Module 8: Project II

Lab Exercises
If you are ready to start on the exercise for this module, please click the link below. Exercise 1: Creating Basic Surfaces for Inner Door Panel

Lecture Review
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Introduction
This module contains a self-paced project. The purpose of this project is to provide you with an opportunity to practice the skills you have learned in the class without relying on step-by-step instructions. In this project, you continue to design the car door inner panel components.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to: Apply the skills you've learned to real-world design projects.

Project II Creating the Inner Door Panel Design Framework

You continue designing the car inner door panel. In this project, you use the copied references that you created in the previous project and design basic surfaces for the inner door panel.

Exercise 1: Creating Basic Surfaces for Inner Door Panel

Objectives
After successfully completing this exercise, you will know how to: Create basic surfaces for a model.

Scenario
You are continuing the task of designing the car inner door panel. You have copied the references required to build the inner door panel from the skeleton model. You now create the basic surfaces for the inner door panel. Task 1. Open the model and hide/unhide reference geometry.

1. In the Folder Browser , browse to the module_08 folder. o Right-click the module_08 folder and select Set Working Directory. 2. Open the DOOR_INNER_PANEL_RIGHT.PRT o If necessary, turn on the display of datum planes.

Door Inner Panel Model

3. In the model tree, press CTRL and select SHUT_LINE and WINDOW_PROFILE. o Right-click and select Hide.

4. In the model tree, right-click Project 1 and select Unhide.

Hidden External Copy Geometry Features

The figures in this lab exercise were created using the Default Orientation.

Task 2. Create a surface using the two projected curves as boundaries. 1. Turn off the display of datum planes. 2. Select anywhere on the model background to de-select all items.

3. Start the Boundary Blend Tool from the feature toolbar. o Select the outer curve, press CTRL, and select the inner curve. Notice the surface has an undesired twisting effect.

Selecting the Curves

4. Select the Control Points tab. o Select Undefined for Chain 1. o Select a point from the outer curve and the corresponding point on the inner curve, as shown in the following figure.

Selecting Control Points

5. Continue to select a total of six sets of control points, enabling the eight vertices to connect, as shown in the following figure on the top. o In the following figure on the bottom, control points set locations are circled for reference.

Creating Control Points

6. Click Complete Feature

Resulting Boundary Blend Surface

Task 3. Create curves and surfaces for level three of the car door. 1. Select anywhere on the model background to de-select all items. 2. In the model tree, press CTRL and select SHUT_LINE and DOOR_LEVEL_3. o Right-click and select Unhide.

Unhidden External Copy Geometry Features

3. Select DOOR_LEVEL_3 from the model tree to locate it. o Select a segment, and then press SHIFT to select the entire tangent chain, as shown in the following figure.

Selecting the Tangent Chain of Edges

4. Click Edit > Project. o Right-click to query and select the entire quilt, as shown in the following figure.

Selecting the Quilt

5. Right-click and choose Select Direction Reference. o Select datum plane RIGHT from the model tree. o Click Complete Feature .

Projecting the Curve on Surface

6. Select anywhere on the model background to de-select all items. 7. In the model tree, press CTRL and select SHUT_LINE and DOOR_LEVEL_3. o Right-click and select Hide.

Displaying Only Required Geometry

8. Select Project 3 from the model tree.

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Start the Variable Section Sweep Tool Click Create Section . Zoom in to the crosshairs.

from the feature toolbar.

Sketch the arc and tangent line, as shown in the following figure.

Sketch for the Variable Section Sweep

9. Double-click the 20 dimension and edit it to 200. o Click Complete Sketch . 10. Select the References tab from the dashboard. o Select Normal to Projection as the Section Plane Control option. o Select datum plane RIGHT from the model tree. o Click Complete Feature .

Resulting Swept Surface

Task 4. Create the first curve for level one of the car door.

1. In the model tree, right-click DOOR_LEVEL_1 and select Unhide. o Turn on the display of datum planes and datum points if necessary.

Displaying Required Geometry

2. Start the Sketch Tool from the feature toolbar. o Select datum plane MID_PLANE as the sketching plane. o Select datum plane TOP as the reference plane. o Select Top for the orientation direction. 3. Turn off the display of datum planes.

4. Click Sketch. o Select datum points PNT0, PNT1, PNT2, PNT3, PNT4, PNT5, and PNT6 as references. o Click Close in the References dialog box. 5. Refer to the following figure while sketching in this step. o Click Arc and sketch an arc by selecting datum points PNT0, PNT2, and PNT1. o Sketch another arc by selecting datum points PNT2, PNT4, and PNT3. o Click Line and sketch a line through datum points PNT4 and PNT5. o Sketch another line through datum points PNT5 and PNT6.

