Solid Edge - Tund8
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Edmund LaugassonActivity 1 – Modeling a Cast Part
In this activity, you will construct the model of a casting. When
completed, your model should look like the following illustration.
While building this model, take time to note the techniques used for
obtaining the features.
1. Create a metric part file.
2. Create a global parallel reference plane 120.4 mm parallel to the
reference plane shown.
3. Create a global reference plane at a 10-degree angle to the plane
created in the previous step.
4. Create a Sketch on the first global plane you created. This sketch
will represent the center of the plane. Include the edge of the
reference plane shown in the profile environment for the sketch
profile.
Note:
This is done because you only know the angle of the plane and the
distance between the center of the part and the center of the
mounting boss. When you get into the profile environment on the
angled plane, you have no way of determining exactly where the
center of the plane is located. This sketch locates the exact center
of the plane.
5. Create a Protrusion for the angled mounting boss on the angled
global reference plane. Make the extent symmetric at 35 mm.
Position the circle at the midpoint of the sketch draw on the first
parallel global plane.
Tip:
Sometimes it is convenient to model the critical design areas of the
part first. In this case, the critical areas are the mounting holes.
You will start by modeling the material in which the mounting
holes will be placed.
6. Mirror the protrusion as shown in the illustration.
7. Using the Revolved Protrusion command, create the final
mounting feature as shown.
8. Next, create the 25-degree symmetric revolved connecting body of
the model. The profile and resulting model are shown in the
illustration.
Note the progress of the model in the following illustration.
9. To construct the support arm portion of this model, you need a path
for a swept feature. Construction surfaces can help create the path.
However, before you construct these surfaces, you need some
sketches for exact location of the construction surfaces. The
following illustrations provide details for the two sketches.
10. On the Constructions toolbar, use the Extruded Surfaces command
to project construction surfaces from these sketches. Use
symmetric extents long enough to insure their intersection.
11. On the Constructions toolbar, use the Intersection Curve command
to create an intersection curve from these two surfaces. This will
be the path for a swept protrusion that will connect the material.
12. Using the intersection curve as the sweep path and a simple circle
(26 mm diameter) at one end point of the sweep path, create the
swept protrusion as shown.
Note the progress of the model shown in the following illustration.
13. Create the revolved cutout as shown. The angle of the sweep must
go completely through the part.
14. Construct an offset surface from the top surface of the part as
shown in the following illustration. The offset goes into the part 8
mm. This construction surface will be used for a cutout extent
that will be constructed in the following steps.
15. Construct the cutout shown in the following illustration. Use the
construction surface created as the ‘To’ extent.
16. Add the three mounting holes.
17. Add the large rounds (15 mm) at the ends of the swept feature as
shown (both sides of the model).
18. Apply 2 mm rounds to the edges as shown in the following
illustration.
19. Apply 2 mm chamfers to the edges as shown.
The following illustration shows the completed model.
20. Save and close the file. This completes the activity.
Activity 2 – Modeling a Plastic Part
In this activity, you will model a plastic part. When completed, your
plastic part should look like the following two illustrations. While
building this model, take time to note the techniques used for
obtaining the features.
1. Create a new metric part file.
2. Create a 125 mm wide protrusion that extends symmetrically from
the reference plane. The profile and resulting feature are shown in
the following illustrations.
3. Create a sketch that consists of two straight lines. These lines
represent the start point and end point of the dome-shaped swept
protrusion you will construct later in the activity.
4. Model two construction surfaces from the previous sketch. Be sure
the construction surfaces completely intersect the solid model.
5. Turn off the sketches and click the Intersection Curve command to
find the intersection of the construction surfaces with the solid
body. In the model shown in the illustration, construction surfaces
are turned off – only the solid and the intersection curves are
shown.
6. Construct a sketch on a parallel plane at the endpoint of the
intersection curve you just created. Include the intersection curve
(not the reference plane) as the base of the profile. You may have
to zoom-in to make sure you select the intersection curve and not
the reference plane. They do not occupy the same location.
Tip:
On the ribbon bar, use the Keypoints option to place the parallel
plane exactly at the endpoint of the intersection curve.
7. Construct a sketch on another parallel plane at the other
intersection curve endpoint. The profile must be connected to the
included intersection line and not the model edge.
8. Add a sketch on a plane that is parallel to the reference plane
shown and intersects the right corner of one of the sketches. The
result is shown in the following illustration.
9. Add a swept protrusion to the model as shown.
10. Create the sketch as shown. This will be used as cross-section1 in
a swept cutout.
11. Create the sketch as shown. This will be used as cross-section2 in
a swept cutout.
12. Construct a Swept Cutout as shown.
13. On a reference plane parallel to and 15 mm above reference plane
A, add the sketch shown in the following illustration.
14. Offset a construction surface as shown.
15. Construct a cutout as shown. Use the reference plane on which
the sketches were drawn, and use the offset surface as the
From/To extent for the cutout.
16. Add the three counterbore holes as shown. The hole diameter is 3
mm, counterbore diameter is 5 mm, and counterbore depth is 1.5
mm.
17. Construct a circular Pattern of the holes you placed in the previous
step. Pattern the two holes located on the outside corners, not the
middle hole. The following illustration provides the remaining
details.
18. Add 8 mm rounds to the four edges circled in the illustration.
19. Add a 1.5 mm thin wall to the model, leaving the bottom face
open as shown.
20. Add a reference plane 15 mm below and parallel to reference
plane A.
21. On the plane you created in the previous step, construct the sketch
shown in the illustration.
22. Offset a construction surface as shown.
23. Construct a cutout as shown in the following illustration.
24. Apply the 2 mm round as shown in the following illustration.
25. The following images are of the completed model.
26. Save and close the file. This completes the activity.
