Challenge

Photo Realistic Rendering

KKshitij Fulzele11 Aug 2022

DESIGN OF AMERICAN CHOPPER USING SOLIDWORKS

OBJECTIVE

The objective is to model an AMERICAN CHOPPER using SolidWorks and render the same in SOLIDWORKS visualize to create a realistic view.

INTRODUCTION

This project explains the design of the American chopper using SOLIDWORKS from sketching the parts and modeling them to the final rendering of the assembly to give a photo-realistic view.

METHODOLOGY

Part Modelling
Assembly
Rendering

FLOW CHART

PART MODELING

In part modeling, first, the 2D sketch of the part is sketched using the tools in the sketch tab and then the 2D sketch is converted into a 3D part using features in the features tab.

FEATURES USED

Boss Extrude: Used to expand the object in 3D according to sketch plane.
Extrude Cut: Used to cut/remove the 3d object in linear according to the sketch.
Fillet: used for making round internal or external edges to avoid sharp edges and make them smooth.
Lofted Boss/Base: Used to achieve Complex Shapes. It does this by interpolating surfaces between various cross-sections of a model. These cross-sections can be sketches, faces, or edges.
Dome: Used to make dome-shaped extrude including the elliptical dome.
Shell: Used to make hollow space in solid part by selecting the outer wall of the solid part and so removing the inner parts. It is also used to reduce the specific thickness.
Chamfer: Used to make a sharp edge or corner slightly tapered rather than being a perfect square.
Linear Pattern: Used to create a different number of instances required to create the pattern linearly.
Curve Driven Pattern: Used to make any pattern followed by the curve sketched before.
Circular pattern: Used to make 3d features into a circular pattern according to a number of insistences.
Revolve boss base: Used to make cylindrical or circular 3D extrude along with a given reference axis as per drawn sketch.
Revolve cut: Used to cut or reduce the extrude of the cylindrical round surface.
Split: Used to split a single solid part into two solid parts. It is used to project an entity onto other surfaces or curved/planar faces.
Move/copy body: Used to move/copy the 3D body from one place to another place.
Mirror: Used to mirror a feature or body by reference to the selected plane.
Sweep: Used to sweep any kind of fully defined sketch along with the path.
Sweep cut: Used to make a cut along with the sweep path.
Swept Surface: Used to make a surface along with a path the curve is driven.
Combine: Used to make integrate two solid parts which intersect each other as the same solid part.
Boundary Surface: Used to make a surface in between two finished surfaces.
Loft Surface: Used to make a loft in between two profiles along with a guide path.
Knit surface: Used to knit the two free edges or open edges of the surfaces together also it reduces the gap between the two edges of the surface.
Surface Trim: Used to cut away material from a surface, and provides two modes: Standard and Mutual.
Projection Curve: Used to project two different 2D curves in two different planes into a single curve.
Appearances: An appearance defines the visual properties of the model including color and texture. Appearances do not affect physical properties which are defined by materials. every material is assigned a default appearance.

ASSEMBLY

You can build complex assemblies consisting of many components, which can be parts or other assemblies, called subassemblies. For most operations, the behavior of components is the same for both types. Changes in the component are automatically reflected in the assembly i.e. The rebuild option will automatically take place or else it will ask the user to rebuild the document.

RENDERING

Rendering is the process of adding shading, color, and lamination to a 2-D or 3-D wireframe in order to create life-like images on a screen.

SOLIDWORKS Visualize and PhotoView360 are photo-realistic rendering tools that utilize your CAD data to create magazine-quality images or commercial-quality animations.