Sketching Step 1 of 3

6. Refer to the following figure while sketching in this step.

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Click Circular Fillet

and create fillets near PNT2 and PNT5.

Click Dynamic Trim and trim away any extra entities after creating the fillets. Ensure tangency is constrained at five locations as shown. A feature created in a following task requires tangency.

Sketching Step 2 of 3

7. Refer to the following figure while sketching in this step.

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Click Constraints

and click Same Point

Select the upper-most arc and then select PNT2. Select the arc that lies between PNT3 and PNT4 and then select PNT2. Create and edit dimensions as shown.

Sketching Step 3 of 3

8. Click Complete Sketch

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Task 5. Create the first surface for level one of the car door.

1. With the sketch still selected, start the Extrude Tool toolbar. o Click Both Sides . o Type 1600 as the depth value. o Click Complete Feature . 2. Turn off the display of datum points.

from the feature

Creating the Extruded Surface

Task 6. Create the second curve for level one of the car door. 1. Select DOOR_LEVEL_1 from the model tree. o Select a segment, and then press SHIFT to select the entire tangent chain, as shown in the following figure.

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Selecting the Tangent Chain

2. Click Edit > Project. o Right-click to query and select the entire quilt, as shown in the following figure.

Selecting the Quilt

3. Right-click and choose Select Direction Reference. o Select datum plane RIGHT from the model tree. o Click Complete Feature .

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Projecting a Curve

4. Select anywhere on the model background to de-select all items. 5. In the model tree, press CTRL and select DOOR_LEVEL_1 and Extrude 1. o Right-click and select Hide.

Displaying Only Required Geometry

Task 7. Create the second surface for level one of the car door.

1. Select Project 4 from the model tree. 2. Start the Variable Section Sweep Tool
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from the feature toolbar.

Click Create Section

Sketch and dimension an angled line, as shown in the following figure.

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Sketch for the Variable Section Sweep

3. Click Complete Sketch . o Select the References tab. o Select Normal to Projection as the Section Plane Control option. o Select datum plane RIGHT from the model tree. o Click Complete Feature .

Resulting Swept Surface

Task 8. Create the projected curve for level two of the car door.

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1. In the model tree, right-click DOOR_LEVEL_2 and select Unhide. 2. Turn on the display of datum planes if necessary.

Displaying Required Geometry

3. Start the Sketch Tool from the feature toolbar. o Select DTM1 as the sketching plane. o Select datum plane TOP as the reference plane. o Select Top for the orientation direction. 5. Click Sketch. o Click Close in the References dialog box and click Yes to continue without specifying references. o Click Entity from Edge . o Rotate the model and select the three curve segments, as shown in the following figure.

Sketch for the Extruded Surface

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5. Click Complete Sketch

. from the feature

6. With the sketch still selected, start the Extrude Tool toolbar. o Click Both Sides . o Type 1300 as the depth value. o Click Complete Feature .

Extrude Surface Created

7. Turn off the display of datum planes. 8. Select DOOR_LEVEL_2 from the model tree. o Select a segment, and then press SHIFT to select the entire tangent chain, as shown in the following figure.

Selecting Tangent Chain

9. Click Edit > Project. o Right-click to query and select the entire quilt, as shown in the following figure.

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Selecting the Quilt

10. Right-click and choose Select Direction Reference. o Select datum plane RIGHT from the model tree and click Complete Feature .

Projecting a Curve

Task 9. Create the second curve and surface for level two of the car door. 1. In the model tree, press CTRL and select DOOR_LEVEL_2 and Extrude 2. o Right-click and select Hide.

Displaying Only Required Geometry

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2. Select Project 5 from the model tree.

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Start the Variable Section Sweep Tool Click Create Section .

from the feature toolbar.

Sketch the section, as shown in the following figure.

Sketch for the Variable Section Sweep

3. Click Complete Sketch . o Select the References tab. o Select Normal to Projection as the Section Plane Control option. o Select datum plane RIGHT from the model tree. o Click Complete Feature .

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Resulting Swept Surface

4. Click View > Visibility > Save Status. 5. Click Save from the main toolbar. Click OK. o Click File > Erase > Current and click Yes. This completes the exercise.

Summary
After successfully completing this module, you should know how to: Apply the skills you've learned to real-world design projects.

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