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Version 1b- Mar08 Written by Dickson Sham

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Solidworks 2006 Design with Analysis – Deep Fry Basket

(Tutorial 3 – Deep Fry Basket)

Solidworks 2006

Design with Analysis

Infrastructure

Sketcher

Solid-modeling

Surface-modeling

Assembly Design

Structural Analysis


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Solidworks 2006 Design with Analysis – Deep Fry Basket Overview of Tasks

Tutorial 3A - Modeling

• Build a Master Model of the basket handle

• Create the upper & the lower parts from the Master Model

• Build the mechanical features on the both parts

• Get the both parts auto-updated after modifying the outlook of the master model

Tutorial 3B - Modeling

• Build the metal arm

• Build the basket

• Add material texture onto all components

• Assemble components

Tutorial 3C – Structural analysis

• Simplify the model for analysis

• Create Meshes onto two components and create connectors between them

• Create boundary conditions & define properties

• Analyze displacements & stresses

Tutorial 3D – Structural analysis (By Nastran)

• Repeat Tutorial 3C with the use of Nastran

Master ModelLinked Children

Assembly

Structural analysis

Parts


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Change the view with the mouse

A. Rotating enables you to rotate the model around a point. Click

and hold the middle mouse button,

then drag the mouse.

B. Panning enables you to move the

model on a plane parallel to the

screen. Press and hold “Ctrl” key,

then click and hold the middle mouse button, then drag the

mouse.

C. Zooming enables you to increase

or decrease the size of the model. Press and hold “Shift” key, then

click and hold the middle button,

then drag the mouse up or down.

Middle button

General


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Tutorial 3A

• Enter Solidworks 2006 by double-clicking its icon on the desktop

• Select “File/New” on the menu bar;

• Select “Part”

• Click OK

To build 1st sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select Top Plane

• Draw an arc with one end touching y-axis

• Add a dimension onto the circle by clicking “Smart Dimension” icon and then selecting the circle.

• Modify the radius as 380mm; the arc will be resized automatically

• Draw an centerline along the x-axis

• Click “Mirror” icon and then select the arc and the centerline to duplicate the arc on the opposite side

Modeling

origin


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Tutorial 3ATo build 1st sketch (Cont’):-

• Draw an arc (R35) connecting the bigger arcs, on the positive-x side, which is NOT tangent to them

• Similarly, Draw another smaller arc (R10) connecting the bigger arcs on the negative-x side

• Multi-select the arc (R10) and the upper arc(R380) by pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard

• Select “Tangent” in the entry box “Add Relations”

• Click Ok to complete

• Add another Tangency constraint between the arc (R10) and the lower arc(R380) by repeating the above steps

Draw an Arc

Tangent

Tangent

Modeling

Not Tangent

Not Tangent


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Tutorial 3ATo build 1st sketch (Cont’):-

• Click “Smart Dimension” icon and then select the arcs R10 & R35

• Right-click the dimension and select “Properties…”

• Select “Max” for First arc condition & Second arc condition

• Modify the value to 120mm

• Similarly, Click “Smart Dimension” icon and then select the endpoints of arc R35

• Modify the value to 36mm

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit Sketch” icon

• Now, you are back to the 3D environment and “Sketch1” is created on the tree.

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo build a solid:-

• Click “Extruded Boss/Base” icon

• Select “Sketch1” on the tree / click on the geometry directly

• (Select “Blind” as type)

• Enter 20mm as the length of Direction 1

• Click “ok” to complete

• A solid is created

To round the sharp edges:-

• Add a “Fillet” R5mm onto the vertical sharp edges

Modeling

R5

R5


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Tutorial 3ATo make a draft on the solid:-

• Click “Draft ” icon

• Enter 1deg as Angle

• Select the bottom face as “Neutral plane”

• If the arrow is not pointing upward, click on it to change the direction

• Move the mouse cursor onto a vertical face , then right-click and select “Select Tangency” (all tangent faces are selected as “Faces to Draft” )

• Click ok to complete

Draft +1deg

Modeling

Vertical faces

(Faces to draft)

Bottom face is

Neutral Plane


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Tutorial 3ATo make a mirror solid:-

• Click “Mirror” icon

• Select the bottom face as “Mirror Plane”

• Click on the entry box “Bodies to Mirror”

• Select the solid


Modeling

Result

Draft +1 deg

Draft -1 deg


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Tutorial 3ATo create a reference plane:-

• Click “Plane” icon

• Select “Right Plane” on tree

• Enter 38mm as Offset value

• Select the option “Reverse direction”


Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo build 2nd sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select Front Plane

• Press “Space” key on the keyboard and then select “Normal to”

• Draw a horizontal centerline as shown

• Multi-select the endpoint of the centerline and plane1 by pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard

• Select “Coincident” and “ok”

• Draw another two arcs (R450 & R270) and add the corresponding constraints as shown


• Click on an empty space to deselect the sketch

Tangent & coincided

Plane1

Modeling

Centerline

Origin


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Tutorial 3ATo build 3rd sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select Plane1


• Draw a centerline along y-axis

• Draw an arc as shown

• Multi-select the endpoints of the arc, then the centerline by pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard

• Select “Symmetric” and “ok”

• Add Dimension R30 onto the arc

• Rotate the model by mouse to have an isometric view

• Multi-select the arc and the point by pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard.

