CHAPTER 7

TUTORIAL
Sweep and Multiple
Thickness Shell
Learning Objectives
After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:
Create a multiple thickness shell
Create a sweep
Required Competencies
Before starting this tutorial, you should have been able to:
Construct, constraint and dimension sketches
Use free rotate
Create work planes
Create holes



1. Open the part shellwithsweep.ipt
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2. Select Shell from the Part Features panel bar as shown in Figure 1. This will
open the shell dialog box from which the specifications will be set as shown in Figure 2.


Figure 1 Figure 2

3. Rotate the part to view the bottom surface. This will be the face that will be
removed. The button next to Remove Faces should be selected already, if not click on
the button to select it. Move the cursor to the bottom face and click as shown in Figure
3.

Figure 3

5. Set the wall Thickness to .25 in. as shown in Figure 4. For this part the back
walls need to be a thickness of .375 due to structural requirements from the
addition of a handle to be placed on the back.


Figure 4
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6. Click on the button with the two greater than symbols located at the bottom
right corner of the dialog box to open the unique face thickness options dialog as shown
in Figure 5.



Figure 5


7. Move the cursor in the white area of the dialog box and click where the words Click
to add are located as shown in Figure 6.




Figure 6

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8. The words 0 Selected should be highlighted in blue at this time. This option allows
the selection of the faces that will have a different thickness than the rest of the faces.
Click on the two back surfaces to have the different thickness as shown in Figures 7 and
8.


Figure 7 Figure 8


9. After selecting the two faces it will say 2 Selected. Next click on 0.25 under the
Thickness tab of the dialog box and type in .375 as the thickness as shown in Figure 9.



Figure 9

10. Click on the OK button and the shelled part should look like Figure 10.

Figure 10

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11. Set the part back to the Isometric view to begin placing the holes. Select Sketch
and click on the top surface of the part as shown in Figure 11.



Figure 11

12. Place a Point, Hole Center somewhere on the sketch plane and position it in the
center of the face using construction lines and Horizontal and Vertical constraints as
shown in Figures 12 and 13.



Figure 12 Figure 13


13. Click on the Return button to switch to the Part Features mode.. Select the Hole
feature to open the hole dialog box as shown in Figure 14. Set the hole depth and
diameter to 0.5 in. as shown in Figure15.



Figure 14 Figure 15
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14. After the hole is created on the top of the part select the left surface, as shown in
Figure 16, as the sketch plane for creating the second hole. We dont need to place a
Point,Hole Center because the center point of the bottom right arc will be used as the
center of the new hole.



Figure 16

15. Click on the Return button to switch to the Part Features mode. Select the Hole
feature to open the hole dialog box. Notice that the button next to Centers is selected.
Click on the center point of the bottom arc as shown in Figure 17. Set the Termination
to Through All and the diameter to 0.5 in. as shown in Figure18.


Figure 17











Figure 18
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16. In order to begin the sweep a new work plane must be created. Create an offset
work plane parallel to the top surface down at a distance of -1.75 in. as shown in Figure
19.



Figure 19

17. Choose Sketch from the menu bar and select this new work plane to be the new
sketch plane. Once the sketch plane is selected choose the Look At command, Figure 20,
and click on the work plane to view the part from the top.



Figure 20

18. Select Project Geometry from the 2D Sketch Panel as shown in Figure 21. Select
the top and bottom horizontal edges of the part as shown in Figures 22 and 23.



Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23


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19. Create the sketch, as shown in figure 24, which will be used as the path for the
sweep. Make sure that the center points of the arcs are in line with the left edge and
equally spaced from the top and bottom edges of the part. Use the Coincident and
Equal constraints to perform this task.



Figure 24


20. Click Return to switch to the Part Feature mode. Switch to the Isometric view
and select the left surface as the new sketch plane as shown in Figure 25.



Figure 25


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21. Use Project Geometry to project the short line of the previous sketch as a point on
the new sketch plane as shown in Figure 26.



Figure 26


22. Draw a circle using the projected point as the center point as shown in Figure 27.
Dimension the circle with a diameter of 0.25 in. as shown in Figure 28.




Figure 27 Figure 28


22. Click Return to and select Sweep from the Part Features panel to open the Sweep
Dialog box as shown in Figures 29 and 30.



Figure 29 Figure 30


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23. Select the circle that was just sketched as the Profile as shown in Figure 31.
Next click on the button next to Path in the dialog box and click on the first
sketch as shown in Figure 32 as the sweep path.





Figure 31 Figure 32


24. Once the Path and Profile of the sweep are selected click OK, which should
create the finished part shown in Figure 33.




Figure 33



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