Ig Catia v5r20

Instructor’s Guide

CATIA V5R20 for Designers Sham Tickoo Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Purdue University Calumet Hammond, Indiana

Instructor’s Guide – CATIA for Designers

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Instructor’s Guide – CATIA for

Table of Contents Instructor’s Guide............................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2.........................................................................................................................................4 Chapter 3.........................................................................................................................................6 Chapter 4.........................................................................................................................................7 Chapter 5.........................................................................................................................................8 Chapter 6.......................................................................................................................................10 Chapter 7.......................................................................................................................................12 Chapter 8.......................................................................................................................................14 Chapter 9.......................................................................................................................................16 Chapter 10.....................................................................................................................................18 Chapter 11.....................................................................................................................................20 Chapter 12.....................................................................................................................................21 Chapter 13.....................................................................................................................................22 Chapter 14.....................................................................................................................................23 Chapter 15....................................................................................................................................24 Chapter 16.....................................................................................................................................25


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Chapter 2 Review Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

F T T F T (a) Lines (d) Circle (c) Construction elements (d) All of these (a) Part

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new Part file and invoke the Sketcher environment after selecting the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Choose the Profile button from the Profile toolbar. 3. Click on a point whose coordinates are 0,70 and then move the cursor vertically downward. 4. Press the left mouse button, when the cursor is at the origin. 5. Move the cursor toward the right and click on the point with coordinates 100, 0. 6. Move the cursor vertically upward and click on the point whose coordinates are 100,70. 7. Choose the Tangent Arc button form the Sketch tools toolbar and click on the point whose coordinates are 80,90. 8. Move the cursor horizontally toward the left and click on the point whose coordinates are 20,90. 9. Again choose the Tangent Arc button form the Sketch tools toolbar and click on start point of the first vertical line. 10. Double click the Circle button from the Circle toolbar and click on the point whose coordinates are 20,70. 11. Move the cursor to a location where the radius of the arc in the R edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 10mm and click to specify a point. 12. Click on the point with coordinates 80,70 and move the cursor to a location where the radius of the arc in the R edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 10mm and click to specify a point. 13. Choose the Profile button from the Profile toolbar. 14. Click on a point whose coordinates are 30,20 and then move the cursor horizontally toward the left. 15. Click on the point whose coordinates are 70,20. 16. Choose the Tangent Arc button form the Sketch tools toolbar and click on the point whose coordinates are 70,40. 17. Move the cursor toward the left and click on the point with coordinates 30,40. 18. Choose the Tangent Arc button form the Sketch tools toolbar and click on the start point of the profile. 19. This completes the Exercise 1 hence save the file by choosing the Save button and entering the appropriate file name and path in the Save As dialog box.

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Exercise 2 1. Select File > Close from the menu bar to close the file. Start CATIA V5 and close the Product1 file that opens by default. 2. To open a new file in Part Design workbench, choose File > New from the menu bar. 3. Select Part from the NEW dialog box and choose OK. 4. Choose the Sketcher button from the Sketcher toolbar and then select the YZ plane as the sketching plane, to invoke the Sketcher environment. 5. Invoke the Line tool by choosing the Line button from the Profile toolbar. 6. Choose the Snap to Point button from the Sketch tools toolbar, if not already chosen. 7. Click on a point whose coordinates are 0,0 (origin) and then move the cursor horizontally towards the right. 8. Press the left mouse button, when the length of line in the L edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 150mm. 9. Choose the Line button again and click on the end point of the previously created line. 10. Move the cursor vertically upward and click on the point whose coordinates are 150,100. 11. Choose the Three Point Arc tool form the Circle toolbar and click on the endpoint of the previously created vertical line. 12. Press TAB key once to highlight the value in the H edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar and enter 125 in it. 13. Again press the TAB key and enter 125mm in the highlighted V edit box and press ENTER. 14. Move the curser and click on a point whose location is 100,100 to create the top arc. 15. Choose the Line button and select the left end point of the previously created arc as the start point. 16. Move the cursor vertically downward and click when the length of line in the L edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 10mm. 17. Choose the Line button from the Profile toolbar and select the point whose coordinates are 0,40. 18. Move the cursor and click on a point whose location is 50,40 to create a horizontal line. 19. Choose the Three Point Arc Starting With Limits button from the Circle toolbar and select the end point of the last horizontal line created and then select a point of the last vertical line created. 20. Move the cursor toward the right and click when the radius of the arc in the R edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 50mm. 21. Again choose the Three Point Arc Starting With Limits button from the Circle toolbar and click at the origin. 22. Move the cursor vertically upward and specify a point whose coordinates are 0,10. 23. Move the cursor towards the left and click when the radius of the arc in the R edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 20mm. 24. Double-click the Circle button from the Circle toolbar and click on the center point of the top arc. 25. Press the TAB key thrice and enter 11 in the highlighted R edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar and press the ENTER key to create the circle. 26. Now select the center point of the left arc and move the cursor to a location where the radius of the arc in the R edit box of the Sketch tools toolbar displays a value of 10mm. 27. Press the ESC key to exit the active tool 28. This completes the Exercise 1 hence save the file by choosing the Save button and entering the appropriate file name and path in the Save As dialog box. 29. Select File > Close from the menu bar to close the file.


