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How To Create A Propeller Blade

This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a propeller blade exercise using DELMIA V5 software. It describes how to: 1. Create points and curves to define the blade shape using splines and sweeps. 2. Project a sketch contour onto the sweep surface and split it to create the blade profile. 3. Add thickness, fillets, and material properties to complete the blade model.

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How To Create A Propeller Blade

This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a propeller blade exercise using DELMIA V5 software. It describes how to: 1. Create points and curves to define the blade shape using splines and sweeps. 2. Project a sketch contour onto the sweep surface and split it to create the blade profile. 3. Add thickness, fillets, and material properties to complete the blade model.

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4-21-09

How to create a Propeller Blade Exercise using DELMIA V5

Prepared by:

Roy Smolky, Worldwide Academic Relations

Technical Assistance: Stephen Landrum, Senior Consultant

1. From the Start menu select Mechanical Design / Wireframe and


Surface Design workbench.
2. In the New Part dialog box, enter the
Part Name Blade.
Select to activate the Enable Hybrid
Design and the Create Geometrical
Set options. Select OK.
3. Select from the Wireframe and Surface toolbar / Point icon.
4. In the Point Definition dialog box, create a Point at X= 0, y= 0, z= 0.
Selecting OK creates Point.1.

5. Select from the Tools toolbar / Axis System icon.

6. Select Point.1 as the Origin and select OK.

7. Select from the Wireframe and Surface toolbar / Point icon.


8. In the Point Definition dialog box, create a Point at X= 0, y= 20mm,
z= 0. Selecting OK creates Point.2. This point determines the radius of
the Helix.

9. In the same toolbar select Helix Icon. This icon is in the Subtoolbar, Curves.
(You can Toggle using the Black Arrow down to the right of
the Spline icon to get this embedded icons, or drag to pull and
see the full toolbar)
10. In the Helix Curve Definition dialog box, enter the following:
Starting point
=
Point.2
Axis
=
Z
Pitch
=
250mm You can Play with this Value
Height
=
100mm You can Play with this Value
Select OK. (You can also Preview the Helix before selecting OK)

11. Create a Sweep Surface.


12. Select from the Surfaces toolbar / Sweep icon.
13. In the Swept Surface Definition dialog box, enter the following:
Profile Type
= Line
Sub-Type
=
With reference surface
Guide Curve 1
= Helix 1
Reference Surface =
XY Plane
Length1
=
20mm
Length2
=
20mm
Select OK.

14. The Swept Surface.

15. Create a Sketch on the yz plane. Select the Sketch Icon


and
Select the yz plane in the PPR tree.
Note: You can also Drag the Sketch Icon by Holding (Left Mouse Button)
LMB over the Sketch Icon and Drag onto the YZ Plane either in the PPR
tree or the yz plane geometry on the Axis System.
16. Select from the Profile toolbar / Spline icon.
17. The Sketch tools dialog box appears. For the first point, type in
H = 25, V = 0.

Hold LMB (Left Mouse Button Down) and precede CCW (Counter
Clockwise) for Second Point, or type in the Sketch tools dialog box 29, 26.
The Third Point, 14, 37, and the Fourth Point, 6.5,0 (Double Click with LMB
on this last point to complete Spline, or if you are using the Sketch tools
toolbar deactivate the icon to finish the Spline.
18. Continue to Close-Out the Sketch.
NOTE: This is optional BUT
it is always good practice to
have a Closed Curve.

19. Select from the Wireframe and Surface toolbar / Line icon.
Select
st
the last point in the Spline. This will create the 1 point in the Line AND
5th Point. 6.5, -10.0 to create a Vertical Line. You can also type in the
values in the Sketch tools dialog box.

20. Create another line, Point 5 to Point 6,


25, -10. Create the last Line to Close to
the 1st Point of Spline.
21. Check that the Sketch created is a
Closed Curve. In the Main Menu Select
Tools / Sketch Analysis
(VERY Important that the Curves are
CLOSED).

22. The General Status is all check passed, and the Detailed Information
states Closed. Select Close.
23. We will now Project the Closed Curve Sketch on to the Sweep
Surface.
24. Exit the Sketch workbench and return to the Wireframe and Surface
Design workbench using the Exit icon.
25. Select from the Wireframe toolbar / Projection icon.
26. In the Projection Definition dialog box, enter the following:

Projection Type
=
Normal
Projected
=
Sketch 1
Support
=
Swept Surface Sweep.1
Select OK.
27. Now you can Hide Sketch.1. Select Sketch.1 with LMB and with
RMB (Right Mouse Button) Select Hide/Show.

Note: The Icon in the PPR tree next to Sketch.1 color has changed to
GREY.
28. We will now Split the Projected Contour from the Swept Surface.
29. Select from the Operations toolbar / Split icon.
In the Split Definitions dialog box,
enter the following:
Element to Cut
=
Sweep.1
Cutting Element
=
Project.1
Select the bar Other Side (
Necessary to get the Desired Shape for
this example. )
Select OK.

30. The Completed Blade.

31. We can now ADD Thickness to the Blade Surface.


32. From the Main Menu select Start / Mechanical Design / Part Design
workbench. Make sure that the Part Body in the PPR tree is Defined in
Work Object (You will see Part Body Underlined to note that Thickness
will be Under Part Body in the PPR tree). To do this, Highlight the
PartBody in the PPR tree, and RMB for the contextual menu. Select
Define In Work Object.

33. Select from the Surface based Features-Extended toolbar / Thick


Surface.

34. In the Thick Surface Dialog box, enter the following:


First Offset =
1mm
Second Offset = 1mm ( Because we
have elected to add material to both
sides )
Object to Offset = Split.1
Select OK.
35. RMB to Hide the Split, and the Helix
elements.

36. We will now create a Tritangent Fillet.


37. Select from the Dress-Up Features Toolbar in the Fillets sub-toolbar
(black pull-down arrow) / Tritangent Fillet icon.

38. In the Tritangent Fillet Definition Dialog box, enter the following:
Faces to Fillet : Select in the 3D geometry window the Opposite Sides of
the Solid Element ( 2 Elements )
Face to Remove: Select the
Center Surface Between the two
surfaces ( Purple-Highlighted )
Select OK.
39. The Completed Blade.

40. We will now ADD a Material Brass.


41. Select the Apply Material Icon.

42. In the Library dialog box, select the Metal tab. Select Brass.

43. Select the PartBody from the PPR tree, Select OK.
44. To view the Brass on the Blade, from the View toolbar select the Subtoolbar View Mode select the Customize View Parameters Icon.
(NOTE: View is also in the Menu Bar at the top of the software, and can
be another alternative. View/ Render Style / Customize View.)

45. The View Mode Customization dialog box


appears. In the Shading section, select
Material, and OK.
46. The Brass Blade.

47. Moments of Inertia.


48. Select PartBody from the PPR tree.
49. Select from the Measure Toolbar / Measure Inertia icon.
50. Note: Volume, Area Mass, Density and the Center of Gravity.

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