PARTS
All part features should be unsuppressed when releasing (making the
final version) the part.
Part must have material property and color assigned
Part must not be in roll-back mode
Features and sketches must be named
All sketched must be fully defined
Use mm, N, s, K units (important for analysis)
Zoom to fit and position in isometric view (or other meaningful view)
before saving
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ASSEMBLIES
Assembly of 3D solid modeling software in general does not
contain “assembly” geometry. The assembly contains
components (i.e. parts and lower level assemblies) assembled
together in the intended manner.
Assembly contains information on where to find parts and how
are parts oriented relative to each other (mated).
The only features that can be defined in assembly are “negative”
features (cut)
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ASSEMBLIES
When retrieving the assembly (opening assembly file), CAD program
needs the following information:
- BOM (Bill of Material) structure: This information is stored within
assembly file and is used to retrieve all listed components. It is obvious,
that the system has to be able to “see” and retrieve all components
regardless where they reside on the network.
- “Mating” information: How feature surfaces of individual components are
assembled - mated to their parent components.
- Feature information: Assembly cuts (in case they have been created) and
parts/features that are being intersected by them.
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ASSEMBLIES
BOM
MATING INFO
ASSEMBLY
FEATURE (CUT)
shear pin.sldasm
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ASSEMBLIES
An assembly structure can have as many lower assembly levels
as needed. They should reflect the logical structure of the
designed product.
four plates and bar.sldasm
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ASSEMBLIES
Collision detection and physical dynamics
two gears.sldasm
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ASSEMBLIES
Crank shaft assembly
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ASSEMBLIES
Elliptic trammel
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FILE MANAGEMENT
Be careful moving assembly files, do not destroy relations between
assembly and components.
Use “Pack and Go” feature to keep relations while moving files
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FILE MANAGEMENT
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EXPLODED VIEWS
Learn to use exploded views
Oldham coupling.SLDASM
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SECTION VIEWS
Learn to use section views (in parts and assemblies)
shear pin. sldasm
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WORKING WITH IMPORTED GEOMETRY
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WORKING WITH IMPORTED GEOMETRY
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DRAWINGS
Views using first angle projection;
Views using third angle projection;
used in Europe.
used in North America
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DRAWINGS
Customary views using third angle projection
bracket 01.sldprt
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DRAWINGS
Customary views using first angle projection
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DRAWINGS
Automatic dimensions are most often not acceptable
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DRAWINGS
Dimensions must either modified or created
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DRAWINGS
BOM
TOC
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DRAWINGS
Learn to use all types of views in drawings
Learn BOM
Learn TOC
Learn dimensioning
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Learn fits and GD&T; we’ll cover this later in the course
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ON LINE MODELS
http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/
Great site for selection design
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ON LINE MODELS
http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/3DContentCentral/
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ON LINE RESOURCES
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ON LINE RESOURCES
http://www.solidworks.com/
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