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F T T T F (b) Point Definition (d) Color (a) Fillet (c) Centered Parallelogram (d) Predefined Profile

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new Part file and invoke the Sketcher environment after selecting the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Invoke the Circle tool and draw circle of radius 40 units at the origin and of radius 20 units at the points with coordinates 130,80 and 130,-80. 3. Double-click the Bi-Tangent Line button from the Line toolbar. 4. Select the circle on the left and then the circle on the top, a bi-tangent line is created between the two selected circles. Make sure to select the circle, click closer to the point where tangency should be maintained on the circle. 5. Select the circle on the left and then the circle on the bottom. 6. Select the circle on the top of and the circle on the bottom. 7. Invoke the Elongated Hole tool from the Predefined Profile toolbar. 8. To specify the center line of the elongated hole click at 120,0 and move the cursor horizontally towards left and then click at 60,0 9. Next, to specify the radius of the elongated hole move the cursor and click when the value 10mm is displayed in the Radius edit box. 10. Invoke the Quick Trim tool from the Operation toolbar and trim the unwanted elements. 11. Invoke the Circle tool and draw circle of radius 30 units at the origin and of radius 10 units at the points with coordinates 130,80 and 130,-80. 12. Save the file.

Exercise 2 1. Start a new Part file and invoke the Sketcher environment after selecting the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Invoke the Line tool and draw the outer profile of the sketch. You also need to invoke the arc tool from within the Line tool. 3. Using the Cylindrical Elongated Hole tool draw the profile of the elongated slot. 4. Draw the elliptical profile using the Ellipse tool.

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F F T F T (b) Customized View Parameters (c) Pad (a) Iso-Constrained (a) Fix (a) Constraint

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Draw the outer profile of the sketch using the Circle and Line tools. You also need to trim the unwanted entities to complete the outer profile of the sketch. 3. Using the Circle tool, draw the inner profiles of the sketch. 4. Apply the required constraints and dimensions to fully define the sketch. 5. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 6. Invoke the Pad tool. The Pad Definition dialog box is displayed along with the preview of the extruded feature. 7. Set the value of the Length spinner to 50. 8. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box.

Exercise 2 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Draw the vertical centerline along which the sketch will be revolved. Now, draw the sketch on the right of the centerline. 3. Apply the required constraints and dimensions to fully define the sketch. 4. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 5. Invoke the Shaft tool. The Shaft Definition dialog box displayed along with the preview of the revolved feature. 6. Set the value of the First angle spinner to 360 if it is not set by default. 7. Choose the OK button from the Shaft Definition dialog box.


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T T T F T (d) Multi-Pad (a) Drafted and Filleted Pad (b) Up to last (a) Point on plane (c) Through point and line

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher environment using the ZX plane as the sketching plane. 2. Draw the sketch of the base feature, which consists of rectangle chamfered from the right side. 3. Apply the required constraints and dimensions to fully define the sketch. 4. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 5. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box. 6. Set the value of the Length spinner to 12 and select the Mirrored extent check box. 7. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 8. Select the ZX plane as the sketching plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 9. Draw the sketch of the second feature, which consists of a mirrored L shaped profile with fillet on the upper side of it. 10. Apply the required constraints and dimensions to fully define it and exit the Sketcher workbench. 11. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box. 12. Set the value of the Length spinner to 34 and select the Mirrored extent check box. 13. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 14. Select the front face of the second feature as the sketching plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 15. Draw the profile of the third feature, which consists of rectangular profile with top portion of it replaced by a semi-circular arc. 16. Apply the required constraints and dimensions. 17. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 18. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box. 19. Choose the Up to next option from the Type drop-down list and choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 20. Select the front face of the third feature as the sketching plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 21. Draw the profile of the hole and fully define the sketch. 22. Exit the Sketcher workbench and invoke the Pocket dialog box. 23. Set the value of the Depth spinner to 16. 24. Choose the OK button from the Pocket Definition dialog box.

