SolidWorks® Tutorial 2

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SolidWorks Tut orial 2

PI CTURE HOLDER


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Tutorial 2: Picture Holder 2

Pictu re holder

In this tutorial you will create a picture holder, consisting of a rectangular base with 4 vertical axes on it.

You will get to know some new features, such as theChamfercommand. You will also get to know theAssembliescommand.

Work plan This time we will also examine how to shape this design. It has two differentparts, which we will design separately. We will then join them together in anassembly.

We will start with the base. We will follow the same steps as we would in

the workshop:1. Use a piece of material with following dimensions: 150x46x12.

2. Chamfer the ribs of the top plane.

3. Drill four holes with a diameter of 5.

4. Counter bore the holes on the bottom plane.


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1 Start SolidWorks and opena new file by clicking onNew.

2 Of course we will start bymaking a part.

1 Click on the Part but-ton in the menu first.

2 Then click on OK.

3 Click on Top Plane in theleft column of the Featu-reManager.

In this plane we will makea sketch.

4 Click on Sketch in theCommandManager (whichis the menu at the top of the screen) to show theright buttons. Then click onRectangle to draw a rec-tangle.


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5 Put the mouse right abovethe origin, and it willchange shape like in theview on the right.

Click once.

6 Move the mouse awayfrom the origin. The di-mensions of the rectangle

you are drawing will ap-pear at the cursor. The ac-curate dimensions are notimportant yet.

Click again to draw the rec-tangle.

7 Now, we will determine theaccurate dimensions: clickon Smart Dimension inthe CommandManager.

8 Next, click on the upperhorizontal line. Move thecursor up and click at arandom position to set thedimension.


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9 A menu will automaticallyappear in which you canset the accurate dimen-sion.

Change the dimension to

150 and click on OK (thegreen check icon).

10 Do the same with the ver-tical side of the rectangle.Make this dimension 46.

The sketch should nowlook like the view on theright.

11 The sketch is now ready,and we will transform it in-to a rectangular piece ofmaterial.

Click on Features in theCommandManager andnext on ExtrudedBoss/Base.

12 Fill in a height of 12 on theleft side of the screen andclick on OK.


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13 There, the first feature isdone already!

14 Before we continue, makesure no feature is still ac-tive.

Watch the right top cornerof your screen. If you seeone of the views on theright, then click on the red

X to close any openedcommands.

15 Next, we will create thechamfer on the top plane.

To do so, you do not haveto make a sketch first.

Click on the top plane of the block to select it.

16 1. Click on the arrow di-rectly below the Filletbutton in the Com-mandManager to show

the roll-down menu.

2. Click onChamfer.


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17 Next, you must check andset a number of items.

1. Be sure the optionsFull preview is se-lected. This will give

you a good view of thechanges that are goingto happen.

2. When everything isright, only one Face(plane) is selected inthe blue field (read theTip below).

3. Set a chamfer of 3mmand 45 deg.

4. If everything is set,

click on OK.

Tip! In SolidWorks you will often see a blue selection field, like in step 17. In thisfield you will see the elements of a part on which a command will be ex-ecuted.

You can remove elements by selecting them and using the -button.

You can add elements by selecting them in the part.

In case you have more than one selection field, there will always be onlyone active field (blue). To activate another one, click inside of the desiredfield.

18 The chamfer is done now.

Tip! Remember that you can zoom in and out at all times, or you can rotate themodel to get just the right view:


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Zooming in and out is done by turning the scroll-wheel of the mouse.

Rotating is done by pushing the scroll-wheel of the mouse and movingthe mouse.

You can also use theView Orientation button to put your model directly inthe right position.

19 We are now going todrillthe holes.

Select the top plane of theblock by clicking on it.

20 Click on the View Orienta-tion button at the top of the screen and next click onNormal To.

This command rotates themodel and gives you a di-rect view of the plane youwill be working on.


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21 1 Click onSketch in theCommandManager.

2 Click on the arrow nexttoLine.

3 Click on Centerline.Centerlines are construc-tion lines that can help youwith the design of a part.

22 Next, draw a rectangle byusing four lines.

Notice the construction

lines will appear andremain. These will helpyou to draw horizontaland vertical lines andmake sure that thefourth corner will ex-actly fit underneath thefirst one (look at thedrawing on the right).In this way you will geta closed rectangle.

