Sketcher Fundamentals

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Contents

Sketching on Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Project 1: Sketch a Prole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 2 Project 2: Sketch a Symmetrical Prole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 4 Project 3: Sketch a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 6 Sketching Discontinuous Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Design Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2- 1 Sketch Operations-Mirror Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Designing in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

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Sketching on Your Own

This section is optional. Now that you have learned how to create sketches and why consideration of the Design Intent is important, try one or more of the projects in this workbook. Things to keep in mind: Design Intent of the sketch Maintenance of the design (easy editing characteristics) Methods of parametric control of the curves Techniques you have learned

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Project 1: Sketch a Prole

Step 1: Open seedpart_in and save it as ***_project_1, where *** represent your initials. Create a sketch on layer 21. Dene the sketch plane by the XC-YC. Sketch the prole as illustrated in conguration A. Constrain the sketch so that when the 3.50 value is changed to 1.5 or 5.25, the sketch (curves only) will update as illustrated in congurations B and C.

Step 2: Step 3: Step 4:

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Project 2: Sketch a Symmetrical Prole

Step 1: Open seedpart_in and save it as ***_project_2, where *** represent your initials. Create a sketch on layer 21. Use the default sketch plane of XC-YC Sketch and constrain the symmetrical prole as illustrated below.

Step 2: Step 3:

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Project 3: Sketch a Blade

Step 1: Open seedpart_in and save it as ***_project_3, where *** represent your initials. Create a sketch on layer 21. Dene a sketch plane other then the default of XC-YC. Sketch the prole as illustrated below. Note, the sketch does not have to be fully constrained when nished.

Step 2:

Step 3:

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Sketching Discontinuous Strings

Design Intent
In this activity, you will create a sketch consisting of lines and llets that is attached to a previously created revolved feature. You will also position the sketch using constraints. The nal operation will be an intersected boolean feature. Step 1: Open the part le handle_1.prt and save it as ***_handle_1, where *** represent your initials. Create and fully constrain the sketch below, the thickness of each of the legs should be equal, as should the radii between them.

Step 2:

Create a new sketch on layer 22. Name the sketch S22_EXTRUDE. Use the bottom planar face of the existing solid as the planar placement face of the sketch.

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Select the datum axis that is collinear with the bottom line from sketch SKETCH_000 as the horizontal reference.

Make layers 1, 21, and 61 invisible. Step 3: Create Lines 1 & 2. Create the two construction lines shown, with the intersection of lines 1 and 2 approximately in the center of the graphics window.

Step 4:

Sketch Lines 3 through 14 as a separate contiguous prole starting with the lower end of Line 3. Indicate a cursor location below the right end of Line 1 as the start of Line3. Working counterclockwise, continue to indicate cursor locations for the ends of each line, closing the string by selecting the endpoint at the start of Line3 as the end of Line 14.

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Step 5:

Use the 2 Curve Fillet function to create Arcs 1 through 4.

Step 6:

Use the Show/Remove Constraints option to review all of the current constraints applied during the sketch creation. If any Horizontal, Vertical or Tangent constraints are missing, add them now.

Step 7:

Temporarily locate the sketch to ease the constraining process. Select the point at the center of sketch S22_EXTRUDE and Apply a Fix constraint. The point is denoted by (1).

Step 8:

Fully constrain the sketch to the geometric conguration shown. Link the parameters where appropriate and use the construction sketch curves for assistance when necessary.
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Step 9:

Position the new sketch using Geometric Constraints. Make layer 21 selectable. Replace the view with the TFR-TRI view. Choose the Show/Remove Constraints icon. Remove the Fixed constraint that you created at the beginning of the section. The temporary Fix constraint aided in solving the geometric conguration, but now this sketch should be related to the one that is controlling the initial revolved feature. Note that a sketch may have the geometric conguration fully dened yet still be underconstrained due to lack of location denition.

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Select the point at the center of sketch S22_EXTRUDE, to constrain to the bottom left of sketch SKETCH_000. The point is denoted by (1).

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Select the point at the bottom left of the existing sketch. The point is denoted by (2).

Use a Coincident constraint. The status line now states that the sketch is fully constrained.

Orient View to Sketch. Step 10: Convert Sketch Lines 1 and 2 to reference curves and Finish the Sketch.
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In order to sweep the sketch, curves not being swept must be converted to reference.

Step 11: Extrude the sketch and intersect it with the existing solid on layer 1 to complete the model of the handle. Use Reverse Direction if necessary to ensure that the reference direction is pointing to the top of the model. Select the top face of the model. Choose Intersect as the boolean type from the drop down menu.

Step 12: Save the part.

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Sketch Operations-Mirror Sketch

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Challenge: For more information on Mirroring a sketch, go to HelpOn Context... and study the Mirror Constraint. Create a sketch that represents the quarter-section of a watch. Step 1: Step 2: Open seedpart_in.prt and save it as ***_watch_1, where *** represent your initials. Create and fully constrain a sketch representing the quarter-section of a watch.