• Select “Coincident” and “ok”

• (Now the arc should be coincided with Sketch.2)


Modeling

Sketch.2


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Tutorial 3ATo build a Surface:-

• Select “Insert/Surface/Sweep” on the menu bar

• Select “Sketch2” as Profile

• Select “Sketch3” as Path


• (A surface is created, which is stored in another folder named as “Surface Bodies” on the tree)

Modeling

Sketch.2

Sketch.3

profile

path


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Tutorial 3ATo duplicate a surface by mirroring:-


• Select Front Plane as “Mirror Plane”

• Select “Surface-Sweep1” as “Bodies to Mirror”

• Select “Knit Surfaces” under “Options”


• (The original surface and the mirror surface are knitted together as one big surface, which is stored in the folder named as “Surface Bodies” on the tree)

Modeling

Only one resultant surface


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Tutorial 3ATo cut the solid with a surface:-

• Select “Insert/Features/Split” on the menu bar

• Select the surface as “Trim Tools”

• Click “Cut Part” icon

• Select the upper portion of the solid (Click on it)

• Select “Consume bodies” as “Resultant bodies state”


To hide the surface:-

• Right-Click on the surface

• Select “Body/Hide”

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ANow, we are going to create a Loft

surface for the bottom face. Before that, we need to construct three guide curves and three different profiles

To create a reference plane:-


• Select “Top Plane” on tree


• Select the option “Reverse direction”


Guide-curve

Guide-curve

Guide-curve

Profile

Profile

Profile

Modeling

xy plane


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Tutorial 3ATo create an intersection curve:-

• Select “Insert/Curve/Split Line…” on the menu bar

• Select “Intersection” as “Type of Split”

• Select Plane2 as “splitting plane”

• Select the Face as “Face to Split”


To create another intersection curve on

the opposite side:-

• Repeat the above steps but select

the Face as “Face to Split”

Split Line.1

Split Line.2

Modeling

Plane2

Remark: The selected faces will be broken into two


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Tutorial 3ATo build 4th sketch:-



• Draw a horizontal centerline as shown (with one endpoint touching Plane1, 15mm below the origin)

• Draw another two arcs (R300 & R150) and add the corresponding constraints as shown



Tangent & coincided

Modeling


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• Press Space key on the keyboard and then select “Normal to”

• Draw an arc as shown

• Rotate the model so that you can see the edges “Split Line1” & “Split Line2”

• Multi-select an endpoint of the arc and “Split Line1”, then select “Pierce”

• Similarly, multi-select the other endpoint of the arc and “Split Line2”, then select “Pierce”

Modeling

Split Line 1


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Tutorial 3ATo build 5th sketch (Cont’):-

• Multi-select the arc and the point of Sketch4 by pressing and holding “ctrl” key on the keyboard.

• Select “Coincident” and “ok”.

• (The arc now touches “Split Line1”, “Split Line2”, & “Sketch4”)

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit Sketch”icon.



• Select “Right Plane”

• Select Endpoint of the edge “Split Line1”


Modeling

Split Line1

Make a plane at the

endpoint of “Split Line 1“

point

Sketch4


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• Click “Sketch” icon and select Plane.3

• Draw an arc with the endpoints touching “Split Line1” & “Split Line2”

• Draw a point on the arc

• Multi-select the point and Sketch4, then select “Pierce”

• (The arc now touches Sketch4, too)

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit Sketch”icon.

Split Line2

Split Line1

Draw an arc touching “Split Line1” & “Split Line2”

Sketch.4

Modeling

The resultant arc touches “Split Line1”, “Split Line2”, and also “Sketch4”


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• Select another Endpoint of the curve “Split Line.1”


To build 7th sketch:-

• Draw an Arc, which touches “Split Line1”, “Split Line2” & “Sketch4”

• (Refer to the steps of building 6th sketch)

Modeling

Draw an arc touching three curves

Split Line1

Split Line2

Sketch4


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Tutorial 3ATo create a Loft surface:-

• Select “Insert/Surface/Loft..” on the menu bar

• Select “Sketch.6”, “Sketch.5”, & “Sketch.7” in order (They will then be inserted into the entry box of Profiles)

• All closing points (Blue points) should be on the same side; If not, drag on it to change.

• Then click the entry box of Guide Curves once

• Select “Split Line.1”, “Sketch.4” & “Split Line.2”


Split Line1

(guide)

Split Line2

(guide)

Sketch.4

(guide)

Sketch.6

(profile)

Sketch.5

(profile)

Sketch.7

(profile)

Modeling

All blue points should be

on the same side,

otherwise the resultant

surface will be twisted


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Tutorial 3AAs seen, the Loft surface is not big enough

to cover the whole solid…

To hide the solid:-

• Right-click on the solid

• Select “Body/Hide”

*Hide all Planes (Plane1, 2, 3 & 4)*

To extend the surface from both ends:-

• Select “Insert/ Surface/ Extend…” on the menu bar

• Select the two edges

• Enter 20mm as Length D1

• Select “Same Surface” as “Extension Type”


Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo Unhide the solid body:-

• Right-Click “Split Line2” on tree

• Select “Body/ Show Solid Body”

To cut the solid with this extended surface:-


• Select the extended surface as “Trim Tools”


• Select the lower portion of the solid (Click on it)

• Select “Consume bodies” as resultant bodies state


To hide the surface:-

• Right-Click the surface, then select “Body/Hide”

Modeling

Result after split by

the extended

surface


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Tutorial 3ANext, we are going to create a curve-based

pocket on the top face:-

To create a reference plane (plane.5):-




• Click “Reverse Direction”


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Create a plane


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• Click “Sketch” icon and select plane.5


• Draw an arc (R24, endpoints symmetric about the centerline)

• Add a Dimension (9mm) to define the distance between the arc and the origin



To build 9th sketch:-


• Draw a centerline onto the centerline of Sketch8

• Draw an arc (R28, endpoints symmetric about the centerline)

• Add a Dimension (9mm) to define the distance between the arc and the origin



Draw a centerline

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo build a Sweep Surface:-

• Select “Insert/Surface/Sweep” on the menu bar

• Select “Sketch9” as Profile

• Select “Sketch8” as Path


To duplicate a surface by mirroring:-


• Select “Front Plane” as “Mirror Plane”

• Select “Surface-Sweep2” as “Bodies to Mirror”

• Select “Knit Surfaces” under “Options”


To cut the solid with this SURFACE:-


• Select the surface as “Trim Tools”


• Select the upper portion (Click on it)

• Select “Consume bodies” as “Resultant bodies state”


Sweep.2

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo hide the surface:-

• Right-Click the surface, then select “Body/Hide”

To add Edge Fillets:-

• Click “Fillet” icon

• Select “Tangent Propagation”

• Enter 3mm as Radius

• Select the three sharp edges


To save the new part in a Project Folder:-

It is a good practice to store all part files of a

product in one specific project folder.