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Exercise 2 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench by selecting the XY plane. 2. Draw the sketch of the base feature, which consists of a rectangle of 140X85. 3. Apply the required constraints and dimensions to fully define the sketch. 4. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 5. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box and set the value of the Length spinner to 18. 6. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 7. Select the left face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 8. Draw the sketch of the slot, which consists of a rectangle of 3X49. 9. Fully define the sketch and exit the Sketcher workbench. 10. Invoke the Pocket dialog box and choose the Up to last option from the Type drop-down list. 11. Choose the OK button from the Pocket Definition dialog box. 12. Select the back face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 13. Draw the profile of the third feature, which consists of arcs and lines. 14. Apply the required constraints and dimensions to fully define the sketch. 15. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 16. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box and set the value of the Length spinner to 12. 17. Choose the Reverse Direction button if required. 18. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 19. Select the front face of the third feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 20. Draw two concentric circles (R20 and DIA20). 21. Apply the required dimensions and constraints and exit the Sketcher workbench. 22. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box. 23. Set the value of the Length spinner to 18 and choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 24. Select the front face of the third feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 25. Draw two concentric circles (R28 and DIA30). 26. Apply the required dimensions and constraints and exit the Sketcher workbench. 27. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box and set the value of the Length spinner to 12. 28. Choose the More button and set the value of the Length spinner in the Second Limit area to 24. 29. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 30. Using the Pocket feature create the required holes.


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Trim ribbons setback F F F (a) Draft Angle (c) Thread/Tap (c) Tritangent Fillet (d) Thread Definition (d) None of these

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Draw the sketch of the base feature that consists of a C-section and apply the required constraints and dimensions. 3. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 4. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box and set the value of the Length spinner to 16. 5. Select the Mirrored extent check box and choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 6. Select the XY plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 7. Draw the sketch that consists of two concentric circles. Center point of these circles is at a distance of 167 from the left edge of the base feature. 8. Apply the required constraints and dimensions and exit the Sketcher workbench. 9. Set the length to 16 and select the Mirrored extent check box. 10. Choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 11. Create the third feature, which will join the first, and the second features. 12. Fillet the horizontal edges formed at the intersection of first and third feature. 13. Fillet the vertical edges created formed at the intersection of second and third feature. 14. Apply other fillets using the Tritangent Fillet tool. 15. Create the hole feature on the right of the base feature using the Hole tool. 16. Create a cutout in the middle of the third feature using the Pocket tool.

Exercise 2 1. Start the new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench by selecting the YZ plane as the sketching plane. 2. Draw the sketch (Refer front view of the Figure 6-108 for dimensions) of the base feature and apply the required constraints and dimensions. 3. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 4. Invoke the Pad Definition dialog box and set the value of the Length spinner to 55. 5. Select the Mirrored extent check box and choose the OK button from the Pad Definition dialog box. 6. Select the front face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 10 Designers


7. Draw the sketch of the second feature, which consists of an arc (R20) and a line. 8. Apply the required constraints and dimensions and exit the Sketcher workbench. 9. Extrude the sketch to a distance of 55 and choose the Reverse Direction button if required. 10. Select the top face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 11. Draw the sketch, which consists of a circle (DIA50). The center point of the circle will be coincident to the midpoint of the edge of the second feature. 12. Exit the Sketcher workbench and extrude the sketch to a distance of 40. 13. Again select the top face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 14. Draw the sketch, which consists of lines and a semi-circular arc (R20). 15. Extrude the sketch to a distance of 5. 16. Apply the required fillets using the Edge Fillet tool. 17. Add the required holes using the Hole tool.


