Photo Realistic Rendering
MODELLING AND RENDERING OF AMERICAN CHOPPER
1.OBJECTIVE:
TO create modelling and photo realistic rendering of american chopper by using solidworks .
2.INTRODUCTON: A American chopper is a type of bike which is mainly used for recreation.Orange County Choppers bikes are motorcycles featured on the television series American Chopper built by Orange County Choppers (OCC) for a specific corporate or celebrity customer. we have designed different components or parts of it like chain ,engine,front fork ,fenders and other parts and assembled it in the end to get a lookalike of the American chopper in Solidworks.
3.Design methodology/approach:
4.Description along with images of part files:
The basic tools used were
* Sketch
1. smart dimensions – it helps applying dimensions to the entities easier and making the sketch fully constrained.
2.Convert entities – helps projecting entities from a different plane to the current sketch plane.
3.Offset entities – creates an offset for the selected entity.
4.Offset entities – creates an offset for the selected entity
5.Mirror entities – Creates a similar pattern about the selected plane
6.Linear and Circular pattern – Creates a linear or circular pattern of the selected entity about the selected plane or axis.
* Features:
1.Extruded surface/boss/base/cut
– Creates a solid body for the sketch in the defined direction. 2.Revolved surface/boss/base/cut
– Creates a solid revolve, mainly used for creating circular rods. 3.Swept surface/boss/base/cut
– Creates a solid surface along a given curved profile 4.surface
– creates a lofted surface along three references. 5 5. Fillet
– Creates a fillet along sharp edges of the given radius.
6.Shell
– Creates a hollow inside a solid block.
7.Combine
– Merges two solids after the extrude is done
5.MODELLING:
THE CHOPPER CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING PART’S
1.chassis 2.Engine 3.Front fork 4.Pedal 5.Chain 6.Oil tank 7.Gas tank 8.Transmission belt 9.front fender 10.Rear fender 11.Front wheel 12.Rear wheel 13.Kick stand
All the parts are designed separately and finally assembled together to get the final American chopper.
Week1:
PARTS:1.Transmisson belt 2.kick stand 3.front fender
Command’s used:
*2d sketch
*Lines and circles
*Extrude
*Dome
*Fillet
Above following commands are used to design to make the week 1 parts.and the dimensions and instructions are followed by the week 1 video. Most of the solid modelling tools are used to design the above parts.
Week2:
PARTS:4.Oil tank 5.Chain 6.Pedal
Command’s used:
*2d sketch
*Sweep
*Revolve
*splines
*Trim
*Extrude cut
in oil tank we are creating two solid bodies then we are combine that two bodies in to a single body by using combine feature. Then we have to add the fillet at corners.
To make the new block inside the drawing while creating chain is more useful for such a tricky parts.
The above following commands are used to design to make the week 2 parts.
and the dimensions and instructions are followed by the week 2 video.
Week3:
PARTS:7.Front wheel
Command’s used:
*2d sketch
*Sweep
*Revolve cut
*Circular pattern
*combine
*Extrude cut
*Revolve
In Front wheel we are using circular pattern for making that spider web for the rim.
Revolve cut also used for the rim to get better surface finish. The above following commands are used to design to make the week 3 parts.and the dimensions and instructions are followed by the week 3 video.
Week4:
PARTS:8.Rear wheel 9.Front fork
Command’s used:
*3d sketch
*Sweep
*Revolve
*Mirror pattern
*Dome
*Projected curve
*combine
The rear wheel is as same as the front wheel chain sprocket is the additional part we have to design in the rear wheel.
The usage of projected curve and sweep is give the better finish in the handle of the front fork.
Mirror pattern also is used to make another side of the fork to complete.
The above following commands are used to design to make the week 4 parts.
and the dimensions and instructions are followed by the week 4 video.
Week5:
PARTS: 10.Chassis 11.engine
Command’s used:
*Sweep
*Revolve
*Extrude
*Dome
*Projected curve
*Split
*Mirror
In the chassis model most of the surface modelling tool like sweep and projected curves are used to give the better finish.
The projected curves are used to make the engine exhaust, most of the solid modelling features are used to finish the engine.
Week6:
PARTS: 12.Gas tank
Command’s used:
*Surface loft
*Surface Sweep
*Boundary surface
*Revolve
*Extrude
*Knit surface
*Projected curve
In gas tank both surface& solid modelling tools are used for getting better finish.
After making all the parts, material for each part are given by appearance option in solidworks. This is useful to give the more realistic outlook of the product.
ASSEMBLY OF AMERICAN CHOPPER: To make the assembly of American chopper we have to use some of the mates, They are following below *concentric mate *Parallel mate *Angle mate *Distance mate*Advance mate
PHOTOVIEW360 RENDERING:
To make the chopper more realistic we use the photoview360.
To the usage of some commands in photoview360 like camera,decals,edit scene and etc.
CONCLUSION:
The project helped in understanding different tools and features that can be used in solidworks to design,model,assemble and render different machines we designed.
FIVE SCREENSHOTS/IMAGES OF RENDERS:
The example images of rendering are