• Create a folder wherever you can save (by MS window technique)

• Save your current part as “master_handle_a.sldprt” into the folder

• (Add “a” after its name to remind us its version)

Modeling

Hide this surface


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Tutorial 3ATo make the solid hollow:-

• Click “Shell” icon

• Enter 2mm as Thickness D1

• Click ok to complete.

• (the material inside the solid is removed)

To cut the solid with a plane and export the cut portions into part files:-


• Select Top Plane as “Trim Tools”


• Double-click the entry box of File on row1

• Enter “Upper_body_a” as File Name

• Double-click the entry box of File on row2

• Enter “Lower_body_a” as File Name

• Select “Show bodies” as “Resultant bodies state”


**File Save all (3 part files)**

Modeling

Master_

handle.sldprt

Upper_

body.sldprt

Lower_

body.sldprt


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Tutorial 3ABuilding mechanical features on Upper Body:-

Switch the window to Upper_Body:-

• Select “Window/Upper_body_a.sldprt” on the menu bar

To get a boundary curve from the solid:-

• Click “Sketch” icon

• Select the planar face of the solid

• Right-click an inner edge and then select “Select Loop”

• Click “Convert” icon to project the edges onto the sketch



Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo remove material from the boundary:-

• Click “Extruded Cut” icon

• Select Sketch1

• Enter 1.5mm as D1 (Length of Direction1)

• Select “Thin Feature” option

• Select “Mid Plane” as Type

• Enter 2mm as T1


Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo build a sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select the bottom face of “Cut-Extrude-Thin1”


• Draw 4 lines (two horizontal & two vertical)

• Add a Symmetric Constraint between two vertical lines

• Add 3 more dimensional constraints (28mm, 8mm & 14mm)


To build a solid from the open profile:-

• Click “Rib” icon

• Select Sketch2

• Select “Both Sides” option for thickness

• Enter 1mm as thickness T1

• Select “Normal to Sketch” option for “Extrusion direction”

• (Arrow points downward)


Modeling

Result


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Tutorial 3ATo build another sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select Top Plane

• Draw a circle (Dia6.0) on x-axis

• Add a dimensional Constraint (20mm)

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit Sketch”icon

To build a solid:-


• Select “Up to Next” as Direction1

• Activate Direction2, then Enter 5mm as Direction2


Modeling

+5 mm

Up to Next


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Tutorial 3ATo make a hole:-

• Click “Hole Wizard” icon and select the top face of the cylinder

• Select “Legacy Hole” as Hole Specification

• Select “Simple” as Type

• Enter 2.5mm as Diameter

• Enter 13mm as Depth

• Click on the tab page “Positions”

• Select the center of the top face


To make a reference direction:-

• Click “Axis” icon

• Select the global origin on screen

• Select Right Plane


• To show the axis, select “View/Axes” on the menu bar

Modeling

Top face of

cylinder


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Tutorial 3ATo make a pattern:-

• Click “Linear Pattern” icon

• Select Axis1 as Direction1

• Reverse Direction1

• Enter 62mm as D1 (Instance Spacing)

• Enter 2 as “Number of Instances”

• Click the entry box “Features to Pattern”

• Select Extrude1 & Hole1 on tree


To check the depth of holes:-

• Click “Section View” icon

• Select Front Plane

• Select the option “Show Section Cap”

• Visual Check whether the holes are too

deep or not deep enough (for this case,

they are accepted)

• Click “Cancel” icon to exit

Modeling

Not too thick &

not too thin


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Tutorial 3ATo make a Cut:-• Click “Sketch” icon and select Right Plane• Draw a circle (Dia3.0) at (-12.0mm, 0)• Draw a centerline along y-axis• Click “Mirror” icon, select the circle as “entities

to mirror” and select the centerline as “mirror about”


• Click “Extruded Cut” icon• Select “Mid Plane” as Type of Direction1• Enter 20mm as Direction1• Click ok to complete

To hide all Axes:-

• Select “View/Axes” on the menu bar

** SAVE THE FILE AGAIN **

Extruded

Cut

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ABuilding mechanical features on Lower Body:-

Switch the window to Lower_Body:-

• Select “Window/Lower_body_a.sldprt” on the menu bar

To get a boundary curve from the solid:-


• Select the planar face of the solid

• Right-click an inner edge and then select “Select Loop”

• Click on the Yellow arrow to get the close-loop boundary of the planar face




Parting

surface

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo add material from the boundary:-


• Select Sketch1

• Enter 1.5mm as D1 (Length)

• Select the tab page “Thin Feature”

• Select “One Direction” as type

• Enter 1mm as T1 (thickness)


To Offset a solid face:-

• Select “Insert/ Face/ Move” on the menu bar

• Select “Offset” as Type

• Select the parting surface

• Enter 0.5mm as D (offset direction)

• Select the option “Flip Direction” so that material is removed


Modeling

Remove material

from this parting

surface


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Tutorial 3ATo build a sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select the uppermost planar face

• Draw a centerline along x-axis

• Draw 4 lines (two horizontal & two vertical)

• Add a symmetric Constraint between two horizontal lines

• Add 3 more dimensional constraints (28mm, 8mm & 14mm)


To build a solid from the open profile:-

• Click “Rib” icon

• Select Sketch2

• Select “Both Sides” option for thickness

• Enter 1mm as thickness T1

• Select “Normal to Sketch” option for “Extrusion direction”

• (Arrow points downward)


Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo make a Cut:-• Click “Sketch” icon and select Right Plane

• Draw a Profile as shown

• Multi-select the circle center and the origin,

then select “horizontal”


• Click “Mirror” icon, select the profile as “entities to mirror” and select the centerline as “mirror about”

• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit Sketch”

icon

• Click “Extruded Cut” icon• Select “Mid Plane” as Type of Direction1• Enter 100mm as Direction1• Click ok to complete

Modeling

Circle center

and Origin

are on same

horizontal

level


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Tutorial 3ATo make an extruded solid:-• Click “Sketch” icon and select the

uppermost planar face• Draw a centerline along x-axis• Draw 3 lines (three horizontal lines)• Add a symmetric Constraint between two

horizontal lines• Add 2 more dimensional constraints (50mm,

& 7mm)• Exit the workbench by clicking “Exit Sketch”

icon


• Click “Extruded Boss/Base” icon • Click on a Line of the previous sketch• Reverse Direction1• Select “Up to Next” as Type of Direction1• Select “Mid Plane” as Type of Thin Feature• Enter 1mm as T1 (Thickness)• Click ok to complete

Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo make two more extruded solids:-

• Click “Extruded Boss/Base” icon again• Select “Sketch4” on tree• Click on the other line of Sketch4


• Select “Up to Next” as Type of Direction1

• Select “Mid Plane” as Type of Thin Feature

• Enter 1mm as T1 (Thickness)


• Click “Extruded Boss/Base” icon again• Select “Sketch4” on tree• Click on the other line of Sketch4



• Select “Mid Plane” as Type of Thin Feature

• Enter 1mm as T1 (Thickness)


Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo make a Cut:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select the face

• Draw a Profile (two vertical lines, one horizontal line & an arc)

• Add a dimensional constraint R1.5 on the arc

• Add another dimensional constraint (45mm) between the circle centre and the y-axis

• Multi-select the circle centre and the origin, then select “Horizontal”


• Click “Extruded Cut” icon • Select “Mid Plane” as Type of Direction1• Enter 20mm as Direction1


Modeling

Circle center and origin

are on the same

horizontal level


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• Select “Top plane” as Reference

• Click “Reverse Direction” in the command window (The arrow should point to negative Y)

• Enter 5mm as Offset Direction


To make an extruded solid:-


• Draw a Circle (Dia9.5mm)

• Add a dimensional constraint (20mm) between the circle center and the origin






Modeling


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Tutorial 3ATo make an extruded cut:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select the top face of the cylinder

• Draw a circle, concentric with the circular edge

• Add a dimensional constraint (1.5mm)


• Click “Extruded Cut” icon

• Select the tab page “From” and then select “Offset”

• Click “Reverse Direction” icon next to “From”

• Enter 2.5mm as offset value

• Select “Through All” as Direction1


Modeling

Resultant Cut

2.5mm


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Tutorial 3ATo make a hole:-

• Click “Hole Wizard” icon and select the top face of the cylinder

• Select “Legacy Hole” as Hole Specification

• Select “Simple” as Type

• Enter 3.2mm as Diameter

• Select “Through all” as End Condition

• Click on the tab page “Positions”

• Select the center of the top face


To make a solid by an used sketch:-


• Select “Sketch.6” as Profile (Sketch.6 has been used before and it is now hidden, so select it on the tree)

• Enter 1.5mm as D1 (Direction1)

• Select the tab page “Thin Feature”

• Reverse Direction under “Thin Feature”

• Enter 1.5mm as T1 (Thin Feature Thickness)


Modeling

Make a

concentric hole

Result


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Tutorial 3ATo make a reference direction:-

• Click “Axis” icon

• Select the global origin on screen



• To show the axis, select “View/Axes” on the menu bar

To make a pattern:-

• Click “Linear Pattern” icon

• Select Axis1 as Direction1


• Enter 62mm as D1 (Instance Spacing)

• Enter 2 as Number of Instances

• Click the entry box “Features to Pattern”

• Select the last FOUR solid features


To hide all Axes:-

• Select “View/Axes” on the menu bar

**SAVE THE FILE AGAIN**

Modeling

A group of solid features

is duplicated here


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Tutorial 3ANow we have three part files:

• Master_handle (which controls the handle outlook)

• Upper_body (which is a child of Master_handle and has its own mechanical features)

• Lower_body (which is a child of Master_handle and has its own mechanical features)

To modify Master Handle:-

• Right-Click “Sketch1” in Master_handle

• Select “Edit Sketch”

• Change R380 to R250

• Change R10 to R12


To get Upper & Lower bodies updated:-

• Activate the window of Upper_body

• After a few second, the model is updated in shape automatically

• Activate the window of Lower body to update

**SAVE ALL FILES AGAIN, then CLOSE THEM **

END of Tutorial 3A

Modeling

Modify Master model

Both Parts will be updated automatically, if the master model is modified

Master Handle

Lower body

Upper body


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Tutorial 3BBuilding the basket:-

We are going to use Surface-modeling

technique to build the basket…

• Select File/New on the menu bar



To build a sketch:-

• Click “Sketch” icon and select Top plane

• Draw a rectangle (center at origin, 170mm x 130mm)

• Draw a centerline along x-axis

• Add a Symmetric constraint between two horizontal lines

• Draw another centerline along y-axis

• Add a Symmetric constraint between two vertical lines


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Tutorial 3BTo create an extruded surface:-

• Select “Insert/ Surface/ Extrude…” on the menu bar

• Select Sketch1


• Enter 59mm as D1


To make a Draft on the surface:-

• Select “Insert/ Features/ Draft” on the menu bar

• Select “Parting Line” as Type of Draft

• Enter 10deg as Draft Angle

• Select Top Plane as Direction of Pull

• Select the four edges as Parting Lines


Modeling

sketch1


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Tutorial 3BTo create a surface from a closed boundary:-

• Select “Insert/ Surface/ Fill” on the menu bar

• Select all the four edges of the smaller opening

• Click ok to complete (a surface will be created to fill the opening)

To Join surfaces into one:-

• Select “Insert/ Surface/ Knit” on the menu bar

• Select surfaces “Draft.1” & “Surface-Fill.1”

• Click ok to complete (a new surface is created to represent the previous two surfaces)

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Tutorial 3BTo add a Fillet on surface edges:-


• Select all the four Vertical edges



To add another Fillet on surface edges:-


• Select the bottom face



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Tutorial 3BTo get a boundary from a surface:-


• Select Top Plane as Sketch Plane

• Right-click the edge and then select “Select Open Loop”




Right-Click the edge,

then select “Select

Open Loop”

Modeling


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Tutorial 3BTo draw a circle on the plane:-



• Draw a circle (Dia 3.0)

• Multi-select the circle center and the edge , then select “Pierce”


To create a swept surface:-

• Select “Insert/ Surface/ Sweep” on the menu bar

• Select Sketch3 (circle) as Profile

• Select Sketch2 (boundary) as Path


Modeling

A swept surface is

created along the

boundary


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Tutorial 3BTo create a reference plane:-• Click “Plane” icon

• Select Right Plane as Reference



To make a circle on a new sketch:-• Click “Sketch” icon and select Plane.1

• Draw a circle (Dia2.0, at x= -20, y= -40)


To break a face:-

• Select “Insert/ Curve/ Split Line” on the menu bar

• Select “Projection” as “Type of Split”

• Select the sketch

• Select the face


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Tutorial 3BTo create 3 more splits on that face:-







• Select the face



• Draw a circle (Dia2.0, at x= 20, y= -40)





• Select the face


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• Select the face


• Hide Plane.1

Split Line.2

Split Line.1

Split Line.3

Split Line.4

Modeling

(After 4 Splits, the face should

have 4 circular sub-faces)


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Tutorial 3BTo add Material Texture:-

• Right-Click “Split Line4” under “Surface Bodies” on tree

• Select “Appearance/ Texture”

• Select “Metal/ Machined/ Mesh1” as “Texture”

• Adjust the Scale and the Angle of the texture


Modeling

Texture Scale

Texture

Orientation Angle


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Tutorial 3BTo add Material Texture:-

• Right-Click “Surface-Sweep1” under “Surface Bodies” on tree


• Select “Metal/ Brushed/ Brushed Metal5”as “Texture”



To save the new part in Project Folder:-

• Save your current part as “Basket_a.sldprt” into the folder.

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Tutorial 3BBuilding the metal arm:-

We are going to learn how to build 3D curves to represent the metal arm…

• Select “File/New” on the menu bar





• Select “Right plane” as Reference



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Tutorial 3BTo make a Sketch:-


• Select Plane.1

• Draw a horizontal centerline along x-axis

• Draw a vertical centerline along y-axis

• Draw the Profile as shown

• Add dimensional constraints as shown


• Hide Plane.1

Modeling

Put the mouse cursor

at this endpoint for a

few second, then we

can draw a tangent

arc continuously

HINT


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Tutorial 3BTo create another reference plane:-


• Select “Right plane” as Reference



To make the 2nd Sketch:-


• Select Plane.2

• Draw a straight line as shown

• Multi-select the line of the previous sketch and the current line; and add a Collinear Constraint.

• Add two more dimensional constraints as shown


• Hide Plane.2

Modeling

A line in

Sketch.1

Draw this line


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Tutorial 3BTo create a connecting 3D curve:-

• Click “3D Sketch” icon

• Click “Spline” icon

• Select the endpoint of Sketch.1

• Select the endpoint of Sketch.2

• Click “Spline” icon again/ Press “Esc” key on the keyboard to complete the spline

• Multi-select the Spline & Sketch.1, then select “Tangent”

• Multi-select the Spline & Sketch.2, then select “Tangent”

• Click “3D Sketch” icon again to complete

Sketch.1

Spline

Sketch.2

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Tutorial 3BTo create another 3D curve:-

• Click “3D Sketch” icon

• Select Sketch2

• Click “Convert” icon

• Click “Line” icon

• Select the endpoint

• Switch the viewpoint to Front View (Press “Space”key on keyboard then select “*Front”)

• Draw a horizontal line as shown

• Multi-select the endpoint and Right Plane, then select “On Surface”

• Click “Sketch Fillet” , then select the intersection point

• Enter 5mm as Fillet radius

• Click “3D Sketch” icon again to complete

Modeling

Sketch2

Front View


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Tutorial 3BTo hide a sketch:-

• Right-Click “Sketch.2” on tree

• Select Hide

To group all lines & curves:-

• Select “Insert /Curve/ Composite” on the menu bar

• Select all lines & curves on the screen, which are “Sketch.1”, “3D Sketch1” & “3D Sketch2”


To create a sketch:-



• Draw a circle (Dia3.0)

• Multi-select the circle center and the composite curve, then select “Pierce”


Modeling

Sketch13DSketch1

3DSketch2

Composite curve


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Tutorial 3BTo make a solid:-

• Click “Swept Boss/Base” icon

• Select the circle as Profile

• Select the composite curve as Path


To duplicate elements by mirroring:-


• Select “Right Plane” as “Mirror Plane”

• Select the solid as “Bodies to mirror”

• Select the option “Merge Solid”


Solid is created

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Tutorial 3BTo create a reference plane:-


• Select Front Plane as Reference



To make a circle on a new sketch:-




To break a face:-




• Select the nearest solid face


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Circular face is

formed


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Tutorial 3B(Cont’):-









• Hide Plane.3Split Line.4

Split Line.3

Split Line.1

Split Line.2

Modeling

(After 4 Splits, the solid should

have 4 circular sub-faces)


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Tutorial 3BTo add material texture:-

• Right-Click “Split Line4” under “Solid Bodies”on tree


• Select “Metal/ Brushed/ Brushed Metal5” as Texture



To save the new part in Project Folder:-

• Save your current part as “Metal_arm_a.sldprt” into the folder.

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Tutorial 3BAssemble components together…

In the folder, you should have five part files;

– Master_handle_a.sldprt

– Upper_body_a.sldprt

– Lower_body_a.sldprt

– Basket_a.sldprt

– Metal_arm_a.sldprt

To create a new assembly:-

• Select “File/New” on the menu bar

• Select “Assembly”


• Click “Browse” icon

• Select “basket_a.sldprt” in the product folder

• Click “Open”

• Click Ok to complete

• (The part origin should collide with the assembly origin)

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Tutorial 3BTo insert existing parts into an assembly:-

• Click “Insert Component” icon

• Select “metal_arm_a.sldprt” in the project folder

• Click once on the screen to drop the part onto the assembly

• Similarly, insert the following parts:

– Upper_body_a.sldprt

– Lower_body_a.sldprt

We should see that all

inserted parts are at

wrong positions.

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(f) Fixed in space (we

cannot move it directly)

(-) Free to move


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Tutorial 3BTo move a part by mouse:-

• “Click and Hold” the part that you want to move

• “Drag” the part to a desired position

• To rotate the part, click “Rotate Component”icon first

• (HINT: Switch to the proper viewpoint before dragging)

• Repeat the steps so that all parts are NEARLY at desired positions

• Now the parts are separated. It is easier for us to select part features later

Modeling

Result


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Tutorial 3BTo assemble parts by adding constraints:-

(1) Link “Metal Arm” to “Basket”

• Click “Mate” icon

• Select Right Plane of Metal Arm

• Select Front Plane of Basket

• Click ok icon on the sub-menu

(If you want to delete a constraint, just click the constraint on the list, and then press “Delete”key on the keyboard.)

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Tutorial 3B(Cont’)

• Select Top Plane of Metal Arm

• Select Top Plane of Basket

• Click “Distance” option

• Enter 8mm as Distance


• Select Front Plane of Metal Arm

• Select Right Plane of Basket

• Click “Distance” option

• Enter 89mm as Distance


• Click OK on the main menu to complete

Modeling

Result

Distance


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Tutorial 3B(2) Link “Lower Body” to “Metal Arm”


• Select the circular face of Metal Arm

• Select the circular face of Lower Body


• Select the circular face of Metal Arm




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Result


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Tutorial 3B(3) Link “Upper Body” to “Lower Body”


• Select the circular face of Upper Body



• Select the circular face of Upper Body



• Select Top Plane of Upper Body

• Select Top Plane of Lower Body



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Result


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Tutorial 3B

To Save all files:-

• Select “File/Save all”

• Enter “Basket_assm_a.sldasm” as the assembly’s filename and save it in your project folder.

**CLOSE ALL FILES**

END of Tutorial 3B

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END RESULT after assembly


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Tutorial 3CWe are going to estimate the deflection of the

basket under the maximum load by Finite Element Analysis…

Assumptions:

- Linear Behavior of the material

- Displacements will be small such that a linear solution is valid

- The spot weld joint between the basket and the metal arm will not break under the load

- Loading rate should be sufficiently low

- Load is uniformly distributed on the bottom faces of the basket

- The deformation of the basket is much lower than that of the metal arm

Max Load 15N (~1500g)

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Tutorial 3CBefore we start, check the layout setting:

• Select “Tools/ Add-ins” on the menu bar

• Activate “Cosmosworks 2006” on the list

**File/Open/ Basket_assm_a.SLDASM**

(1) To simplify the model for analysis:-

• Right-Click “Upper_body_a” on tree and select “Suppress”

• Right-Click “Lower_body_a” on tree and select “Suppress”

Now, we should see the below elements only:

• 2 surface bodies

• 1 Solid body


Two

Surfaces

One Solid


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Tutorial 3C(2) Create an analysis case:-

• Select “Cosmosworks/ Study” on the menu bar

• Select “Mixed mesh” (solid mesh & surface mesh for our study)

• Select “Static” as analysis type


(3) To define a 2D mesh:-

• Right-Click “Shells” on tree

• Select “Define By Selected Surfaces”

• Select “Thin” as type

• Enter 1mm as thickness

• Right-click on one face of the basket and then select “Select Tangency” (all tangent faces will be selected automatically)




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Tutorial 3C(4) Create Meshes:-

• Click “Mesh” icon

• Enter 5mm as Global size (Tolerance will be changed to 0.25 automatically)

• Click “Options” icon

• Select “High” as Mesh Quality (with mid-side nodes )

• Select “Automatic Transition” as Mesh Control

• Click ok

• Click ok again to complete

• (If you need to rebuild meshes, click “Mesh” icon again)

• REMARK: EVERY Time after we’ve changed mesh properties, remember to regenerate meshes before analysis; otherwise the analysis will be based on the old meshes.


Without Automatic Transition

Result - with Automatic Transition


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Tutorial 3CNow, we have already created two meshes:

One Surface Mesh (for the basket)

One 3D Mesh (for the metal arm)

(5) To Create a constraint:-

• Click “Restraints” icon

• Select “Fixed” as type

• Select the two circular faces as shown


Restraints


Close to the real

case, the metal

arm is fixed here


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Tutorial 3C(6) To Create a Distributed Force onto Faces:-

• Click “Show/Hide Mesh” icon to hide the existing meshes

• Select “Tools/ Measure” on the menu bar

• Multi-select the 9 Faces (by pressing CTRL key)

• Get the value of the total area (e.g 20422mm2)

• Calculate the Pressure by the equation:

P = F/A

= 15/20422 x106 N/m2

= 734.5 N/m2

• Click “Pressure” icon

• Select the 9 Faces

• Select “User Reference” as type

• Select “Top Plane” as “Plane for Direction”

• Select “Normal to Plane”

• Enter (734.5 N/m2) as “Pressure Value”

• Click “Reverse Direction” to make the arrow downward




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Tutorial 3C(7) To Apply Material:-

• Right-Click “Solids” on tree and select “Apply Material to all”

• Select “Custom Defined”

• Select “Linear Elastic Isotropic” as Model Type

• Enter 1.2e11 (N_m2) as Elastic Modulus

• Enter 0.291 as Poisson’s Ratio


• Right-Click “Shells” on tree and select “Apply Material to all”

• Select “Custom Defined”

• Enter 1.2e11 (N_m2) as Elastic Modulus

• Enter 0.291 as Poisson’s Ratio




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Tutorial 3C(8) To build Connections between meshes:-

• (We have four pairs of faces and we are going to build a connection for EVERY PAIR independently)

• Click “Connectors” icon

• Select “Rigid” as Type

• Select Small Face 1 as First Element

• Click the entry box of Second Element

• Select Small Face 2 as Second Element


• Repeat the above steps for the remaining three pairs

2

1

Four connectors are made

Connectors



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Tutorial 3C

** SAVE THE FILE BEFORE COMPUTATION**

• Select “File/Save”

• (All Pre-processing data of this analysis will be stored in the assembly file, i.e. “Basket_assm_a.sldasm” )

What we have already done…1. Simplify the model (Hide unnecessary

parts & features)2. Define Property of 2D mesh3. Create Meshes (2D & 3D)4. Create a constraint (Restraint)5. Create a force (Distributed force)6. Apply Material7. Create & Define Properties of connectors



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Tutorial 3C(9) To start Computation:-

• Click “Run” icon

• After a few second, a warning window will pop up; Click No to proceed

(10) To View the result:-

• Right-Click “Stress/ Plot1” on tree

• Select “Show”

• To simulate movement, right-click “Stress/Plot1” on tree again, then select “animate”



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Tutorial 3C(10) (Cont’):-

• To show the stress distribution of the basket only, we can do in this way:

– Click the tab “FeatureManager Design Tree”

– Right-Click “metal_arm_a” on tree and then select “Hide”

– Click the tab “COSMOS Analysis Manager”

– Right-Click “Stress” on tree and then select “Options”

– Select the option “Show Min/Max range based on shown components only”

– Right-Click “Plot1” on tree and then select “Show”

– Right-Click it again, select “Settings”

– Select “Mesh” as Boundary Options (to show the mesh)



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Tutorial 3C(Cont’):-

• Right-Click “Displacement/ Plot1” on tree

• Select “Show”

• (We can see the maximum displacement of the basket is about 95.6mm!)

The Displacement is too big to accept.

Now we are going to shorten the

length of the metal arm and make it thicker…

To edit the part “Metal Arm”:-

• Click the tab “FeatureManager Design Tree”

• Right-click “Metal_arm_a” on tree and select “Open Part”

• The part “Metal_arm_a” will be open in a new

window



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Tutorial 3C(Con’t):-

• Right-click “Sketch.1” on tree and then select “Edit Sketch”

• Modify the dimension 100mm to 50mm


• (The metal arm is automatically updated)

To increase the wire diameter:-

• Right-click “Sketch.3” on tree and then select “Edit Sketch”

• Modify the diameter from 3mm to 3.5mm


• (The metal arm is automatically updated)

Change to 50mm


Resultant solid is shorter and thicker


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Tutorial 3CTo Compute Analysis again:-

• Select “Window/ Basket_assm_a.sldasm” on the menu bar

• Click Ok to rebuild the assembly

• Click “Mesh” icon to rebuild meshes

• Click ok to accept the deletion of existing results

• Click the option “Run analysis after meshing”

• Click ok to proceed

• After a few second, a warning window will pop up; Click No to proceed

To View the result again:-

• Right-Click “Displacement/ Plot1” on tree; Select “Show”

• (The maximum displacement is now decreased to 27.4mm after the modification of the metal arm)

• REMARK: EVERY Time after we’ve changed mesh properties, remember to regenerate meshes before analysis; otherwise the analysis will be based on the old meshes.

** SAVE ALL FILES AGAIN AND THEN CLOSE THEM**END of Tutorial 3C



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Tutorial 3DWe are going to estimate the deflection of the

basket again by another FEA tool, MSC PATRAN…

Assumptions: (Same as Tutorial 3C)

- Linear Behavior of the material

- Displacements will be small such that a linear solution Is valid

- The spot weld joint between the basket and the metal arm will not break under the load

- Loading rate should be sufficiently low

- Load is uniformly distributed on the bottom faces of the basket

- The deformation of the basket is much lower than that of the metal arm

Max Load 15N (~1500g)

Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D**Close Solidworks**

**Enter MSC Patran**

• Double-Click “Patran 2005 r2” icon on the desktop

(2) To Create a NEW Database:

• File/New

• Select Your project folder

• Enter “basket.db” as File Name

• Click OK

• Select “Based on Model” as Tolerance

• Select “MSC Nastran” as Analysis Code

• Select “Structural” as Analysis Type

• Click OK

(3) Import the model geometry:-

• File/Import

• Select “IGES” as Source

• Click “IGES Options”

• Click “Model Unit” and select “millimeters”

• Click Ok then YES to accept

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Tutorial 3D• Select your project folder

• Select the file “Basket_assm_a.igs” (which is stored in (your DVD drive):\Model)

• Click APPLY

• (all elements in IGES have been imported; the white “+” is the model origin)

• To correct surface gaps, Click the icon “Geometry”

• Select “Edit/Surface/Sew”

• Select all surfaces

• Click APPLY

• Click “Yes for all”

Analysis by Patran

Origin

•The unit of the imported model is mm. To have the unit consistency in Patran, remember to use the SI(mm) units as shown

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Tutorial 3DView the model geometry:-

• Click “Smooth Shaded” icon to switch to the shading mode

• Use the middle mouse button to rotate the model

• Click “Wireframe” icon to switch to the wireframe mode

• Click “Point Size” icon to increase the point size so that we can see all locations of points

Analysis by Patran

rotatezoom

pan


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Tutorial 3D(4a) To associate points to a curve:-

• Click “Geometry” icon on the top menu

• Select Action/Associate

• Select Object/Point

• Select Method/Curve

• Click the Entry Box of Point List Once, then select a point on the curve1

• Click the Entry Box of Curve List, then select the curve1

• (If Auto-execute is checked, it is not necessary to click Apply)

• Click the box of Point List again

• Select another point on the curve13

• Click the Entry Box of Curve List, then select the curve13


Analysis by Patran

curve1

curve13


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Tutorial 3D(4b) To associate points to a surface:-

• (Keep Action/Associate)

• Select Object/Point

• Select Method/Surface

• Click the Entry Box of Point List Once, then select a point on the surface

• Click the box again

• Press and hold “SHIFT” key

• Select another point on the surface

• (Repeat the steps until all 4 points are selected)

• Click the Entry Box of Surface List, then select the Surface (on which the 4 points are located)


Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D(5a) To create a 1D Mesh:-

• Click “Elements” icon on the top menu

• Select Action/Create

• Select Object/Mesh

• Select Type/Curve

• Select Bar2 as Topology

• Click the Entry Box of Curve List Once, then select all the curves on screen (Do not select any surface edges)

• Deselect Automatic Calculation

• Enter 5 for the Global Edge Length

• Click Apply

• Click “Node size” icon to make the nodes bigger

• (If we look closer to the nodes, we can see that a node is created on the location of the associated point)

Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D(5b) To create a 2D Mesh:-



• Select Object/Mesh

• Select Type/Surface

• Select Quad as Element Shape

• Select Paver as Mesher

• Select Quad4 as Topology

• Click the Entry Box of Surface List Once, then Click the Surface icon under Picking Filters

• Select all Surfaces on screen

• Deselect Automatic Calculation

• Enter 5 for the Global Edge Length

• Click Apply

• (If we look closer to the nodes, we can see that a node is created on the location of the associated point)

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Tutorial 3D(6) To equivalence Nodes to connect 2D

Quad Elements:-

• Select Action/Equivalence

• Select Object /All

• Select Method/Tolerance Cube

• Click Apply

• Select Action/Verify

• Select Object/Element

• Select Test/Boundaries

• Click Apply

• Reset Graphics

Analysis by Patran

Now only the open edge is free; all surfaces are connected

Before all surfaces were disconnected; the whole boundary of every surface was free


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Tutorial 3DAnalysis by Patran

Independent

Dependent

(7) To create Rigid Joints between two meshes:-



• Select Object/MPC

• Select Type/Rigid(Fixed)

• Select “Define Terms..”

