Radar Mast & Final Assembly of Yacht

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

To make the complex surface modelling of Yacht and make it as realistic as possible and using the rendering tools, photoview 360 and solidworks visualize.

OBJECTIVE

• The main objective of this project is to built the yacht model and perform all the rendering operations.
• We have to learn about all the tools and surface modelling from basics to a very complex level
• To create the model as realistic as possible with the help of rendering tools of photoview 360 and Visualize.

INTRODUCTION

In this project, I had to built a yacht, for this I had to perform modelling and surface modelling of all the parts as well as various sub components and then all the components are assembled together in one assembly of yacht. I have performed the modelling by making various sketched and then converted those to 3D whereas in the surface modelling I have made the sketches with the help of blueprints and then I have performed the surface fill operation of various parts. The various features used for 3D modelling and surface modelling are:

• Revolve
• Loft
• Fillet
• Pattern
• Cut Extrude
• Mirror
• Shell
• Surface Loft
• Surface Extrude
• Chamfer
• Surface trim
• Surface Extend
• Projected Curves
• Boss Extrude
• Dome
• Helix
• Sweep
• Split line
• Surface knit
• Surface loft etc

The various sub components that make the Yacht are:

• Propellor
• Blue Print Setup
• Radar
• Hull
• Garage Door
• Front Seat
• Middle Seat
• Rear Seat
• Superstructure
• Radar Mast
• Final Assembly

DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION

PROPELLOR

Propellor blades are used to displace water which helps the boat in moving forward by creating the forces of blades. The propellor creates a torque that help in turning the blades.

It is designed in solidworks by creating a spline and a line with a centreline and then it is revolved along the centreline

After that, a plane is created with offset distance of 360 mm and from that plane , a loft is created in the solid body with the help of the sketch created by new plane and the previous sketch.

After that, fillet is created at the corners of blade and a cut extrude is made made at the back flat surface of revolve.

The next step is to create fillets at the edges of the blade and a circular pattern of six blades at an angle of 360 degrees is made.

The features used are

1. Revolve: This feature is used to revolve any sketch about a centre line.
2. Loft: Loft boss is used to create a solid body using two sketched and giving the according the shape of the sketches.
3. Offset plane: This feature is used to create a plane with reference to the given surfaces or planes at some distance.
4. Fillet: This feature is used to make a corner or edge in round.
5. Circular Pattern: This feature is used to create a pattern or number of similar sketches/bodies along a point/line.

BLUEPRINT SETUP:

Blueprint setup is the most important step in creating a Surface modelling. The various parts of Yacht are created with the help of this blueprint setup such as Hull, Front Sear, Middle Seat, Rear Seat, Superstructure, Radar Mast.

To create a Blueprint Setup, first of all the sketch pictures was inserted in the specific planes such as Blueprint front view in front plane, Blueprint top view in top plane etc. In Blueprint setup, there are 5 different views as Blueprint Front View, Blueprint Side View, Blueprint Top View, Blueprint Bottom View, Blueprint Back View. Back View and Bottom View are created by taking an offset plane. Various Views of Blueprint are setup by inserting sketch pictures and adding various dimensions to set the blueprints

RADAR

Radar is used to detect the signals to your current location. It works by sending out the radio signals.

To design the radar in solid works, a sketch is made and its extruded according to the given dimensions. After that a large fillet is created on one of the edges and a small fillet to the opposite side of this edge.

After that, a boss extrude is made at the smaller cross section of the of the radar and its smoothen with the help of the fillet.

After that a mirrored feature is created to mirror the whole body and a text is carved with the help split line operation

At last, a hole is created at the mid with the help of creating a sketch and cut extrude and it’s filleted along the edges.

Features used to make a radar:

• Boss Extrude: Boss Extrude is used to create a 2D sketch to 3D modelling.
• Fillet: Fillet is used to make the corners and edges smooth in circular radius.
• Cut Extrude: This feature is used to remove some material from a solid body with the help of sketch
• Mirror: Mirror is used to make the similar body/feature along a face/plane.
• Split line: Split line is used to make a line and separate the bodies.

  HULL

  Hull is the part of yacht that rides in both in and top of the water. This is the body of direct contact with water. Hull is the base of the whole yacht body.

  Hull in solidworks is created with the help of blueprint setup. First of all , the unnecessary blueprints are hided and the sketches.

  Various projected curves are made in the midplane. A loft surface is created with the help of these curves. With the help of surface extrudes and surface trims, the front portion is created where propellor has to be attached. The surfaces created till now are knitted with the help of knit surface command. After that, the offset of the top edge is created and its filled with the help of filled surface command.

  Again, offset is done with the help of internal surface and the railings were created with reference to the blueprint. The windows are made with the help of extrude cut and sweep command. Cut extrude was created at the backside to add stairs. After that stairs were made with the help of sketch and extrude command. Again, by inserting a plane, the railings are created for the stairs. The edges are smoothened with the help of fillets.

  In the inside surface, various extrude bodies are made with the help of helix, sweep, sketches and extrude commands. The edges are smoothened with the help of fillets.

  All the details are and the surface is converted to the solid body and then the whole body is mirrored along the midplane.

  Features used in making Hull:

  • Surface fill
  • Loft surface
  • Surface Extrude
  • Surface trim
  • Surface knit
  • Mirror
  • Sweep
  • Helix
  • Pattern
  • Fillet
  • Shell
  • Chamfer
  • Fillet
  • Revolve
  • 3D sketch
  • Decals

  

  GARAGE DOOR

  Garage door is used to park the vehicles inside the yacht.