Step 3:

Create the top half of the watch prole. Choose the Mirror icon. The Cue line prompts to select a mirror centerline. This is the line of symmetry.

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Select the main vertical line in the sketch and choose MB2. The cue line now prompts to select mirror geometry. Select all curves except the bottom horizontal line and choose OK.

Because the sketch was fully constrained before mirroring, it will be fully constrained afterwards. In order to fully constrain the sketch, the system converts the centerline to a reference line and creates mirror constraints for each of the mirrored objects. Step 4: Mirror the sketch geometry again to obtain the full prole. Choose the Mirror icon. Select the horizontal line as the mirror centerline and choose MB2.

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Select all of the remaining curves except the previously dened centerline, and choose MB2 to complete the prole.

Step 5:

Save the part.

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Designing in Context

Challenge: This activity requires assembly knowledge which is outside the scope of this class. Try this activity if you have assemblies experience or challenge yourself. Go to HelpOn Context... to learn more about the functionality. In this activity, you will design a Geneva mechanism. This Geneva mechanism consists of three parts: the base, the drive, and the follower.

You will be given the base of the assembly and shall create the other two parts using the Top-down approach. This means that you will initially create solid geometry for the driver and follower parts within the assembly le, then save them as individual components prior to detail design. The location and size of the follower and driver will be dened relative to the base. For the purposes of this activity you may omit the hardware necessary to attach parts to the base. Step 1: Create the assembly part le. For this project, work in units of inches. Close all parts and open seedpart_in.prtand save it as ***_geneva_assy. Set your work layer to 3.
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Start the Assemblies application Add the geneva base component to the assembly using AssembliesComponentsAdd Existing. Select Choose Part File. Select the part le geneva_base.prt from the parts directory. Use the following criteria when adding the existing component: Multiple Add: OFF

Component Name: base Ref. Set: Entire Part Positioning: Absolute Layer options: Work Locate the component at the Absolute Csys origin and cancel out of the dialog.

Step 2:

Begin the design of the driver.

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The driver consists of stepped cylindrical shapes with a boss and three holes.

The prole can be dened by curves representing a half-section located as shown.

Note that you are still working in the assembly part le and layer 3 is selectable. Create a sketch of the prole of the driver on layer 21.

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Constrain the sketch as shown. The lower right hand corner of the sketch should be located at the center point of the hole in the base with which the driver mates.

Revolve the sketch to create the solid body on layer (1) one. Step 3: Begin the design of the follower.

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The shape of the follower can be generated from a sketch representing one segment of the part.

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Place the origin of the WCS at the top, center of the hole closest to the front of the Base. Make layers 1 and 21 invisible. Create a sketch on layer 22 using the XC-YC plane of the WCS, using the diagram below. Constrain the sketch.

Any clearances required between the parts can be applied at a later time, following a thorough tolerance analysis. Change your work layer to layer 2, and extrude the sketch to create the solid body. Initially, the thickness of the extrusion is the same as the height of the midsection of the driver. Check the rst sketch to nd the Start and End Distances for the extrusion.

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Instance the extruded body to create the basic follower model.

Step 4:

Create the Follower component part. Verify that the WCS is still at the origin of the follower model. With the Assemblies application enabled, choose AssembliesComponentsCreate New and select the Follower model. Make sure to select the Solid Body, Sketch, and any Datums used to dene this part. Use the following inputs for creating the component: Component Part Name: ***_geneva_follower Component Name: follower Ref. Set name: (leave blank) Layer options: Original Component Origin: WCS Delete Originals: ON Graphically, you may not notice much of a difference, but you can easily verify the change in your assembly structure if you have the Assembly Navigator open.

Step 5:

Create the Driver component part.

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Move the WCS to the origin of the driver.

Repeat the process for the Driver on Layer 1, and select the Driver model. Use the following inputs for creating the component: Component Part Name: ***_geneva_driver Component Name: driver Ref. Set name: (leave blank) Layer options: Original Component Origin: WCS Delete Originals: On Step 6: Generate a component listing to verify your work. (AssembliesReportsList Components.) Your assembly should consist of three components: Component Report Components of ./geneva_assy.prt : Part Name adm_geneva_base ***_geneva_driver ***_geneva_follower Ref Set Name None None None Component Name BASE DRIVER FOLLOWER Count 1 1 1

All components are positioned as: ABSOLUTE Step 7: You can now complete the modeling of the driver and the follower either in context (Displayed Part set to the assembly, Work Part set to the Component), or individually (Displayed Part and Work Part set to Component).
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In the gures on the next two pages, some of the dimensions for the parts are given for you to use in your design. Other values were previously given to you in the sketches. You should determine the remaining values needed to complete the models from the existing geometry. Design tasks for the Driver: Determine the center of the 1.250 rad. clearance cutaway. Determine the height and location of the .124 dia. pin. Determine the location for the set screw hole.

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Design tasks for the Follower: Determine the length and location of the engagement slots. Determine the height of the bosses. Determine the location of the set screw hole.

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