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T T F F T Measure Between Keep measure Measuring Items Delete all children Edit

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane. 2. Draw the sketch, which consists of a rectangle (100X20). 3. Completely define the sketch and exit the Sketcher workbench. 4. Extrude the sketch to a length of 35 using the Mirrored extent option. 5. Select the top face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 6. Draw the sketch (Rectangle 40X30) and exit the sketcher environment. 7. Extrude the sketch to a distance of 3. 8. Apply a draft of 5-degrees to all the vertical faces of the model with bottom face of the first feature and top face of the second feature as the Neutral Element. 9. Fillet the required edges using the Edge Fillet tool. 10. Invoke the Shell Definition dialog box and select the bottom face of the base feature as the face to remove. 11. Set the value of the Default inside thickness spinner to 2 and choose the OK button from the Shell Definition dialog box. 12. Create the pocket feature using the Pocket tool.

Exercise 2 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane. 2. Draw the sketch of the base feature and completely define the sketch. 3. Exit the Sketcher workbench and extrude the sketch to a distance of 23 with the Mirrored extent check box selected. 4. Select the top face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 5. Draw the sketch (R54) of the second feature and apply the required constraints and dimensions. 6. Exit the Sketcher workbench and invoke the Pocket Definition dialog box. 7. Extrude the sketch using up to 54 units. 8. Apply the fillets of radius 8 unit on the model. 9. Select the bottom face of the base feature invoke the Sketcher workbench. 10. Draw the sketch that’s consists of two rectangles (26X26). 11. Apply the required constraints and dimensions. 12. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 13. Invoke the Pocket Definition dialog box. 12 Designers


14. Extrude the sketch to the depth of 4 and choose the OK button from the Pocket Definition dialog box. 15. Create two holes (DIA12) using Up to last option. 16. Select the bottom face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 17. Draw the sketch for two elongated holes using the Elongated Hole tool. 18. Extrude the sketch using the Pocket tool with the Up to last option.


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T T T F T (d) Intersect (b) Assemble (c) Symmetry (c) Body (a) Rotation Definition

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane. Draw the sketch of the base feature and fully define it (Refer front view for profile, Figure 8-108). Exit the Sketcher workbench and invoke the Pad Definition dialog box. Extrude the sketch to a length of 13 units. Select the ZX plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. Draw the sketch of the second feature and fully define it (Refer side view for profile). Extrude the sketch using the Pad tool to a length of 30 with the Mirrored extent check box selected. Select the top face of the second feature and draw the sketch of the slots that will remove the material from the second feature. Extrude the sketch using the Pocket tool using the Up to last option. Fillet the vertical edges (R5) that are formed as a result of the Pocket feature. Mirror the Pocket and the Fillet feature. Select the ZX plane and invoke the Sketcher environment. Draw the sketch for the rib feature. Make sure that this sketch should not be a closed sketch. Exit the Sketcher workbench. Invoke the Stiffener Definition dialog box. Set the value of the Thickness 1 spinner to 13 and choose the OK button from the Stiffener Definition dialog box. Apply the required fillets to the edges of the stiffener. Place a hole using the Hole tool on the front face of the base feature. Select the front face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. Place the points that are used to define the placement of instances while creating a user-defined pattern. Select the hole to pattern and invoke the User Pattern Definition dialog box. Select the sketch, which defines the position of the instances. Choose the OK button from the User Pattern Definition dialog box. Place a hole on the top face of the second feature. Invoke the Rectangular Pattern Definition dialog box. Select an edge of the model that defines the Y-direction. Set the value of the Instance(s) spinner to 2 and the Spacing spinner to 65.

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28. Invoke the Second Direction tab from the Rectangular Pattern Definition dialog box. 29. Select an edge of the model that defines the X-direction. 30. Set the value of the Instance(s) and the Spacing spinners to 2 and 36 respectively. 31. Choose the OK button from the Rectangular Pattern Definition dialog box.


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T T T T F (c) Slot (c) Guides (b) Thick Profile (b) Remove Multi-Sections Solid Definition (b) Neutral Fiber

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane. Draw the sketch of the center curve, which consists of a quarter arc (R260), a vertical, and a horizontal line (100 units) tangent to the arc. Make sure that the right endpoint of the horizontal line should coincide with the origin. Apply the dimensions and exit the Sketcher workbench. Select the ZX plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. Draw the sketch of profile, which consist of two concentric circles (DIA290, DIA210). Apply the dimensions and exit the Sketcher workbench. Invoke the Rib Definition dialog box. Create a rib feature by selecting the sketches that define profile and the center curve. Select the top face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. Draw the sketch of the second feature, which consists of a rectangle with filleted corners and circle. Apply the required dimensions and exit the Sketcher workbench. Extrude the sketch to the length of 50. Similarly, create another extruded feature on the right face of the base feature. Place a counter-bore hole on the back planar face of the second feature and pattern it. Similarly, place a counter-bore hole on the back planar face of the third feature and pattern it.

Exercise 2 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the XY plane. 2. Draw the sketch, which is a rectangle (125X50) and dimension it. 3. Extrude the sketch to a length of 50. 4. Select the ZX plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 5. Draw the sketch of the center curve of the rib feature that will be used to remove the material from the base feature. This sketch consists of an arc (R108). 6. Apply the required constraints and exit the Sketcher workbench. 7. Invoke the Sketcher workbench by selecting the left planar face.

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8. Draw the sketch of the profile (R75) using which you will remove the material from the base feature. Note that, the end point of the arc R108 and quadrant point of the arc R75 must coincide with each other. 9. Invoke the Slot Definition dialog box. 10. Select the sketches of the profile and the center curve. 11. Select the Merge Slot’s ends check box and choose the OK button from the Slot Definition dialog box. 12. Invoke the Draft Definition dialog box and select all the vertical faces as the faces to draft. 13. Select the bottom face of the base feature as the pulling direction. 14. Set the value of the Angle spinner to –5 and choose the OK button from the Draft Definition dialog box. 15. Select the bottom face of the base feature and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 16. Draw the profile of first section (Ellipse Rx15XRy10) for the removed loft feature and exit the Sketcher workbench. 17. Create a plane at an offset of 50 from the XY plane. 18. Select the newly created plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 19. Draw the sketch of the second section (Ellipse Rx25XRy17.5) for the removed loft feature and exit the Sketcher workbench. 20. Invoke the Removed Multi-Sections Solid Definition dialog box and select both the sections. 21. Flip the direction of either of the closing points if required. 22. Choose the OK button from the Removed Multi-Sections Solid Definition dialog box. 23. Fillet the required edges of the model using the Edge Fillet dialog box. 24. Shell the model by removing the bottom face of the model and leaving behind a thin walled model of 3 unit thickness. 25. Create the remaining features of the model using the Pad, Slot and the Hole tools.


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Helix Fill Sweep Offset Repeat object after OK (c) Offset (a) With two guide curves (b) Multi-Section Surface (b) Triam T

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the YZ plane. 2. Draw the sketch, which consists of a semi-circular arc of radius 50. 3. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 4. Create a plane at an offset distance of 150 from the YZ plane. 5. Select the newly created plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 6. Draw the sketch, which consists of a semi-circular arc of radius 100. 7. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 8. Invoke the Blend Definition dialog box. 9. Select both the sections and choose the OK button from the Blend Definition dialog box. 10. Create a plane at an offset distance of 150 from the ZX plane. 11. Select the newly created plane and draw the sketch, which consists of a semicircular arc of radius 25. 12. Draw a sketch of semi-circular arc of radius 50 on the ZX plane. 13. Create a blended surface by selecting the sketches drawn in the previous steps. 14. Similarly, create a blended surface on the other side. 15. Create a plane at an offset distance of 150 from the XY plane. 16. Draw the sketch on the newly created plane, which consists of a circle of diameter 50. 17. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 18. Draw a sketch, which consists of a diameter 100 on the XY plane. 19. Create a blended surface using these two sketches. 20. Use the Line and the Fill tool create surfaces to cap all the open surfaces except the bottom boundary. 21. Trim the unwanted surfaces.

Exercise 2 1. Start a new file in the Part Design workbench and invoke the Sketcher workbench using the XY plane. 2. Draw the sketch of the guide curve for swept surface. This sketch consists of a rectangular section with filleted corners (150X75 and R25). 3. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 4. Select the YZ plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench.