  In solidworks , garage door is created as a new part hull with the help of thin extrude cut of hull . Then this cut part is saved as new file named as garage door and then its shelled to 2 mm. After that the edges are smoothened with the help of fillet and at the top side a hole is created on the side face with the help of cut extrude feature. Then the whole body is mirrored along write plane and a plane is created. With the help of this plane, the text is engraved.

  Features used in creating garage door

  • Cut Extrude: This feature is used to make a hole along the top side on the side face and to engrave the text
  • Shell: This command is used to create a shell in the solid body.
  • Fillet: This feature is used to smoothen the edges/corners in a circular form
  • Mirror: This feature is used to duplicate the body along a plane or face.

  FRONT SEAT

  Front seat is added in the yacht at the starting of yacht.

  Front seat in solidworks is made with reference to the deck surface of the hull. It is created half at first and then it is mirrored to create a full front seat. At the sketches are made at the surface of deck and is it made using the surface extrude and the surface sweep command. The extra surfaces were trim using surface trim and the remaining surfaces are filled using surface fill command. With the help of loft and revolve surface commands the, half portion of the seat is created. Filleted and chamfer commands are used to smoothen the edges and cut the corners. After that, the surfaces are knitted and converted to solid. And then the other parts also made using mirror command one by one to each body.

  Features used in front seat:

  • Surface sweep: This feature is used create a surface along a fixed guide curve
  • Surface extrude: This feature is used to create a surface
  • Surface trim.: This feature is used to remove extra parts from the surface
  • Fillet: This feature is used to smoothen all the sharp edges in circular form
  • Chamfer: This feature is used to cut the edges of the corners
  • Mirror: This feature is used to duplicate the existing feature/ body along a particular plane/ face.

  MIDDLE SEAT

  Middle seat is fixed at the mid of the yacht

  It is designed in solidworks using the deck surface of the yacht. It is created using a closed sketch on the surface of deck and then extruding it to the given dimension. The plane is created and another boss extrude is made. Similarly, one more plane and one more boss extrude is created with proper dimensions and sketching to make the seat. After that some edges are chamfered and all the other edges are smoothened using fillet. After that this solid body is mirrored one by one to have a proper spacing of seats . At last, a table is created and the edges are smoothened.

  Features used to create middle seat:

  • Boss Extrude: This feature is used to create a solid 3D modelling using a 2D sketch.
  • Chamfer: This feature is used to cut the edge at an angle/distance.
  • Fillet: This feature is used to smoothen the edges/corners in circular manner
  • Mirror: This feature is used to duplicate the existing body/feature along a face/plane
  • Cut Extrude: This feature is used to remove a portion from the solid body.

  REAR SEAT

  Rear seat is fixed at the last end of the hull.

  This is designed in solid works by taking the deck surface as the reference. The sketch is created at the deck surface and then it is converted to sweep surface with dimension. With the help of surface offset and surface trim, the extra surface is removed. Then ruled surface is used at one of the edges. Again, with help of surface sweep, surface extend, surface, and surface knit, the whole solid surface is created at one half and after that the features/bodies are mirrored along the face/plane

  Features used in creating Rear Seat:

  • Surface Loft: It is used to create a surface with the help of 2 curves and a guide curve
  • Boss extrude: It is used to create a 3D model with the help of 2
  • Surface sweep: It is used to create a surface along the given guide curve
  • Surface extend: It is used to extend the surface
  • Surface trim: It is used to remove extra surface
  • Ruled surface
  • Cut Extrude: This feature is used to remove a portion from the solid body.
  • Surface knit`: This feature is used to knit the surface to create a solid body.

  SUPERSTRUCTURE

  A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above the deck surface of full. It is a closed surface.

  It is designed in solidworks with reference to the deck surface of hull with the help of following features:

  • Surface sweep
  • Surface knit
  • Ruled surface
  • Projected curves
  • Surface loft
  • Surface fill
  • Surface extrude
  • Surface trim
  • Dome
  • Sweep
  • Cut Extrude
  • Boss extrude
  • Fillet
  • Chamfer

  RADAR MAST

  Radar mast is the to part to which Radar is attached and is a setup for communication.

  Radar mast in solidworks is created with reference to the top surface of superstructure. At first, to create a radar mast, a sketch is created and its extruded by taking the reference of blueprints. After that the edges are smoothened with fillet. At this surface another revolved feature is created and the edges are smoothened. Then the signal catching antennas are created with the help of extrude and the other details are created with sweep, dome, revolve, shell commands . And finally, the feature/body is made duplicate to other side with the mirror feature.

  Features used in creating Radar mast:

  • Boss Extrude
  • Fillet
  • Revolve
  • Sweep
  • Mirror
  • Chamfer
  • Dome
  • Shell

  ASSEMBLY

  Different sub parts are assembled together to make the yacht . Many parts of yacht have been automatically fixed to right places as we have created through through references such as Hull is fixed and the deck surface of the hull was the reference for various other parts such as Front Seat, Rear Seat, Middle Seat, Super structure, etc.

  For the parts which has to made with the help of mates. The following mates are used:

  • Coincident
  • Concentric
  • Coincident

  

  RENDERING

  Rendering is used to make the model as realistic as possible.

  The following rendered image are attached: