Photo Realistic Rendering

Designing and Rendering of an American Chopper

Introduction:

In this project, we learn about how we can go about creating an American Chopper similar to the Design of a classic Harley Davidson/Royal Enfield Bullet. We use Solidworks to design and assemble our parts and PhotoView 360 Add-ins to set up cameras and light and finally Solidwork Visualize to Create a Realistic Environment Render.

Objective:

• To create individual parts of the chopper using Solidworks.
• To assemble all the individual parts into a chopper.
• To know the application of decals, lights, cameras, etc.
• To create the photorealistic model and render it using photo view 360 and Solidworks.

Design & Methodology:

Description:

Parts Created:

1.Kickstand

2.Chain

3.Fenders

4.Engine

5.Chasis

6.Front Wheel

7.Rear Wheel

8.Front fork

9.Oil tank

10.Gas tank

11. Transmission Belt

12. Pedal

Features Used:

SKETCH

Sketch is a two-dimensional representation for converting 2D sketch to 3D modeling. In solid works, there are different sketch options to create a sketch and these are known as sketch entities-Line, Circle, Spline, Rectangle, and Arc

EXTRUDE BOSS/BASS

This feature is to convert 2D into solid modeling only when the 2D sketch is completely closed. It also allows extruding the surface in both directions and also offset it to require distance.

REVOLVED BOSS/EXTRUDED

Create a sketch with a centerline, a plane, or an axis for revolve.

EXTRUDE CUT

It is used to remove materials from a solid model in desired patterns and also it can be extruded in both directions.

FILLETS

This is to create a curved surface on the profile edges of the solid model by selecting the required lines or the face. This fillet also has a feature to select multiple lines which reduces time consumption.

CHAMFER

It is similar to the fillet feature but in chamfer, it cuts the solid model intersection area into recurred length and angle.

SPLIT TOOL

This tool is very handy when two or more solid bodies intersect in between or intersect each other than split tool allows to delete unwanted body formation and gives a clean look.

TRIM ENTITIES

There are 2 entities:

• Extend entities: - which allows the broken lines to intersect each other and this can be done only in the 2D sketch.
• Trim entities:- this helps to remove the unwanted extended lines with are intersecting.

DYNAMIC MIRROR

To make the solid body identical to each other this feature is used.

COMBINE

Combine feature is used to combine two or more bodies when intersecting to each other and make it a single body.

SWEPT SURFACE

Surface generated from section curve positioned along the path.

COMPOSITE CURVE

When the two curve profile is broken this composite curve helps to join and make it a complete smooth single curve.

LINEAR PATTERN

This feature is used to create a different number of patterns required to create the linear pattern.

CIRCULAR PATTERN

This feature is used to create a different number of patterns required to create the circular pattern.

LOFT

The Loft feature allows you to generate complex geometry. It does this by interpolating surfaces between the various cross-sections of the model. These cross-sections can be sketches, faces, or edges. In the Loft interface, the cross-sections are considered as Loft profiles.

DOME

This feature is majorly applied to faces. Select one or more planar or non-planar faces. You can apply dome to faces whose centroid lies outside the face. This allows you to apply domes to irregularly shaped contours.

SHELL

It is used to create the thickness of the profile.

FILL SURFACE

The fill surface feature constructs a surface path with any number of sides within a boundary defined by existing model edges, sketches, or curves including composite curves.

SURFACE TRIM

Primarily used to cut away material from a surface and provides two modes standard and mutual

SURFACE KNIT

Surface knit is used to knit two free edges / open edges of the surface together. Also, it reduces the gap between the two edges of the surfaces.

MATES

Mates create a geometric relationship between the assembly components. As we add mates, we define the allowable directions of linear or rotational motion of the components. We can move a component within its degree of freedom, visualizing the assembly behavior.

Assembly Model:

Final Rendering:

Conclusion:

In this project, we learn a lot about how to design, assemble and render in Solidworks environment.