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Edu Cat e Wfs FX v5r10
Edu Cat e Wfs FX v5r10
Exercises
Table of Contents
1. Master Exercise : Mobile Phone
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mobile Phone : Presentation Mobile Phone : Creating the wireframe geometry Mobile Phone : Creating the surfaces Mobile Phone : Trimming and joining the body surfaces Mobile Phone : Creating the part body Mobile Phone : Modifying the geometry Button (Step 1) : Creating the wireframe geometry Button (Step 2) : Creating the surfaces Button (Step 3): Creating the solid Button (Step 4): Modifying the geometry Wrench body : Presentation Wrench body : Creating the Surface of the Handle Wrench body : Creating a Lofted Surface to Link the Parts Wrench body : Creating the Side Surface of the Head Wrench body : Creating a Connecting Surface Wrench body : Completing the Wrench Body
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2. Recap Exercise
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Exercise
Mobile Phone : Presentation
35 min
In this exercise you will see how to create a mobile phone body using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design workbenches:
Creating wireframe elements (Points, splines, circles, projected curve) Creating surfaces (swept, extruded, blend, loft) Manipulating surfaces (trim, symmetry, join) Creating solid from surface (Close, fillet) Modifying the geometry
Creation of guide and profile curves by using sketcher and spline. Creation of surfaces using Sweep, Extrude, Blend and Loft Operations on surfaces using Trim, Symmetry and Join Creation of solid from surfaces using Close and Fillet Modification of the geometry by changing parameters of the surface definition
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Create the wireframe geometry
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Create the wireframe geometry
Exercise
Mobile Phone : Creating the wireframe geometry
10 min
Do It Yourself (1/2)
Guide curve 1
Guide curve 2
1- Create these points : (0,0,9), (40,0,7.5), (60,0,6), (80,0,5.8) and (90,0,5.8). 2- Draw a spline passing through these points imposing a tangency condition with the X axis at the two extremities. 3-Project Guide Curve 2 into ZX plane normally. 4-Create this sketch in the YZ plane and rename it Profile:
Do It Yourself (2/2)
5- Create this circle centered on the point (70,0,0):
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Create the wireframe geometry
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Exercise
Mobile Phone : Creating the surfaces
10 min
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Do It Yourself (1/3)
Part used: Mobile_phone_step2-1.CATPart 1- Create a swept surface using Guide curve 1 and Guide curve 2 as guide curves, the sketch Profileas profile and its two vertex points as anchor points. Rename it Side.
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Do It Yourself (2/3)
2-Extrude the Spline curve in the ZX direction with these parameters:
3-Create a Blend surface between the Spline curve and Guide Curve 1, using the previous extrusion as tangency surface and rename it Top:
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Do It Yourself (3/3)
4-Create a loft surface between the Guide Curve 2 and the Projected curve. Rename it Bottom:
5-Extrude the two circle arcs in the XY direction using these parameters:
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Create the wireframe geometry
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Exercise
Mobile Phone : Trimming and joining the body surfaces
5 min
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Do It Yourself (1/2)
1- Join the surfaces Side, Top and Bottom: 2- Trim the previous join surface with the first extruded surface from the circle arcs:
3-Trim the previous trim surface with the remaining extruded surface:
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Do It Yourself (2/2)
4- Symmetry the resulting surface with the ZX plane and join the surfaces:
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Create the wireframe geometry
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Exercise
Mobile Phone : Creating the part body
5 min
Close the body surface into a solid, then fillet the solid.
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Do It Yourself
Access the Part Design workbench and define in work object the Solid body. 1- Close the surface Body surface. 2- Add variable fillets on the two side top edges (from 4mm to 2mm)
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Create the wireframe geometry
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Exercise
Mobile Phone : Modifying the geometry
5 min
Do It Yourself
You will modify the overall shape of the part by changing the parameters of a construction element.