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5. Draw the sketch of the profile, which consists of a vertical line (25 units) with two tangent curves (R1.5 and R3). 6. Exit the Sketcher workbench. 7. Invoke the Swept Surface Definition dialog box. 8. Select the sketches that are drawn for the profile and the guide curves. 9. Choose the OK button from the Swept Surface Definition dialog box. 10. Invoke the Point Definition dialog box and set the value of the Z spinner to 5. 11. Choose the OK button from this dialog box. 12. Create the fill surface to create the bottom surface of the model. You need to select the newly placed point as the passing point while creating the fill surface. 13. Draw the sketch for the elongated slots on the XY plane. 14. Extrude the sketch using the Extruded Surface Definition dialog to both the sides of the sketching plane. 15. Remove the unwanted surfaces using the Split tool.


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F T T F T (b) Affinity Definition (c) Symmetry Definition (c) Close Surface (b) Tangent (a) Untrim

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Start a new file in the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench. 2. Draw an arc of radius 750 and two tangent lines (30 and 20 units) on the YZ plane and exit the Sketcher workbench. Note that, the extreme ends of the sketch should coincide with the horizontal reference. 3. Extrude the sketch to a distance of 50 on both the sides using the Extrude Surface Definition tool. 4. Select the XY plane as the sketching plane and invoke the Sketcher workbench. 5. Draw a closed profile, which consists of two arcs (R1000) and two lines (85 units). The corners of the profile are filleted (R15). 6. Fully define the sketch and exit the Sketcher workbench. 7. Extrude the sketch using the Extruded Surface Definition dialog box with the value of Limit 1 to 50 and the Limit 2 to 20. 8. Using the Split tool remove the unwanted upper portion of the newly extruded surface. 9. Using the Split tool remove the unwanted portion of the base surface. 10. Join all the unwanted surfaces using the Join tool. 11. Invoke the Part Design workbench. 12. Create a solid body using the Close Surface tool. 13. Fillet the edges (R5) of the solid body using the Edge Fillet tool. 14. Create a thin-walled (3 units) body using the Shell tool by removing the bottom face of the model. 15. Using the Pocket tool create the final cutout on the lower portion of the model (150X5).

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Coincidece Hide/Show Smart Move Sectioning Existing Component (b) Clash (c) Change Constraint (a) Quick Constraint (a) Instantiation on a pattern (b) Fix Component

Solutions to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Create all the components and save them in a folder named Radial Engine Subassembly. 2. Start a new file in the Assembly Design workbench. 3. Place the Actuated Rod in the assembly document and apply the Fix constraint to it. 4. Place the Rod Bush Lower in the assembly document and apply the Coincident constraint between the central axis (DIA15) of Actuated Rod and the central axis of the Rod Bush Lower. 5. Apply the Offset constraints with the value 0 units offset value and the Same orientation option between the Actuated Rod and the Rod Bush Lower. 6. Similarly, place the Rod Bush Upper in the assembly document and apply the Coincident constraint and Offset constraints to assemble it with the Actuated Rod. 7. Place the Piston Pin in the assembly document and assemble it with the Actuation Rod. 8. Place the Piston and assemble it with the Piston Pin and Actuating Rod. 9. Place the Piston ring in the assembly and assemble it with the first slot in the piston. 10. Similarly assemble remaining instances of the piston ring with the respective slots. 11. Place and assemble two instances of the Piston Pin Plug to the Piston. 12. To change the part number invoke the Properties dialog box and enter Piston Actuating Rod Subassembly in the Part Number edit box and then choose OK. 13. Save this assembly with the name Piston Actuating Rod Subassembly. 14. Start a new file in the Assembly Design workbench. 15. Place the Master Rod in the assembly file and apply the Fix constraint to it. 16. Place the Piston Actuating Rod Subassembly in the assembly. 17. Assemble it to the Master Rod using the assembly constraints. 18. Place another three instances of the Piston Actuating Rod Subassembly and assemble it with the Master Rod Subassembly. 19. Assemble the other components, which include Rod Bush Upper, Piston Pin, Piston, Piston Pin Plug, Piston, Piston Ring, and Link Pin to the Master Rob Subassembly. 20. Save the file with the name Main Assembly.


