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Lab 2: Adding a Part to the ProductDocument

Objective

The objective of this lab is to introduce the procedure for adding a Part Document to anexisting Product Document

Lab 2 Agenda

1 Activating the Product !or"bench

#electing the $e% Part Document &con

2 Adding 'eometr( to the $e% Part Document

#ettings:

!ithin the )irtualLab environment there is an optional setting that allo%s the user to re*name a part file at the point it is inserted into a Product document The follo%ing picture

sho%s the +Displa( the ,$e% Part- dialog box. toggle in the Tools Options dialogThis dialog is launched from the main menu of )irtualLab /otion

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&f this toggle is not selected0 the user can still change the name of a part document To changethe name of a part document after it has been inserted into a product document0 ight*lic" onthe document and pic" Properties from the drop do%n menu

Activating the Product !or"benchDouble*lic" the branch of the #pecification Tree labeled Product13OOT

$otice that the &con sho%n to the left of this branch has t%o gears This icon al%a(sidentifies a Product document0 and can be used to activate the /otion Product Design!or"bench

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Once this branch has been selected the /otion Product Design !or"bench should

appear %ith the follo%ing &con:

#electing the $e% Part Document &con:

Once the Product Document has been activated0 inserting a ne% Part Document isexecuted b( selecting the $e% Part &con:

#elect this button once This ma( bring up the $e% Part $umber Dialog 5ield:

&f so0 t(pe Part 2into the $e% Part $umber 5ield0 select OK

6ven if the Part $umber dialog does not appear0 a ne% Part Document branch %ill beadded %ithin the #pecification Tree beneath the Product13OOT Product Document

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&t is possible to modif( the name of this document ight*lic" on the Part Documentbranch0 and select Properties from the resulting menu !ithin the Properties dialog0clic" on the Product tab There are t%o field entries that %ill need to be modified 5irstchange the name of the Part Document in the Part $umber 5ield 6ntr( #econd0 (oucan also modif( the &nstance $ame 5ield 6ntr( An instance name is necessar(because the same part ma( appear multiple times in the same Product Document

Adding 'eometr( to the Part 2 Part DocumentThis section of the lab %ill focus on defining a c(lindrical solid %ithin the Part 2 PartDocument

Activating the Part !or"bench

Double*lic" the Part 2 Part Document 8ranch of the #pecification Tree indicated b(the single gear &con:

To add solid geometr( it %ill be necessar( to use the #olid 'eometr( !or"benchhec" the icon at the top of the %or"bench to determine if the #olid 'eometr(!or"bench is active0 the #olid 'eometr( icon loo"s li"e this:

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&f the !ireframe and #urface 'eometr( icon is displa(ed on the %or"bench instead ofthe #olid 'eometr( %or"bench the procedure to s%itch bet%een these %or"benches isas follo%s:

#elect Start GeometrySolid Geometryfrom the /ain /enu

Opening the #"etcher %indo%

8eneath the Part 2 Part Document0 #elect the branch labeled xy-plane This is doneb( a single clic" using the left mouse button &t should highlight orange once selected

5rom the Part Design !or"bench select the #"etcher 8utton:

Once the #"etcher 8utton has been selected the #creen %ill change to sho% a 2dimensional #"etching 'rid &f the entire grid is not visible0 oom out until it appears Ane% #"etcher !or"bench %ill appear to the right0 indicated b( the #"etcher &con:

The profile of the c(linder %ill be a circle 5rom the #"etcher !or"bench0 lic" theircle button:

To s"etch a circle0 clic" once %ith the left mouse button at the origin of the part indicatedb( the intersecting (ello% horiontal ;

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Toggle the /irrored extent option and then #elect OK

The result should be a solid c(linder:

This concludes Lab #ession 2