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Solidworks Teacher Guide Lesson4: School'S Name Teacher'S Name Date

The document provides instructions for creating an assembly in SolidWorks using mates. It describes: 1. Adding two parts, Tutor1 and Tutor2, to the assembly and manipulating their positions. 2. Applying three mate relationships - two coincident and one parallel - to fully define the assembly. 3. Additional examples of mate relationships for a switchplate-fastener assembly and cdcase-storagebox assembly. It also introduces the component pattern tool to efficiently add multiple identical components.

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Solidworks Teacher Guide Lesson4: School'S Name Teacher'S Name Date

The document provides instructions for creating an assembly in SolidWorks using mates. It describes: 1. Adding two parts, Tutor1 and Tutor2, to the assembly and manipulating their positions. 2. Applying three mate relationships - two coincident and one parallel - to fully define the assembly. 3. Additional examples of mate relationships for a switchplate-fastener assembly and cdcase-storagebox assembly. It also introduces the component pattern tool to efficiently add multiple identical components.

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SolidWorks Teacher Guide Lesson4

School’s Name
Teacher’s Name
Date
Features Used to Build Tutor2

1.Base Extrude 2.Fillets

3.Shell 4.Cut Extrude


Sketch for Cut Feature

• Sketch is composed of two curves.


– Convert Entities creates the outside curve.
– Offset Entities creates the inside curve.

• Rather than drawing the outlines by hand, they


are “copied” from existing geometry.
• This technique is:
– Fast and easy– select the face and click the tool.
– Accurate – sketch entities are “cloned” directly from
existing geometry.
– Intelligent – if the solid body changes shape, the
sketch updates. Automatically.
Convert Entities

• Copies one or more curves into the active


sketch by projecting them onto the sketch
plane.
• Curves can be:
– Edges of faces
– Entities in other sketches

• Easy and fast


– Select the face or curve.
– Click the tool.
To Create the Outside Curve:

• Select the sketch plane.


• Open a new sketch.
• Select the face or curves
you want to convert.
In this case, select the
face.
• Click Convert Entities
file:///C:/2006 HS Teacher Guide/Art
/Toolbar Icons/Sketch/icon_convert
_entities.tif

on the Sketch toolbar.


Creating the Outside Curve:

• Outside edges of face are copied into the


active sketch.
• Sketch is fully defined – no dimensions
needed.
To Create the Inside Curve:

• Click Offset Entities on the


Sketch toolbar.
The PropertyManager opens.
• Enter the distance value of 2mm.
• Select one of the converted
entities.
• The Select chain option causes
the offset to go all the way
around the contour.
Creating the Inside Curve:

• The system generates a preview


of the resulting offset.
• A small arrow points toward
the cursor. If you move you
cursor to the other side of the
line , the arrow changes
direction. This indicates on which side the
offset will be created.
• Move the cursor so it is inside the contour.
Click the left mouse button to create the
offset.
Creating the Inside Curve:

• The resulting sketch is


fully defined.
• There is only one
dimension. It controls
the offset distance.
Tutor Assembly

• The Tutor assembly is


comprised of two
parts:
– Tutor1 (created in
Lesson 2)
– Tutor2 (created in this
lesson)
Assembly Basics

• An assembly contains two or more parts.


• In an assembly, parts are referred to as
components.
• Mates are relationships that align and fit
components together in an assembly.
• Components and their assembly are directly
related through file linking.
• Changes in the components affect the assembly.
• Changes in the assembly affect the components.
To create the Tutor assembly:

• Open a new
assembly
document
template.
• Open Tutor1.
• Open Tutor2.
• Arrange the
windows.
Creating the Tutor assembly:

• Drag and
drop the
part icons
into the
assembly
document.
Assembly Basics

• The first component placed into


an assembly is fixed.
• A fixed component cannot move.
• If you want to move a fixed
component, you must
Float (unfix) it first.
• Tutor1 is added to the FeatureManager design
tree with the symbol (f).
• The symbol (f) indicates a fixed component.
Assembly Basics

• Tutor2 is added to the


FeatureManager design tree
with the symbol (-).
• The symbol (-) indicates an
underdefined component.
• Tutor2 is free to move and rotate.
Manipulating Components

• Move components by dragging.


• Move components with a triad.
• Move Component – translates
(moves) the selected component
according to its available degrees
of freedom.
Manipulating Components

• Rotate components by dragging.


• Rotate components with a triad.
• Rotate Component – rotates the
selected component according to
its available degrees of freedom.
Degrees of Freedom: There are Six

• They describe how an object


is free to move.
• Translation (movement)
along X, Y, and Z axes.
• Rotation around X, Y, and Z
axes.
Mate Relationships

• Mates relationships align and fit together


components in an assembly.
• The Tutor assembly requires three mates to
fully define it.
The three mates are:
• Coincident between the top Edges
back edge of Tutor1 and
the edge of the lip on Tutor2.

Tutor1

Tutor2
Mate Relationships

• Second Mate: Coincident


mate between the right face
of Tutor1 and the right face
of Tutor2.

• Third Mate: Coincident mate


between the top face of
Tutor1 and the top face
of Tutor2.
Mates and Degrees of Freedom

• The first mate removes


all but two degrees of
freedom.

• The remaining degrees


of freedom are:
– Movement along the
edge.
– Rotation around the
edge.
Mates and Degrees of Freedom

• The second mate removes one more degree of


freedom.
• The remaining degree of freedom is:
– Rotation around the edge.
Mates and Degrees of Freedom

• The third mate removes last degree of


freedom.
• No remaining degrees of freedom.
• The assembly is fully defined.
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• The switchplate requires two


fasteners.
• Create the fastener.
• Create the switchplate-fastener
assembly.
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• The switchplate-fastener assembly requires


three mates to be fully defined. The three
mates are:

• First Mate:
Concentric mate
between the cylindrical
face of the fastener and
the cylindrical face of
the switchplate.
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• Second Mate:
Coincident mate
between the flat Faces
circular back face of
the fastener and the
flat front face of the
switchplate.
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• Third Mate:
Parallel mate between
the flat cut face of the
Faces
fastener and the flat
top face of the
switchplate.
• The switchplate-
fastener assembly is
fully defined.
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• The cdcase-storagebox assembly requires


three mates to be fully defined. The three
mates are:
• First Mate:
Coincident between
the inside bottom face
of the storagebox and
the bottom face of
the cdcase.

Faces
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• Second Mate:
Coincident mate between
the inside back face of
the storagebox and the
back face of the cdcase.
Inside back face

Faces
Additional Mate Relationships for
Exercises and Projects

• Third Mate:
Distance mate between the inside left face of
the storagebox and the left face of the cdcase.
• Distance = 1cm.
• Good job! Now,
would you like to do
this 24 more times?

•No!
Faces
Component Pattern

• A Component pattern is
a pattern of components
in an assembly.
• The Component pattern
copies the Seed
Component.
• The Seed Component
in this example is the cdcase.
• This eliminates the work of adding and
mating each cdcase individually.
To Create a Linear Component Pattern:

• Click
Insert,
ComponentPattern,
LinearPattern.
Creating a Linear Component Pattern:

• Select the cdcase as the


Components to Pattern.
• Select the front edge of the
storage box for
Pattern Direction.
• Spacing = 1cm
• Instances = 25
• Click OK.
More to Explore: The Hole Wizard

• What determines the size of


the hole?
– The size of the fastener
– The desired amount of
clearance
• Normal
• Close
• Loose

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