Week 7 Challenge - Assembly Workbench
REPORT ON ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH
THE ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH CONSISTS OF 2 CHALLENGES ie, CV JOINT AND QUICK RETURN MECHANISM.
CV JOINT

- THE ABOVE FIGURE INDICATES THE MODELING OF BODY 1 OF AN CV JOINT WHERE THE SKETCH FOR THE VERTICAL COLUMN HAS BEEN MADE AND USING PAD COMMAND IT IS EXTENDED UP TO ITS SPECIFIED LENGTH

- SIMILARLY THE HORIZONTAL COLUMN IS ALSO FORMED AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE.

- THE 3D MODEL OF THE BODY IS GENERATED AND THESE TWO ARE ADDED TOGATHER BY USING THE ADD COMMAND FROM THE BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- THE 2D SKETCH (DRAFTING) IS CREATED FOR BODY 1 AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE.

- THE ABOVE FIGURE SHOWS THE BODY 2 WHICH IS INITIALLY CREATED BY CREATING THE SUPPORTING FRAME 1 AND EXTENDED UP TO THE SPECIFIED LENGTH USING THE PAD COMMAND.

- THE SUPPORTING FRAME WITH CIRCULAR SLOT IS CREATED AND EXTENDED UP TO THE SPECIFIED LENGTH USING PAD COMMAND AND USING MIRROR COMMAND THE FRAME IS FORMED ON THE OTHER END.

- THE SHELL IS TO BE FORMED AS PER THE DESIGN SO THE SKETCH IS MADE AS SHOWN IN THE ABOVE FIGURE.

- USING PAD COMMAND THE SOLID CYLINDER IS FORMED AND IT IS REMOVED FROM THE MAIN BODY USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- THE 2D DRAFT IS CREATED AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE.

- THE BODY 3 IS MADE BY CREATING THE SUPPORT FRAME 1 INITIALLY AND AND EXTENDED UP TO REQUIRED THICKNESS USING PAD COMMAND.

- THE SHELL IS FORMED BY MAKING THE SOLID CYLINDER AND REMOVED FROM THE SUPPORT FRAME 1 USING BOLLEAN OPERATION.

- SUPPORT FRAME 2 IS FORMED BY CREATING THE REQUIRED SKETCH AND EXTENDED UP TO REQUIRED THICKNESS USING PAD COMMAND, BY USING MIRROR COMMAND THE FRAME IS MADE ON THE OTHER SIDE AS PER DESIGN.

- SHELL IS FORMED BY CREATING THE SKETCH AND SOLID CYLINDER WHICH IS THEN REMOVED FRON THE MAIN BODY USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- FINALLY THE 3D GEOMETRY IS READY AND THE FILLET RADIUS IS PROVIDED WHEREVER NECESSARY AS PER DESIGN.

- 2D DRAFT IS GENERATED FOR THE BODY 3 AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE.

- ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE CREATED IN ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH.
- ALL THE PART (ie,BODY 1,2&3) HAS TO BROUGHT INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH.
- TO CREATE AN ASSEMBLY FIRSTLY WE HAVE TO CREATE A PART (WITH A NAME OF SKELECTON REFRENCE) WHERE ALL THE PLANES ARE CREATED ALONG WITH A REFRENCE POINT.
- ALL THESE PLANES AND POINT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.
- REORDER THE TREE SO THAT THE SKELETON REFRENCE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP.

- EACH AND EVERY PART WHICH IS TO BE ASSEMBLED SHOULD HAVE A REFRENCE ELEMENT (GEOMETRICAL SET) DEFINED INSIDE ITS PART.
- WHERE WE CAN CREATE AN AXIS SO IT CAN BE ALLINED WITH OTHER AXIS OF ANOTHER PART DURING ASSEMBLY.
- AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE 2 AXIS ARE CREATED FOR BODY 1.
- ALL THESE AXIS,POINT AND PLANES HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.

- AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE 2 AXIS ARE CREATED FOR BODY 2.
- AND THES AXIS, POINT AND PLANES ARE PUBLISHED.

- SILILARLY FOR BODY 3 THE AXIS ARE CREATED AND PUBLISHED.

- AFTER CREATING AND PUBLISHING THE REFRENCE ELEMENT, PLANES AND POINT NOW ASSEMBLY CAN BE DONE.
- THE FIRST STEP IS TO FIX THE SKELETON REFRENCE TO PREVENT THE MOVEMENT.
- BODY 3 IS COINCIDED WITH THE BODY 1 WITH THERE RESPECTIVE AXIS AND THE OFFSET CONSTRAINTS IS TO PREVENT THE MOVEMENT ALONG THE Z AXIS.
- THE BODY 1 IS THEN COINCIDED WITH THE BODY 2 WITH THERE RESPECTIVE AXIS AND USING OFFSET CONSTRAINT THE MOVEMENT IS LOCKED ALONG THE Z AXIS.
- SIMILARLY THE ASSEMBLY IS DONE ON THE OTHER HALF SIDE.