Be sure that the cor-

ners of the rectangleare not set directlyabove or on top of another element, suchas the edge of a plane.

After you have drawn

the last line you mustpush the buttonon your keyboard toend the command.

23 Next, draw the holes. Clickon Circle in the Com-mandManager.


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24 Click at one of the cornersof the rectangle, move themouse, and click again (donot click on another ele-ment) to draw the circle.

The exact dimension of thecircle will be determinedlater.

25 Use this method to draw acircle on every corner ofthe rectangle.

After drawing all four cir-cles, push the but-ton on your keyboard toend the command.

26 Next, we want to set thedimensions. Click on SmartDimension.

27 Set the first dimension:

1 Click on the lower hori-zontal line of the model.

2 Next, click on the bot-tom construction line of

the rectangle you havejust drawn.

3 Next, click beside themodel to position thedimension.


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28 You can fill in a dimensionof 16 in the menu that ap-pears and then click on theOK icon.

29 Use this method to set adimension between thebottom line of the modeland the top constructionline of the rectangle.

This dimension is set to 31.

30 Next, you will set two hori-zontal dimensions to de-termine the distance be-tween the left side of themodel and the left andright construction line ofthe rectangle in exactly thesame way. Set these di-mensions to 10 and 140.


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31 The diameter of the holesmust be set now.

Stay in the Smart Dimen-sion command.

Click on a circle and clickbeside the model to setand position the dimen-sion.

32 Enter a dimension of 5 forthe circle and click on theOK icon.

Push the buttonon the keyboard to closethe Smart Dimension com-mand.

33 To set the same dimensionfor all circles, you do thefollowing:

1 Click on one of the cir-cles.

2-4 Push and hold the button on yourkeyboard. Next click onthe other circles oneby one.

5 Release the button.

If you did this properly, allfour circles are now se-lected (and turned green).If not, click beside themodel to unselect every-thing and try again.


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34 1 Check in the left bluefield on your screenwhen you have se-lected the four circlesand nothing else. In

the field, Arc will bevisible four times.

2 If so, click on Equal.

You have now added a re-lation. This relation makessure that the four holes willalways be the same size.

35 The sketch is finished andwe can continue by makingthe holes.

Click on Features in theCommandManager andnext onExtruded Cut.

36 Rotate the model (push thescroll-wheel and move your

mouse) so you can get abetter view.

Chose the depth of theholes Through All: theholes will go through thecomplete depth of the ma-terial.

Click on OK.


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37 Finally, we have to coun-tersink the holes.

Rotate the model so youhave a good look at thebottom plane.

1. Click on the arrow un-derneath the Filletbutton in the Com-mandManager.

2. Click onChamfer.

38 To set the slope, you dothe following:

1. Select the option FullPreview, so you cansee what is going tohappen.

2. Set the characteristicsof the slopes on1.5mm and 45 deg.

3-6 Select the edges of the

four holes. ONLY selectthe edges and not theplanes. In the bluefield you will read

Edge four times.If you have selected anincorrect element, clickon it in the blue fieldand push the button on yourkeyboard. Try so selectthe right element

again.7. When you have se-

lected the right ele-ments, click on OK.


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39 The holes now have acountersink and the firstpart of this model is ready.

Click onSavein the uppermenu and save your model

as: base.SLDPRT.

Work plan Next, we need to make the second part, the axis. Again, we will make awork plan first.

We will create this model in three steps:

1. We will take the basic material of 8 x 48.

2. We will cut a part at the bottom of the axis to 5 x 14.

3. We will make a sloped edge at the top.

We have seen all these steps before. Therefore, try to make the axis without

using the description which follows!

40 Start a new part. Click onNew in the upper menuand choosePart.


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41 We will use theTop-planeto make the first sketch:

1. Select the Top-planein the FeatureManager.

2. Click on Sketch in theCommandManager toreveal the right but-tons.

3. Click on Circle.

42 Draw a circle. Click on the

origin and next move themouse away from the ori-gin and click again to drawa random circle.

43 Set the dimension withSmart Dimension:

1. Click onSmart Dimen-sion in the Command-

Manager.

2. Click on the circle.

3. Set the dimension byclicking beside the cir-cle.

4. Change the dimensionto 8mm in the menu.

5. Click on OK.


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44 Click on Features in theCommandManager andnext on ExtrudedBoss/Base.

45 1. Drag the arrows in themodel to a length of

48mm.

