Understanding the utility of Projected curves feature and Revolved cut feature in Solidworks
Aim
To model rear wheel and front fork of an American chopper using Solidworks.
Objective
Understanding the projected curves and revolve cut features by designing the rear wheel and the front fork.
Rear wheel
Components: Rim, rotor, tyre, sprocket and caliper.
Commands used: Following were the commands used to model the part,
- 2D sketch
- Offset entities
- Fillet
- Trim
- Spline
- 3-point arc
- Smart Dimensions
- Appearance
- Chamfer
- Mirror Entities
- Combine
- Cut Extrude
- Cut revolve
- Circular pattern
- Reference Plane
- Extruded boss/base and revolved boss/base.
Appearance given to the parts:
- Rotor - Chromium metal
- Sprocket - Chromium metal
- Caliper - Siena
- Rim - Chromium metal
- Tyre - Matte rubber
Images of modelled part:
Front fork
Commands used: Following were the commands used to model the part,
- 2D sketch
- Fillet
- Trim
- Spline
- 3-point arc
- Smart Dimensions
- Appearance
- Dome
- Mirror Entities
- Body-Move/Copy
- Combine
- Cut Extrude
- Cut revolve
- Circular pattern
- Linear pattern
- Projected curve
- Reference Plane
- Extruded boss/base, swept boss/base and revolved boss/base.
Appearance given to different parts:
- Body - Chromium metal
- Handles - Glossy rubber
- Break wires - Glossy rubber
- Headlights - Area light
Images of modelled part: