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T H E L A B O R A T O R Y S E SS I O N 1 F O R D Y NA M I C S O F M E C H A N I S M S A N D RO B O T S C O U R S E
I. Lab Objective
The SolidWorks software is a mechanical design automation application that takes advantage of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface. This software makes it possible for designers to quickly sketch out ideas, experiment with features and dimensions, and produce models and detailed drawings. In this Lab session, we will walk through some basic steps to create a model. We will create some individual parts of a full model, after that we gather all parts together by assembly feature. Cosmos Motion will then use the model in next Lab sessions for creating motion simulation. This lesson includes:
Adding a boss feature Adding a cut feature Modifying features (changing dimensions)
D isplaying a section view of a part
II.
Lab Assessment
The scoring structure mentioned here is for this Lab only; final Lab score will be combined from all individual Lab scores. If students are working in group, score will be same for all students in group. Tran Thi Luyen ttluyen@ait.ac.th Page 1
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In case a student is absent, he (she) will not get the Attendance score. However, he (she) still can get other scores if he (she) submits (shows) the completion of assignments to the Lab Instructor by the time specified by the Lab Instructor. No group score is applied for absent student. Criteria Attendance Completion of Lab session 1 Total Score (percent) 20 80 100
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Lab Setup
Convention: inches are used as units in this Lab session. To change the unit to inches for a document, select Tools | Options | Document Properties | Units | IPS (inch, pound, second). Use Solidworks 2009 software to sketch 3D entity. Open the Solidworks in your computer to do this Lab session. In this lab session you will create a Crank Slider as follow:
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Figure 1 Crank-Slider
This Crank Slider consists of 4 parts: Bearing, Rod, Crank and Piston We will create these 4 parts separately, and then assemble them together.
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Figure 2 - C rank
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3. Click Extruded Boss/Base on the Features toolbar. The Front, Top, and Right planes appear. Notice that as you move the pointer over a plane, the border of the plane is highlighted. 4. Select the Front plane. The display changes so that the Front plane is facing you. The Sketch toolbar commands appear in the CommandManager, and a sketch opens on the Front plane. 5. Click Arc on the Sketch toolbar. 6. Move the pointer to the sketch origin. Tran Thi Luyen ttluyen@ait.ac.th Page 4
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7. Click the origin, and then move the pointer to create a arc. 8. Click Line on the Sketch toolbar to create 2 lines as Figure 3
Adding Dimensions
1. Click Options on the Standard toolbar. 2. On the System Options tab, click General. 3. Clear Input dimension value, then click OK. This prevents automatic display of the Modify dialog box that is used for inputting new dimension values. 4. Click Smart Dimension on the Sketch toolbar. 5. Select the arcs and lines, and then click a location for the dimension as specified in Figure 3
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Figure 4
2. In the PropertyManager, under Direction 1: Select Blind in End Condition. Set Depth to 0.3
3. Click OK to create the extrusion. 4. Sketch the circle from one face of Crank as bellow:
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5. Click Features Extruded Boss/ Base, the view of the sketch changes to trimetric, and a preview of the extrusion appears in the graphics area.
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In the PropertyManager, under Direction 1: Select Blind in End Condition. Set Depth to 0.3
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4. In the File name box, type crank and click Save. Tran Thi Luyen ttluyen@ait.ac.th Page 8
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The extension .sldprt is added to the filename, and the file is saved.
2. Rod
Figure 9 Rod
Similar as creating the Crank, now we create the Rod with the dimension as bellow:
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Figure 10
Sketch the circle with the dimension 0.5in and click Extruded Boss/Base from the Features with all setting as Figure 11
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Click Extruded Boss/Base from the Features with all setting as Figure 13
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Figure 13
Sketch the circle at another side of Rod with dimension 0.3in to create a pin and click Extruded Boss/Base from the Features with all setting as Figure 14
Figure 14
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Now we save the part with the name Rod. Two parts left are Piston and Bearing, you follow all figures to create 2 parts
3. Piston
Figure 15 Piston
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Figure 20
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Figure 21
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4. Bearing
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Figure 24 Beari ng
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2. Click Assembly, and then click OK. A new Assembly window appears. 3. The Insert Component PropertyManager appears. 4. Under Part/Assembly to Insert, select Bearing 5. Click anywhere in the graphics area to place Bearing. 6. In the PropertyManager under Parts/Assemblies to Insert, select Crank 7. Click in the graphics area to place Crank besides Bearing. 8. Click OK. 9. Click Zoom to Fit. 10. Save the assembly as Crank Slider. (The .sldasm extension is added to the file name.) If you see a message about saving referenced documents, click Yes. Mating the Components In this topic, you define assembly mating relations between the components, making them align and fit together. 1. Click Mate on the Assembly toolbar. The Mate PropertyManager appears. 2. In the graphics area, select the face of Crank, then select the inside face of the Bearing as the Figure 28 3. The Mate pop-up toolbar appears, and the components move into place, previewing the mate. The edges are listed in the Entities to Mate box under Mate Selections in the PropertyManager. 4. On the Mate pop-up toolbar, do the following:
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Figure 28
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6. Click OK
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Continue the mate coincident 2 orients the Crank to upright position as show in Figure 31
Figure 31
Now we assemble mates for Rod Tran Thi Luyen ttluyen@ait.ac.th Page 23
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Repeat from step 3 to insert Rod into the assembly window, and then assemble mates for Rod as Figure 32
Insert the Piston and assemble mates for Piston as show in Figure 33
Now we have finished Lab Session 1 with Crank Slider as show in Figure 34
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Figure 34 C rank-Slider
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