2- Modify its Z coordinate from 7.5 to 8.5 and its X coordinate from 40 to 39:
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Recap Exercise
In this exercise you will see how to create a button body using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design workbenches:
25 min.
Creating the profiles Extruding the profile Creating the solid part Modifying the geometry
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Exercise
Button (Step 1) : Creating the wireframe geometry
5 min.
In this step you will: Create the points Create the profile curves Create the direction lines
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Do It Yourself
Pt5
Pt5
Pt1
Pt1
Create the wireframe geometry: 1- Create 5 points : Pt1(0,0,5), Pt2(0,10,9), Pt3(0,23,7), Pt4(0,30,8), Pt5(-20,30,7) 2- Create a spline passing through Pt1 to Pt4 3- Create a line passing through Pt4 and Pt5 4- Draw a sketch on XY plane with two coincidences and a radius of 20mm 5- Draw a vertical line on YZ plane
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Exercise
Button (Step 2) : Creating the surfaces
5 min.
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Do It Yourself
Sketch.2 Line.1 Spline.1 Sketch.1
Button_step2-3.CATPart
1- Create the first extruded surface : select profile Sketch.1 and direction Sketch.2 2- Create the second extruded surface : select profile Spline.1 and direction Line.1
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Exercise
Button (Step 3): Creating the solid
10 min.
In this step you will: Create a pad using the existing surfaces as limits Add fillets on edges Shell the part
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Do It Yourself (1/2)
1- Create a sketch (rectangular contour) on the XY plane 2- Create a sketch (trapezoidal contour) on the YZ plane
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Do It Yourself (2/2)
Fillets (6-)
Shell (7-)
3- Create a pad on Sketch.3, up to the Extrude.2 surface 4- Split Pad.1 with Extrude.1 as splitting surface 5- Create a pad on Sketch.4 up to the Extrude.1 surface 6- Make 1.5 mm fillets on the 6 horizontal and vertical edges 7- Shell the bottom faces with 1mm (5 faces)
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Exercise
Button (Step 4): Modifying the geometry
5 min.
In this step you will: Modify the geometry by moving the definition points of the spline and changing parameters in the Sketcher
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Do It Yourself
Pt3
Sketch.1 (2-)
Button_step5.CATPart
1- Double click on Pt3 and change the Z value to 5mm to modify the shape of the spline 2- Open Sketch.1 to change the radius value to 25mm
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Exercise
Wrench body : Presentation
35 min
In this exercise you will learn how to create a wrench body using the Wireframe and Surface Design and Part Design workbenches :
Creating wireframe elements (point, line, spline) Creating surfaces (revolution, loft, sweep) Manipulating surfaces (symmetry, join) Creating solid from surface (close, extrude)
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Creation of guide, section and spine curves using spline, sketcher, project and split Creation of revolution, loft and sweep surfaces Creation of solid from surfaces using close and thick
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Create the surface of the handle
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Create a connecting surface
Create a lofted surface to link the parts Create the side surface of the head Enter the Part Design workbench
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Create the surface of the handle
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Create a connecting surface
Create a lofted surface to link the parts Create the side surface of the head Enter the Part Design workbench
Exercise
Wrench body : Creating the Surface of the Handle
5 min
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Do It Yourself
Vertex 2 C B A
Vertex 1
Spline 1
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body create three points : (115,7,0), (122,6,0) and (127,5,0). Rename them Point A, Point B and Point C. 2- Create a spline selecting Vertex 1 then points A to C and finally Vertex 2. 3- Impose horizontal tangency at the end points of the spline. 4- In the SURFACES Open Body create a surface, revolving the spline 360 degrees around the horizontal line of the sketch. (360-degree revolution is needed for the downstream close operation to create a solid in Part Design).
