Lecture 3
Lecture 3
• Shape description
• Shape generation
• Sectional views
• Auxiliary views
Shape description
• Geometric shapes are seen according to view they
are regarded
• Set of primitives – used to conceptualize the
complex shapes by adding/subtracting the
primitive shapes
• Primitive shapes:
• Boxes Cylinders
• Prisms Cones
• Pyramids/truncated pyramids Spheres
Primitives
Primitives – shape generation
Boolean operations
• Given two shapes, they could be intersected
or reunited to obtain a new shape
Boolean union
• The common part is removed once
Boolean difference
• The initial shape minus the common portion
will be yielded – notice the difference A-B
versus B-A
Boolean intersection
• The intersection means the common portion
of the two intersecting bodies
Another example
Conceptual generation of a
complex shape
Conceptual generation of a
complex shape
Shape generation
• Two different aspects of shape generation:
• Conceptual shape generation – when the geometry
does not exist and when a functional do-able shape
is created
• Physical shape generation – when the geometric
object is physically created/generated by machining
• Physical generation involves material
selection, machine tool and tools selections
Conceptual shape generation
• The concept is created by the human
judgment
• The concept can be translated in codes –
create models
Physical shape generation
• Planes: flat surfaces
• Polyhedrons: inclined flat surfaces
• Cylindrical/conical surfaces: round
surfaces, holes
• Ruled surfaces/non-ruled surfaces: complex
kinematics cutting or forming in complex
shape dies
Physical shape generation
• Two basic principle methods are used to generate
surfaces:
• Forming – create shape form a shapeable material: ex
» Casting
» Deformation (forging, bending, squeezing, etc.)
» Growing (nature’s way ex: stereo-lithography)
• Cutting – create shape through removal out of a larger piece of
material
» Turning, milling, drilling, grinding, lapping, etc.
• Multiple types of operations are used to generate the
same class of shapes – various surface qualities are
obtained for various materials
Shape generation of primitives
• Boxes – flat surface
• Cylinders – round surfaces
• Prisms – flat surface
• Cones – round surfaces
• Spherical – double curved
– As a general principle, the cutting tool and work piece
move one with respect to the other; the cutting tool will
remove the undesired volume of material from the work
Machining procedures
• Shaping and planing FORMING PROCESS
• Broaching NON-CONVENTIONAL
• Grinding PROCESSES
Shaping and planing
Generation of
Flat surfaces
Turning
Turning
Milling
Milling
Milling
Drilling
Sawing
Sawing
Broaching
Grinding
SECTION VIEWS
Purpose of sectioning
• Provide the details of the features that are
invisible in a normal view
• A cutting plane is assumed to pass through
the conveniently selected features
• If the plane passes through the object, the
view is called a FULL SECTION
• Cutting plane is indicated on the adjacent
view
SECTIONAL VIEW
Why do we use
sectional views?
SECTIONAL VIEW TYPES
• Full Sections
• Half Sections
• Offset Sections
• Broken Sections
• Revolved Sections
• Conventional Breaks
• Partial Views
ELEMENTS IN SECTIONAL VIEWS
• Cutting Plane
An assumed plane passes
through the part to expose
the interior construction.
Different cutting planes
make different types of
sectional views
A B
A B
Section AA Section BB
A B
A B
Section AA Section BB
The cutting plane
Is the section view really needed?
ELEMENTS IN SECTIONAL VIEWS
• Cutting-Plane Line
Location
Line Type
Arrowheads
Capital Letters
Indicate the cutting plane
Basic representation rules
Section lines (lining)
Section lines
Common mistakes
Common mistakes
Difficult cases
HALF SECTIONS
• If a cutting plane passes halfway through an object, the
result is a half section.
• Expose the interior and retain the exterior.
• It is often used for symmetrical objects, not for detail
drawings.
Half sections