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Updated: 12-7-11WEK
ENGINEERING DESIGN W/ Solid Works
Oxford Area High School
GETTING STARTED TUTORIALS
Introduction to Solid Works
This Introduction to Solid Works will guide you through the creation of several part drawings. You will create these parts based on drawings you completed in Mechanical Drawing One:
Your 7th CADD Drawing
“Armature Support”
For your 7th part, you will recreate the “Armature Support” shown below. You will take this single view drawing and draw a line drawing of it. You will learn how use the “Centerpoint Arc” to the left/right and top/bottom features. Then you will give it a thickness of .125” making the part a 3D model made up of the basic features.
You will begin this lesson by creating a new part.
1. Click New , Click Part., Click OK.
Next: Set up measurement units to be in “inches”.
1. Click on “Options” icon.
2. Click on “Document Properties” tab.
3. Now click “Units”.
4. Under “Unit system” click on “IPS”. Hit
NEXT:
1. Click on the “Features toolbar” tab. Then click on
Extruded Boss/Base icon.
2. Move the pointer over the Top plane to highlight it, then select it.
The display changes, so that the Top plane is facing you.
A sketch opens on the: Top plane.
3. Click the “Circle” tool on the Sketch tab toolbar.
4. Next you will draw a 2 1/8” Dia. circle at the origin symbol.
5. This time bring your pencil point to the edge of the circle and right click. This will bring up material to select from: , select the “Smart Dimension” symbol to resize your circle to 2 1/8”.
6. Next add the 1” Dia. circles 3” to the left and right of the center circle.
Saving the “Armature Support”
Before you go any further let’s “Save” what you have completed.
1. Click Save on the Standard toolbar.
2. In the dialog box, type Armature Support, add Your initials and today’s date, for the File name. Example: Armature Support, WEK 12-25-13
3. Click Save.
Placing The Arcs
1. You will now use the “Centerpoint Arc” to place the 4 arcs needed.
2. Click on and use this to draw the arcs off the centers of the 2 – 1” circles, then over and under the center 2 1/8” circle. Make them big enough to be trimmed.
3. Next you will dimension the arcs to 1 3/4"R. (Left + Right), 2 ½” (Top + Bot.)
4. Please note the 1 ¾” arcs are half circles. Keep this in mind when drawing them.
Adding The Horizontal Lines
1. Select the line tool, and draw the two lines between the left and right half circles.
5. Click Save.
Trimming The Arcs To The Lines
Now trim the unwanted lines.
1. Click on . Click on “Trim to closest” .
2. Next: The cursor show a pair scissors, Zoom in if needed and move to
the line you want to trim.
3. Click on the lines you need to remove.
Extruding the “Armature Support”
Click on the “Features” tab, then click on .
Next:
1. In the “Direction 1” window it should read “Blind”.
2. In the dimension box, change the thickness to: .125” inch. Now click the .
3. Click Save .
Adding Text Information
1. Click on the “Insert” .
2. Select “Annotations”, and then “Note…”
3. You should now see a text “Formatting” box.
4. Click on the font type select: “Arial”
5. Set font to 12 or 14.
6. Click in the text box area and place the below information:
Drawn By: (Your Name)
Title: Armature Support
Date:(Today’s date)
Period:(Your class period)
Score: ____/50
7. Click Save.
8. When the text box is complete clickin the Program Manager to exit.
Printing your “Armature Support”
1.Go to “File” then “Print Setup”, be sure to click on “Scale to Fit” and
“Landscape”, click “OK”.
2. Go to “File” then “Print”.
Always look at the “Preview” image before printing!!!
If your Preview is good you can print to the CADDLAB. Hand in, for a possible 50 Points.
Congratulations!
You have completed your lesson.
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