- 2D DRAFTING IS CREATED FOR THE ASSEMBLY AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE.
QUICK RETURN MECHANISM

- THE ABOVE FIGURE SHOWS THE BODY 1 OF QUICK RETURN MECHANISM.
- THE GUIDE WAY IS CREATED AND EXTENDED USING PAD COMMAND.

- THE GUIDE WAY CONSISTS A SHELL WHICH IS DRAWN AND PADDED, WHICH IS THEN REMOVED FROM THE GUIDE WAY USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- THE GUIDE WAY CONNECTING MEMBER IS CONSTRUCTED AND EXTENDED USING PAD COMMAND AND ADDED TO THE GUIDE WAY USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- THE GUIDE WAY CONNECTING MEMBER CONSISTS OF A HOLE WHICH IS DRAWN AND PADDED, WHICH IS THEN REMOVED FROM THE GUIDE WAY USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- THE BODY 1 IS FORMED.

- 2D DRAFTING IS CREATED FOR BODY 1.

- TO CREATE A BODY 2 FIRSTLY CREATE THE LOWER MEMBER EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.

- THEN CREATE UPPER MEMBER EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.

- ADD UPPER AND LOWER MEMBER USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS TO OBTAIN BODY 2.

- 2D DRAFTING FOR THE BODY 2 IS CREATED.

- TO CREATE BODY 3 FIRSTLY CREATE CIRCULAR COLUMN AND EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.

- CREATE RECTANGULAR BLOCK AND EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.

- BOTH THE CIRCULAR COLUMN AND RECTANGULAR BLOCK ARE ADDED USING BOLLEAN OPERATIONS TO OBTAIN BODY 3.

- THE 2D DRAFTING FOR BODY 3 IS CREATED.

- TO CREATE THE BODY 4 INITIALLY CREATE BASE PLATE AND EXTENT USING PAD COMMAND.

- TO CREATE THE HOLE IN THE BASE PLATE FIRSTLY DRAW THE HOLE AND EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.
- THEN REMOVE THE SOLID PART FROM THE BASE PLATE USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- TO CREATE THE KNOB ON THE BASE PLATE CONSTRUCT THE CIRCLE AND EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.
- ADD THE KNOB TO THE BASE PLATE USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS.

- THE BODY 4 IS CREATED.

- THE 2D DRAFTING FOR BODY 4 IS CREATED.

- TO CREATE A BODY 5 DRAW THE SKETCHES AND EXTEND USING PAD COMMAND.

- THE 2D DRAFTING FOR BODY 5 IS OBTAINED.

- ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE CREATED IN ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH.
- ALL THE PART (ie,BODY 1,2,3,4 & 5) HAS TO BROUGHT INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY WORKBENCH.
- TO CREATE AN ASSEMBLY FIRSTLY WE HAVE TO CREATE A PART (WITH A NAME OF SKELECTON REFRENCE) WHERE ALL THE PLANES ARE CREATED ALONG WITH A REFRENCE POINT.
- ALL THESE PLANES AND POINT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.
- REORDER THE TREE SO THAT THE SKELETON REFRENCE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP.

- TO ASSEMBLE THE PART WE NEED TO DEFINE THE REFRENCE ELEMENT IN ALL THE PARTS WHICH IS TO BE ASSEMBLED.
- FOR BODY 1 3AXIS ARE CREATED IN REFRENCE ELEMENT AS SHOWN IN ABOVE FIGURE.
- ALL THESE AXIS, POINT AND PLANES HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.

- ONLY 1 AXIS HAS BEEN CREATED AND ALL THE PLANES, POINT AND AXIS HAS TO BE PUBLISHED.

- ONLY ONE AXIS IS CREATED AND ALL THE PLANES, AXIS AND POINT ARE PUBLISHED.

- FOR BODY 4 2 AXIS HAS BEEN CREATED AND ALL THE PLANES, POINTS AND AXIS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

- SIMILARLY FOR BODY 5 AXIS IS CREATED AND THE PLANES, POINTS AND AXIS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

- BEFORE ASSEMBLY OF PARTS THE REFRENCE SKELETON HAS TO BE FIXED USING FIX CONSTRAINT.
- BODY 1 IS OFFSETED FROM THE REFRENCE SKELETON TO RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT IN X AXIS.
- BODY 1 IS OFFSETED FROM REFRENCE SKELETON TO RESTRICT MOVEMENT Z AXIS.
- BODY 1 IS COINCIDED WITH THE BODY 2 .
- BODY 1 IS OFFSETED FROM THE BODY 2 TO PREVENT MOVEMENT IN Z AXIS.
- AS THE CIRCULAR PIN IS MADE TO CONTACT WITH THE GUIDE WAY.
- BODY 3 IS OFFSETED WITH BODY 1 TO PREVENT MOVEMENT ALONG Y AND Z AXIS
- THE BODY 3 IS THEN COINCIDED WITH THE BODY 4 AND OFFSETED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT ALONG Z AXIS.
- THE BODY 4 IS THEN COINCIDED WITH THE BODY 5 AND OFFSETED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT ALONG Z AXIS.

- 2D DRAFTING FOR QUICK RETURN MECHANISM IS CREATED.