Solid Edge ST4 Event: Session 207 Part Modeling in Solid Edge a Hands-on Experience by Doug Stainbrook

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Part Modeling: a hands-on experience


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Solid Edge. Design better.

Doug Stainbrook

Background:

I am the team leader for the Solid Edge Field Support Team. This group is

the technical resource for supporting Solid Edge pre-sales activities around

the world. Before coming to the Solid Edge team, I spent about 10 years as a

designer for various industries. In 1999, I was hired as

a Solid Edge Application Engineer in Philadelphia, PA.

In 2000, I came to Huntsville, AL, to the home of

Solid Edge to work in the Field Support group.

Areas of Expertise:

Synchronous and ordered part and

sheet metal modeling

Personal interests:

Photography, art, high-speed engraving, and

website design




Executive Summary

Today’s Topics:

In this Solid Edge hands-on training session, we will take a look at new and

exciting synchronous features and modeling techniques included with Solid

Edge ST4, which will make creating and editing your parts much easier. New

synchronous commands have been added, and many have been enhanced

to make them more streamlined and user friendly. We will work through

several step-by-step exercises covering how some of these new commands

work and when and where you should use them.

Key Takeaways:

A greater understanding of and confidence in synchronous part modeling




Hands-on 1

Open PAR_01_00800.dft

Hide the Border layer




Hands-on 1

Fence select the upper half of the roller drawing and copy to the clip board

Start a new metric part

Paste the geometry

Center the sketch on the base coordinate system as shown




Hands-on 1

Hide the hatch layer

Select the top region and drag the steering wheel to the center line

Note it automatically switches to create a revolved protrusion




Hands-on 1

Start the revolve by selecting the torus

Note the option to press the shift key to toggle "symmetric"

Select 360° from the Quick bar

NOTE – the Live Section is created automatically and the dimensions migrate

from the sketch to the Live Section.




Hands-on 1

Change the outside diameter from 92.00 mm to 125.00 mm

Change c'bore depth from 7.50 mm to 25.00 mm




Hands-on 1

Hide the PMI dimensions and the base coordinate system

Now we want to add a drain hole through the center of the roller.

Start the hole command to create a 10.00 mm, simple, through hole




Hands-on 1

Place the cursor over the center cylinder

of the roller and click F3 to locate using

the tangent plane

Note how you can rotate the plane and

can key-in a precise angle

Key in or snap to 90°




Hands-on 1

Place the hole on the tangent line and snap to the midpoint of the live section

element

Live section updates with the through hole

DONE – close all open files




Hands-on 2

Open ASM_01_00701.asm

Note that in the original design, the brackets are angled and close to causing

interference with the roller.

In-place activate into the sheet metal bracket on the right

The bracket on the left is a linked mirrored copy.




Hands-on 2

Select the Horizontal/Vertical Relate command

and select the angled face

Makes this face horizontal/vertical to the base reference planes




Hands-on 2

Hide the previous level, the base coordinate

system, and the PMI dimensions

Using the horizontal/vertical relate tool,

center the roller mounting hole with the

edge of the sheet metal bracket




Hands-on 2

Select the hole and move it

Note the edge of the part grows with the change due to the persisted

relationship

Move it up 4.00 mm




Hands-on 2

Close and return

DONE - Close all files




Hands-on 3

Open ASM_01_00006.asm

In-place activate into the

Brown seat part

PAR_04_00122.par




Hands-on 3

We need to make the seat wider.

We want to first make this ordered part synchronous to make it wider.

Select the Back cutout angle

Fence select ½ of the seat and stretch 35.00 mm (70 mm wider total)




Hands-on 3

Transition to synchronous mode

Use the Offset relate command to set the offset between the faces shown to

25.00 mm




Hands-on 3

Rotate the side face of the seat 2°




Hands-on 3

Show the SeatWeb sketch under the synchronous node




Hands-on 3

Create a web network

Set option to single and fence select the sketch

8.00 mm wide

5° Draft

Hide the sketch




Hands-on 3

Add centerline dimensions to the ribs

Distance between dimension

Set the keypoint option to find midpoints




Hands-on 3

Move the ribs out from the center by 10 mm using the PMI dimensions




Hands-on 3

Select the side face of the rib shown and move 12.00 mm toward the outside of

the part

Reorient the steering wheel and rotate the rib -6.00° as shown




Hands-on 3

Select the side face of the rib shown and move 12.00 mm toward the outside of

the part

Reorient the steering wheel and rotate the rib -6.00° as shown




Hands-on 3

Toggle hide previous level to see the background parts

We want to center to cylindrical rib with the sensor switch under the seat.




Hands-on 3

Select the inside cylinder and outside cylinder face and use the steering wheel

axis to initiate a move

Pick up the center of the switch as a keypoint to move to




Hands-on 3

Add the web network to the back of the seat using the same techniques

Rotation angle of 5°




Hands-on 3

Show the background parts

Next we want to create feature matching

feet on the bottom of the seat that will

fit into the rubber shock absorbers.

Run the Extrude command




Hands-on 3

Select the 4 faces in the bottom of the pockets in the rubber shock absorbers

Note we did not have to make interpart copies or include edges

Extrude "Through Next" to create the 4 feet




Hands-on 3

Drag the end face 12.00 mm to make them shorter

Transition to Ordered and add a 3.00 mm round to the pocket edges




Hands-on 3

Close and return to the top level assembly

Mate the foot to the pocket in the rubber shock absorber




Hands-on 3

Done!




Conclusions

Solid Edge ST4 has enhanced and added new functionality to make using

Solid Edge easier and a more enjoyable experience for everyday users.

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Solid Edge ST4 Event: Session 207 Part Modeling in Solid Edge a Hands-on Experience by Doug Stainbrook