• Select “Create Independent” and then the end node of the curve

• Select the node with on the surface as Dependent Node


• Click “Cancel” on the submenu

• Click “Apply” on the top menu

• (NOW MPC.1 is created)


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Tutorial 3D(Cont’):-

• Select “Define Terms..”

• Select “Create Independent” and then another node of the curve

• Select the corresponding node on the surface as Dependent Node


• Click “Cancel” on the submenu

• Click “Apply” on the top menu

• Repeat the steps until all four MPCs are created

– MPC.1

– MPC.2

– MPC.3

– MPC.4

Analysis by Patran

MPC.1

MPC.2MPC.3

MPC.4


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Tutorial 3DTo show the meshes only:-

• Click “Smooth Shaded” icon to switch to the shading mode

• Click “Plot/Erase” icon

• Select “Erase” under Geometry

• Click ok

• (Previously, the geometry and the meshes were overlapped together, but now only meshes are shown on the screen)

Analysis by Patran

Plot/Erase


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Tutorial 3D(8) To create a Constraint:-

• Click “Loads/BCs” icon on the top menu


• Select Object/Displacement

• Select Type/Nodal

• Click the entry box of New Set Name

• Enter “fixed” in the box

• Click “Input Data…” icon

• Enter <0 0 0> under Translation

• Enter <0 0 0> under Rotation

• Click ok

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Tutorial 3D(Cont’) :-

• Click “Select Application Region” icon

• Select FEM under Geometry Filter

• Click “Front View” icon

• Click “Polygon pick” icon

• Click at 1 , 2, 3

• then Double-Click at 4 to select all nodes within the region

• Click “Add” icon

• Click ok

• Finally Click Apply

Analysis by Patran

Front view

Polygon pick

1

4 3

2


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Tutorial 3D(9) To create a Distributed Load :-


• Select Object/Total Load

• Select Type/Element Uniform

• Click the entry box of New Set Name

• Enter “force” in the box

• Select 2D as Target Element Type

• Click “Input Data…”

• Enter <0 0 -15> under Surf. Load (Patran will distributed the 15N load evenly over the area of the Application Region)

• Click ok

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• Click “Plot/Erase” icon

• Select “Plot” under Geometry

• Click ok

• Click “Select Application Region” icon

• Select “Geometry” under Geometry Filter

• Click “Surface or Face” icon for Picking Filter

• Press and Hold “Shift” key on the keyboard

• Multi-select all bottom faces (9 faces)

• Click “Add” icon

• Click OK

• Click Apply

Analysis by Patran

Plot/Erase

Surface or

Face


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Tutorial 3D(10) To create Material Properties :-

• Click “Materials” icon on the top menu


• Select Object/Isotropic

• Select Method/Manual Input

• Enter “Iron” for Material Name

• Click on “Input Properties…”

• Enter 1.2E5 and 0.29 for Elastic Modulus(N_mm2) and Poisson ratio respectively

• Click ok

• Click Apply

Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D(11) To create Element Properties :-

(FOR 1D MESH)

• Click “Properties” icon on the top menu


• Select Object/1D

• Select Type/Beam

• Enter “metal_arm” as Property Set Name

• Click “Input Properties” icon

• Click the icon next to “Mat Prop Name”and then select Iron

• Click “Create Sections Beam Library”icon

Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D• Enter “Cross_sect” as New Section Name

• Click the arrow icon

• Select the cross-section with a solid circle

• Enter 1.5 as R

• Click ok

• Enter <1 0 0> as Bar Orientation

• Click the entry box of “Select Members”and then select the curve on the screen

• Click Add

• Click Apply

• (Optional) Display the cross-section by selecting…

– Display/Load/BC/Elem. Props…using Beam

Display/3D: Full-Span +Offsets.

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(FOR 2D MESH)


• Select Object/2D

• Select Type/Shell

• Enter “basket” as Property Set Name

• Click “Input Properties” icon

• Click the icon next to “Mat Prop Name”and then select Iron (it has been selected by default)

• Enter 1 as Thickness and Click OK

• Click the entry box of “Select Members”and then select all surfaces on the screen

• Click Add

• Click Apply

Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D(12) To check assignment of Loads

and Boundary Conditions :-

• Click “Load Case” icon on the top menu

• Select Action/Modify

• Select Load case Default from “Select Load Case to Modify”

• Check to see that the Total Load and the fixed constraint are assigned to the default load case

• Click Cancel

Analysis by Patran


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Tutorial 3D(13) To Run the Analysis:-

• Click “Analysis” icon on the top menu

• Select Action/Analyze

• Select Object/Entire Model

• Select Method/Full Run

• Click “Translation Parameters…”

• Select XDB and Print

• Click OK

• Click “Solution Type”

• Select “Linear Static” as Solution Type

• Click Ok

• Click Apply

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Tutorial 3D(14) To Read the results:-

• Select Action/Access Results

• Select Object/Attach XDB

• Select Method/Result Entities

• Click “Select Results File…”

• Select the file “basket.xdb” and Click OK

• Click Apply

• Click “Results” icon on the top menu


• Select Object/Quick Plot

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Tutorial 3D(Con’t):-

• Select “Displacement, Translational” for Fringe Result

• Select “Displacement, Translational” for Deformation Result

• Click Apply

Analysis by Patran

The maximum Displacement = 98mm

Result by Solidwoks = 96mm (Page 91)

END of Tutorial 3D


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For enquiries, please contact:

Mr. Dickson S.W. Sham

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tel : (852) 2766 4507

Email : [email protected]

Website : http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mmdsham

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