Workshop 7

7.1
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Pulley Model with
P
Parameters
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Goals:
Create a 3D model through
sketching and extruding
Add a revolved feature to
represent the pulleys groove
Add a bolt hole pattern with one
sketch that is based on a
construction
t ti sketch
k t h
Parameterize the model so the
pulley size automatically updates
the bolt hole pattern. A whole
range of pulley sizes could now be
simulated!
Start Page setup:
Double click on Geometry under
Component Systems to create a
new geometry
Double click on Geometry in
Project Schematic panel to start
Design Modeler
At the prompt, set the length unit
to millimeter
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Create a sketch on the XYPlane:

In Tree, click on >XYPlane to activate it.
Toolbar Look At
1 [Sketching] > Draw > Circle
1.
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Note: selecting the Sketching tab after

selecting a plane changes to
Sketching mode and automatically
creates a new sketch if one does not
exist

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Create a sketch on the XYPlane (contd):

Select origin for center of circle
2 Put the cursor near the global origin
2.
origin. You
should see a P appear near your cursor,
indicating an auto-constraint will be applied.
Click once with the left mouse button.
Select
S l t an arbitrary
bit
point
i t ffor diameter
di
t off circle
i l
3. Click on the screen to define the radius of
the circle. The actual value does not
matter, as we will dimension this next.
[Sketching] > Dimensions > General
4. RMB and choose Diameter dimensioning,
then click on the circle. Click again on the
screen to place the dimension.
Details View: Dimensions > D1
5. Click on the text box value next to D1.
This will highlight the text entry field. Enter
60 for the value
al e of D1
D1. This redefines the
diameter as 60 millimeters.
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Extrude the circle to create a cylinder

Graphics View: Select Iso View ball
6 Select the light
6.
light-blue
blue iso-ball
iso ball
on the triad to change to
isometric view.
Toolbar: Extrude
7. Select the Extrude icon on
the 3D Features Toolbar.
Details View: FD1, Depth (>0)
8. Select the text entry box next
to FD1, Depth (>0) in the
Details View. Enter a value
of 10 to extrude the sketch
10 millimeters in the positive
z-direction.
Toolbar: Generate
9. Select the Generate icon on
th Toolbar
the
T lb to
t generate
t the
th
cylinder.
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Toolbar: Look At icon

(XYPlane is already active)
Toolbar: New Sketch (creates
Sk t h2 on XY plane)
Sketch2
l
)
[Sketching] > Draw > Polygon n=5
10. Put the cursor near the global
origin.
g
You should see a P
appear near your cursor,
indicating an auto-constraint of
Coincident Point will be applied.
Click once with the left mouse
button to define the center of the
polygon
11. Put the cursor near the positive Y
axis You should see a C
axis.
C
appear near the cursor indicating
the point is coincident to the Y
axis. Click once with the left
mouse button to define the top
vertex location
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Dimension the 5 sided polygon

[Sketching] > Dimensions >
Vertical
12. Dimensions the polygon as
shown at right.
13. Select the text entry box next
to V2 and enter a value of 20
mm.

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Create the holes for the bolt pattern:

Note: XYPlane is still active
Toolbar: New Sketch icon (creates
Sketch3 on XY plane)
Toolbar: Look At icon
[Sketching] > Draw > Circle
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14 Put the cursor near the top vertex
14.
until a P appears near your
cursor, indicating an auto-constraint
will be applied. Click to define the
center of the circle then drag the
cursor to define the circle radius.
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15. Repeat the above step at each of
the (5) vertices of the polygon.
IMPORTANT: watch for the R to
appear next to the cursor before
clicking to define each radius. This
!
indicates the new circle is radially
If you inadvertently fail to apply auto constraints
constraints, you can
constrained to the previous circle.

undo the selection and try again, or use >Constraints tab and
apply them manually

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Dimension the top circle:

[Sketching] > Dimensions > Diameter
16.
6 C
Click
c o
on the
e top
op ccircle
c e ccreated
ea ed in sstep
ep 14.
17. Specify 5mm diameter in the dimension Detail.
Note: Vary the dimension several times to see if all circles update to the new value.
Can use >Dimensions>Animate too! Remember to make final dimension 5 mm before
moving on to the next step
step.