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Create the surface of the handle
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Create a connecting surface
Create a lofted surface to link the parts Create the side surface of the head Enter the Part Design workbench
Exercise
Wrench body : Creating a Lofted Surface to Link the Parts
10 min
Do It Yourself (1/2)
Offset plane
Sketch.5
Middle points
Sketch.5
Middle points
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body create a plane with a 7.2mm distance from the end face of the link. 2- On the created plane create an arc of a circle (radius =7.2). Define three coincidences, two between the end points of the arc and the H-axis of the Sketcher and one between the center point of the arc and the V-axis of the Sketcher. 3- On the bottom face of the head, create an arc passing through the two vertices of the face (radius =24). Define four coincidences, two between the arc and the vertices of the bottom face and two between the end points of the arc and the H-axis of the Sketcher. 4- Create the middle points of Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and of the edge curve of the link end face.
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Do It Yourself (2/2)
Spline.2
Loft 1
S3
Spline.3 Spline.4
Loft 2
Splines (5)
5- Create three splines, two passing through the two sets of end points of the three arcs and one passing through the set of middle points created on the three arcs. The three arcs are Sketch.3, Sketch.4 and the edge curve of the link end face. Impose an horizontal tangency to each spline on the link end. 6- In the SURFACES Open Body, create a loft using the splines 2 and 3 as sections, the ZX plane as tangent direction for the spline.3, and the 3 circle arcs as guide curves. 7- Create a loft using the splines 3 and 4 as sections, the ZX plane as tangent direction for the spline.3, and the 3 circle arcs as guide curves. 8- Apply a symmetry to the lofted surface with respect to the XY plane. 9- Join SYSTEMES the lofted surfaces and the symmetries. Copyright DASSAULT 2002 46
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Create the surface of the handle
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Create a connecting surface
Create a lofted surface to link the parts Create the side surface of the head Enter the Part Design workbench
Exercise
Wrench body : Creating the Side Surface of the Head
10 min
Create the side surface of the head by a sweeping a profile. The profile and guide curves are created from the existing curves by projection and re-limited.
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Do It Yourself
Extracted edges
Split of Sketch.5
Side surface
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body extract with tangency continuity the upper and lower edges of the head.. 2- Split sketch.5 with the side face of the head. 3- In the SURFACES Open Body define the side surface: create a sweep with a profile (Split.1=sketch.5 split) and two guide curves (Extract.1 and Extract.2).
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Create the surface of the handle
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Create a connecting surface
Create a lofted surface to link the parts Create the side surface of the head Enter the Part Design workbench
Exercise
Wrench body : Creating a Connecting Surface
5 min
Create a connect surface at a junction by sketching the profile and revolving it.
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Do It Yourself
Sketch. 6
Sketch.5 (1-)
1- In the WIREFRAME Open Body sketch the fillet profile on XY plane. - activate the option Construction elements. - create lines on the bottom and top horizontal edges and on the vertical edge of the link by intersecting the 3D elements. - define two coincidences between the profile and the bottom horizontal edge and between the profile and the vertical edge, two horizontal tangencies at the ends of the profile and two radius constraints (18mm and 5 mm). 2- In the SURFACES Open Body create the surface by revolving Sketch. 6 around the horizontal axis of Sketch.1 (360deg).
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Exercise
Wrench body : Completing the Wrench Body
5 min
Create solids by extruding and closing the surfaces. Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing.
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Do It Yourself (1/2)
Join.1 Revolute.1
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Revolute.2
PartBody
Sweep.1
Initial Part
1- Exit the Wireframe and Surface Design workbench and enter the Part Design workbench. 2- Thick the surface Sweep.1 by 1.5 mm inwards. 3- Mirror the PartBody. 4- Close the surfaces Revolute.1, Revolute.2 and Join. 1.
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Do It Yourself (2/2)
Sketch.6 (5-)
Pocket (6-)
5- Sketch two rectangular contours on the XY plane and build four coincidences, two between the contours and the V-axis of the Sketcher and two between the contours and the corresponding horizontal edge of the head. 6- Remove the exceeding solid by pocketing (depth=20mm, Mirrored extent).
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