Custom Wheel - SolidWorks Tutorial

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Custom Wheel - SolidWorks Tutorial

This is a simple wheel design to shown you how it's done. The main thing that you want to do is to getthe main concepts for each step: the revolves, cut extrude at a specified direction, circular patterns,and cut revolve. Then, explore and create your own profiles to create your own wheels. If you arereally proud of your work, I would love to see it. Just email me at [email protected].

To start out, open a new part document. I used mm for my units. Start a sketch on the Front plane and draw the

following sketch. The best way is to draw the basic shapes without the fillets and dimension it. Create about a

35mm vertical Line directly below the Origin and going downward. Continue with a second line about 9mm at

135 degrees, down and to the right. The third line continues down about 116mm, but at a sharper angle, justdon’t let it lock in as vertical. Next, about a 62 mm line to the left and make it perpendicular to the third line.

Then make about a 69 mm horizontal line to the right. The next line goes up about 32mm and to the right at

about 60 degrees. And another one up and to the left about 120mm. This line will be parallel to the similar line

shown to the left of it in the sketch (the third line). Now up about 13mm and to the left again, this one is at 135

degrees and is parallel to the second line. From here, create a vertical line which ends a little higher than the firstone started but below the Origin. Then, finally close the loop.

Create one more line, a horizontal Centerline through the Origin. Then, add the dimensions below.

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Then, add your fillets. Break the sharp corners with a 6 radius fillet. I did this in five places. I also turned off thesketch relations so that you could see the sketch better. (Pull down the "View" menu and uncheck Sketch

Relations). Exit the sketch.

With the sketch selected in the FeatureManager design tree, click the Revolved Boss/Base button from the

Features CommandManager tab, or pull down the "Insert" menu and pick Boss/Base - Revolve.

In the graphics area, pick the centerline of the sketch that goes through the origin. In the Revolve

PropertyManager, make sure that the Angle is set to 360 and click OK .



That's the first step to creating the wheel. Next, you are going to prepare for your cut that will reveal the spokes.

To do this, create a new sketch on the Front plane, and sketch the two centerlines as shown below. Make sure

that the angled centerline in coincident to the front edge line as shown by the black endpoint.

Exit the sketch. Now you are going to create a new plane by copying the Right plane at the endpoint of your angled centerline. To do this, in the FeatureManager design tree, click on Right Plane so that it is shown in the

graphics area. Then, hold down the Ctrl key and drag the plane in the graphics area to the right and let go of the

mouse button. In the graphics area, pick the endpoint of the angled centerline as shown below. Once the preview

is correct, click OK in the Plane PropertyManager.



Start a sketch on the new plane that you just created. Pick the the outside circle and click Convert Entities from

the "Sketch" toolbar in the CommandManager, or pull down the "Tools" menu and pick Sketch Tools - Convert

Entities. Then create a small circle at the lower endpoint of the angled centerline from the previous sketch. Add

two tangent angled lines, and then trim everything up as shown below. Right click on the top arc and pick Select

Midpoint from the menu. Hold down the Ctrl key and pick the centerpoint of the small arc. In the Properties

PropertyManager, pick the Vertical relation and click OK . Finally, add the two dimensions shown and exit the

sketch.

With the sketch selected in the FeatureManager design tree, click the Extruded Cut button from the Features

CommandManager tab, or pull down the "Insert" menu and pick Cut - Extrude.

In the Extrude PropertyManager, set the End Condition to Through All. Click in the Direction of Extrusion box. Then, pick the angled centerline from the graphics area, and then click OK .



Start a sketch on the Front plane and draw the sketch below. Make sure that the left most vertical line is

Coincident to the Origin and the rightmost vertical line is Collinear to the right edge of the part, as shown

below. Exit the sketch.

With the sketch selected in the FeatureManager design tree, click the Revolved Cut button from the Features

CommandManager tab, or pull down the "Insert" menu and pick Cut - Revolve.

In the Cut-Revolve PropertyManager, click in the Axis of Revolution box. Then, pick the bottom horizontal line

in the sketch. Make sure the Angle is set to 360 and then click OK .



Now, in the next step, you will create a circular pattern to create the rest of the spoke and lug nut holes. All youhave to do is click the Circular Pattern button from the Features CommandManager tab, or pull down the

"Insert" menu and pick Pattern - Circular.

In the CirPattern PropertyManager, click in the Features to Pattern box and then, in the flyout design tree,

pick the Extrude and the Cut-Revolve. In the graphics area, pick the centerline of the part. Make sure that the

Angle is set to 360 and set the Number of Instances to '5'. Click OK .

This is where you can play with the number of spokes by changing the Number of Instances. Equal spacing is

easier to do than trying to calculate the angles manually.



Lastly, start a sketch on the Front plane and draw the following sketch. Make sure that the right side is

Collinear to Plane1 and the top line of the sketch is Collinear to the bottom edge of the part.

Then, add your fillets. Start with the largest fillets first and work your way down. I also turned off the sketch

relations so that you could see the sketch better. (Pull down the "View" menu and uncheck Sketch Relations).

Exit the sketch.

With the sketch selected in the FeatureManager design tree, click the Revolved Boss/Base button from the

Features CommandManager tab, or pull down the "Insert" menu and pick Boss/Base - Revolve.

In the graphics area, pick the horizontal centerline of the sketch that goes through the origin. In the Revolve

PropertyManager, make sure that the Angle is set to 360 and click OK .



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