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8 mm
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Extrude Sketch 3 to create the
bolt holes
Toolbar: Extrude
Details:
18. Operation: Cut
Material
Material
19. Type: Through All
20. Generate
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Create a sketch to revolve around the pulley in

order to define the pulley groove
21. Click on >ZXPlane in Tree to make it active
22. Toolbar: New Sketch
Toolbar: Look At icon
Sketching: Draw > Rectangle
Draw a rectangle in the approximate
location shown

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Dimension the sketch

23. [Sketching] > Dimensions
Using the dimension toolbox add dimensions as shown

Name and/or Value

can be activated in
Dimensions/Display to
show the variable
names and theirs
values

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Create the pulley groove by

revolving the sketch
> Modeling>ZXPlane
M d li
ZXPl
>
Sketch4
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24. Toolbar: Revolve
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25. Click on the Z axis in the
graphics window
26. Click >Apply
27. Change the Operation to
Cut Material
28. Check the FD1, Angle.
Change
g it to 360 if
different
29. Generate
30. Click on the Blue Triad
ISO Ball as desired.
desired

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With the pulley model completed as shown here we will now create a parameter for
the pulleys diameter and define several expressions to control the pulleys features.

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[Modeling Tree] >XYPlane > Sketch1

31. In the Sketch1 Detail check the box next to D1
This action will immediately cause a dialog box to
be displayed containing the default dimension
name.
32. Enter Pulley_Diameter in the dialog box to
name the parameter then OK.
OK

Once
accepted the
diameter a
Parameter
Set tree is
created in the
Project
Schematic
window

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Note: We have now made the pulley diameter a parametric value. Since our goal is
to drive the other dimensions to automatically reflect any diameter change, well
now create several expressions for that purpose
purpose. In particular
particular, there are 2
dimensions we need to control, the hole pattern dimension and the pulleys groove
radius (see below).
Recall the original dimensions were:
Pulley diameter = 60
Hole pattern = 20
Groove radius = 28
The desired formulae are:
a) Hole pattern placement:
Dimension = (Pulley_Diameter) / 3
b) Pulley groove diameter:
Dimension = (Pulley_Diameter)/2 - 2

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Activate the parameter manager via the toolbar icon

Toolbar: Parameters
33. Click on the Parameter/Dimension
Assignments tab to enter equations.
NOTE: Your default parameter
names may be
b diff
differentt depending
d
di
on the order and type of Dimensions
placed.
Click on your various sketches in the
Tree to display your default names in
the Detail Window
This equation is for the overall size of
the bolt pattern that lies on the XY
plane
This equation is for the groove sketch
radial dimension line. This sketch
lies on the ZX plane

Hole Pattern Size is Dia/3

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Note: Your default parameter names may be different

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The Groove is placed at Dia/2 minus 2mm

Th minus
The
i
2 iinsures it always
l
cuts a 2mm deep groove.
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Return to the Design Parameter tab

Experiment with new values for
Pulley Diameter and click >Check
Pulley_Diameter
tab after each change.
Notice the driven dimensions can be
viewed and evaluated with their updated
values.

Pulley Diameter = 40 mm
Pulley_Diameter
Pulley_Diameter = 150 mm

The default parameter names may be different

After checking,
checking click on Generate icon to
resume the geometry
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Once again, experiment

with new values for
Pulley_Diameter, this
time generating
generating the
model after each change.
Note how all model
dimensions update
sim ltaneo sl
simultaneously.
This could represent an
entire range of pulley sizes
(part family) or a series of
design variations to used
in optimization.

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Appendix: Project Schematic and in design parameter change

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