Of course you can also

do this by filling in thedimension of 48 in thePropertyManager.

2. Click on OK.

3.

46 Rotate the model to get agood view of the bottom ofthe part (use the scroll-wheel of the mouse). Clickon this plane to select it (itturns green).

4.


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47 Click on Sketch in theCommandManager andnext on Circle.

5.

48 Draw a circle in the se-lected plane. Click on theorigin to get the center ofthe circle right. Next, movethe mouse to draw a circlewith a random dimension

and click again.

6.

49 Set a dimension of 5 mmfor the circle.

7.

50 Click on Features in theCommandManager andnext onExtruded Cut.

8.


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51 1 Set the depth to14mm.

2 Check Flip Side to Cutto cut away the outermaterial.

3 Click on OK.

52 The last feature that wehave to make is the cham-fer at the top of the axis.

Rotate the model so youcan get a good view of thetop plane.

Click on Chamfer in theCommandManager.


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53 Check and set the follow-ing features:

1. Select the top plane of the axis.

2. Set the distance of thechamfer to 1mm

3. Click on OK.

Be sure the option Fullpreview is active so youhave a clear view of whatis happening.

54 Save the file aspin.SLDPRT.


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55 The two parts for the pic-ture holder are ready. Weare going to assemblethem in an assembly tocreate the complete prod-

uct.1 Click on New in the

menu.

2 SelectAssembly

3 Click on OK.

56 1 Click on base in thePropertyManager. Thisis the first part wecreated.

2 Click at a random pointin the drawing field.

The part is placed in theassembly.

Pay att ention: If this stepdoes not work properly,read the tip that follows.

Tip In the last step, some commands may not work as described.

When the left column looks different from the example shown in step

56, the Insert Components command has not started automatically.When this happens, click on Insert Components in the CommandMa-

nager.

When the partsbaseandpinare not in the list, you apparently closed

these parts. When this happens, click onBrowse and find the rightfiles. After doing so, you can put them in the assembly as described.


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57 Click on Insert Compo-nents in the CommandMa-nager to add the first pin.

58 Selectpin in the menu onthe left of the screen andclick at a random point inthe drawing field to placethe part.

If you closed the filepin.SLDPRT, it will not bein the list (read the last tipagain). When this happens,click onBrowseand findthe file.

59 Repeat the last step threetimes in order to place fourpins in the drawing.

All pins are at a randomposition.

60 Next we will place the pinsat their accurate position.

Click on Mate in theCommandManager.


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61 At this point, you will haveto select two elements as

Mates. You must do thiswith the greatest degree ofaccuracy!

Zoom in on one of theholes in the base part.

Select the edge of thehole (Pay attention: it mustbe an edge and not a

face[=plane]).

In the blue field in the Pro-pertyManager (at the leftof your screen) the de-scription: Edge@base-1 will appear.

62 Rotate the model (push theScroll-wheel, remember?)so you can get a good viewof the bottom of the pins.Zoom in when necessary.

Select the edge of the pinas illustrated in the rightview. Make sure you donot select a plane.
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63 When the two edges havebeen selected, the pin willbe placed into the hole.

When this is done and theresult looks good, click on

OK.

Tip! It is very important to select the right elements when making a mate. If youselect something other than as described in the previous steps, something

completely different will happen or maybe nothing will happen.

When, by accident, the wrong element is selected, think about the descrip-tion of the blue fields. You can delete a wrong element by clicking on it andpushing the button on the keyboard. After that, you can addanother element.

64 Repeat the last three stepsfor every pin, so each pinis eventually placed in oneof the holes.

Tip! Every mate that you create will be visible like in the example below. Do youwant to remove a mate? Click on it and push the button on thekeyboard. You can change a mate by clicking on it with the r ight mouse

button and choosingEdit Feature.


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65 You have just created yourfirst assembly in Solid-Works! Congratulations.

Save the file as: pic-ture_holder.SLDASM.

What are the most im-portant things you havelearned in t his tut orial?

In the part section, you used some new commands:

You drilled holes.

You copied the dimension of one hole to other holes using the Equal re-lation.

You have made sloped edges with the chamfer feature

After that, you made an assembly: You assembled several parts into a complete product.

You placed the components in their correct positions using the matecommand.

You have reached a next level in SolidWorks. In the tutorials that follow, youwill use what you know already.

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