACING OF THE INSIDE PART OF ALLOY WHEEL ALSO USES FREE FORM BLEND TOOL FOR THE TOP SIDE BLEND OF THE OBJECT AND USINGALIGN COMMAND I CONTROL IT. 16) AFTER THAT I USED A TRIM COMMAND AND DIVIDE THE INSIDE MIDDLE SMALL CIRCLE IAND GIVING IT SKIN SURFACE FOR THE INSIDE BOLT VIEW. 17)THEN AFTER COMPLETING THE SURFACING I USED THE DUPLICATE OBJECT COMMAND FOR ACHIEVING THE OTHER SIDE 5 SPOKES OF THE ALLOY WHEEL I GIVING IT SPECIFICATION AND ACHIEVING THEOTHER 5 SIDE OF THE SPOKES OF THE WHEEL
. 6)ALL SIDE VIEWS SCREENSHOTSOF THE MODEL:-
7) CONCLUSION:- THE CURVES WHERE THE SURFCING IS NOT PROPERLY WORKING I TRYING TO COMPLETE THE CURVE MANIPULATION FOR ACHIEVING THE SURFACE ON THE SPECIFIC OBJECT. BY USING ALL THE TOOLS THAT I MENTIONED ABOVE I COMPLETE THE MODELLING OF AN ALLOY WHEEL AND KNEW HOW TO ACHIEVED A CLASS A SURFACING OF AN SPECIFIC OBJECT OR MODEL. I REPRESENT THE MODEL OF ALLOY WHEEL.