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T F T T T (a) Aligned Section Cut (c) Properties (b) New Drawing Creation (b) Projection View (b) Front, Top and Left

Solution to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Create all the components of the V-Block assembly and then assemble them together in an assembly file. 2. Close all the files except the assembly file. 3. Start a new file in the Drafting workbench from the File menu. 4. Select the sheet of A3 ISO format and ISO standard from the New Drawing dialog box. 5. Choose the OK button from the New Drawing dialog box. 6. Set the projection standard from first angle to third standard using the Properties dialog box. 7. Generate the front, top, and right views using the View Wizard dialog box. 8. Generate isometric view using the Isometric View tool and place it close to the upper right corner of the sheet. 9. Generate the detail view using the Detail View tool.

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T T T F F Reset Length of weld Edit > Working Views Resizing Generate Dimensions Step by Step

Solution to Exercises Exercise 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Copy the Blower Assembly folder from the Chapter 12 folder to the current folder. Open the Blower Assembly product file. Start a new file in the Drafting workbench using the File menu by selecting the sheet size as A2 ISO from the New Drawing dialog box. Set the projection standard from first angle to third standard. Create the format by editing the sheet. Generate the front, top, and the right views using the View Wizard dialog box. Generate an isometric view on the right of the drawing sheet. Switch to the assembly file and generate numbering to be use in BOM using the Generate Numbering dialog box. Choose Analyze > Bill of Material from the menu bar and edit the format of BOM in the Bill of Material dialog box. Switch to the drawing file and choose Insert > Generation > Bill of Material from the menu bar. Place the BOM on the upper right corner of the drawing sheet. Activate the isometric view and choose Insert > Balloon generation from the menu bar. Modify the position of the balloons.


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Solution to Exercises Exercise 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

Invoke the Sheet Metal Parameters dialog box and specify the values 1 and 2 in the Thickness and Default Bend Radius spinners, respectively. Choose the OK button to exit from the Sheet Metal Parameters dialog box. Draw the sketch of the base wall. For dimensions, refer to figure 15-157 (front view) and exit the sketcher environment. Choose the Wall button; the Wall Definition dialog box is displayed. Also, preview of the wall is displayed. Choose OK to create the wall and exit the Wall Definition dialog box. Invoke the Wall On Edge Definition dialog box. Select the bottom edge (35 units) of the base wall, the preview is displayed in the drawing area. Set the value 30 in the Height spinner and 90deg in the Angle spinner. Exit from the Wall Definition dialog box by choosing the OK button. Invoke the Wall On Edge Definition dialog box. Select the right edge (15 units) of the base wall, the preview is displayed in the drawing area. Set the value 10 in the Height spinner and 90deg in the Angle spinner. Exit from the Wall Definition dialog box by choosing the OK button. Invoke the Wall On Edge Definition dialog box. Select the right edge (25 units) of the base wall, the preview is displayed in the drawing area. Set the value 30 in the Height spinner and 90deg in the Angle spinner. Choose the Extremities tab and set the value –5mm in the Right offset spinner. Choose OK to create the wall and exit the dialog box. Similarly, create other walls (of 10 units) by using the Wall On Edge Definition dialog box. Create four holes of diameters 2 using the Hole Definition dialog box. For the placement of the holes, refer to figure 15-157. Finally create the hole of diameter 4 using the Hole Definition dialog box. For the placement of the holes, refer to figure 15-157. Choose the Save button to save the component and close the file.

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Universal Point Surface Spherical Joint Assembly Constraints Conversion Rigid (d) Planar Joint Simulate with Command Length Driven Same Gear Ratio Definition

Solution to Exercises Exercise 1 1. Open product (assembly) file that was created in the Exercise 1 of Chapter 13. 2. Choose Start > Digital Mockup > DMU Kinematics from the menu bar to invoke the DMU Kinematics workbench. 3. Start a new mechanism by choosing Insert > New Mechanism from the menu bar. 4. Fix the V-Block for the mechanism. 5. Apply the Rigid joint between the V-Block and the U-Clamp. 6. Apply the Screw joint between the U-Clamp and the Fastener.

Exercise 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Create all the parts of the mechanism and save them in the Exe 2 folder. Start a new file in the DMU Kinematics workbench. Insert all the parts in it. Start a new mechanism by choosing Insert > New Mechanism from the menu bar. Fix the Surface for the mechanism. Apply the Prismatic joint between the Guide and the Surface. Apply the Point Surface joint between the Pointer and the Surface. Apply the Cylindrical joint between the Guide and the Pointer. Apply the Prismatic joint between the Sketch line and the Arm Guide.


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