StepstoDrawPumpImpeller:Thestepsbelowshowonewaytodrawtheimpeller.

Youshouldmake
surethatyourimpellerisnotlargerthantheoneshownoritmaynotfitinthepumphousing.

1. Changeunitstoinches:
Tools>Options>Document
Properties>Unitsandthenselect:
IPS(inch,pound,second)

2. SelectExtrudedBoss/Basefrom
theFeaturestoolbar
3. SelecttheTopPlanefordrawing.
4. SelectCirclefromtheSketch
toolbar.Nowpositionthepointer
overtheorigin,anddrawacircle
withadiameterofapproximately
0.9inches.
5. SelectSmartDimensionfromthe
Sketchtoolbar,andsetthediameter
ofthecircleto0.9inches.
6. Returnandextrudethecircletoa
heightof0.12inches.Thenclickthe
greencheckmarktoacceptthis
extrusiondimension.
7. ClickonExtrudeBoss/Base,and
selectthebottomofthedisk.
8. Drawa0.2inchdiametercircleon
thebottomofthedisk,and
protrudeitoutwardfromthediskto
adistanceof0.03inches.
9. ClickonExtrudeBoss/Base,and
begintodrawthe2Dfeaturesthat
willdefinetheimpellerblades.
Selectthetopfaceofthediskfor
drawing.
10. Drawa0.2inchdiametercircle
centeredontheorigin.
11. SelecttheSplinetoolontheSketch
toolbarandproceedtodrawthe
profilesofanimpellerblade.
12. Drawarcstodefineanimpeller
blade.Notethatthedimensionsare
notcritical.But,dontmakethe
bladestoonarrowastheywilleasily
breakoffduringpumpassembly
(theoneshownisalmosttoothin).
13. Drawanadditionalcirclethat
coincideswiththeouterboundary
ofthedisk(0.9inchesindiameter).
Thiscirclewillbeusedtodefinethe
outeredgeoftheimpellerblade.
14. SelecttheTrimEntitiestoolfrom
theSketchtoolbartoeliminatethe
portionsoftheinnerandouter
circlesthatarenotpartofthe
impellerblade.SelecttheTrimto
closestoptionfortrimming.

15. Eliminatetheredportionofthe
innercircle(itwillturnredwhen
youyourpointerisintheright
place).Repeatthisfortheouter
circle.Clickthegreencheckmarkto
endthetrimmingprocess.

16. Youshouldnowhavethe2Dprofile
ofasingleimpellerblade.Besureto
saveyourworkasyougoalong.
17. Holdthe<Ctrl>buttonwhileyou
clickaroundtheboundaryofthe
bladeprofile.Thelineswillturn
greenastheyareselected.
18. SelectCircularPatternfrom...
Tools>SketchTools
19. Select3forthenumberofinstances
oftheimpellerblade(youcanhave
morethan3bladesifyoulike).Since
youdefinedtheinitialdiskcentered
abouttheorigin,SolidWorks
automaticallyselectsthecenter
pointastheaxisaboutwhichcoping
occurs.Clickthegreencheckmark
whenyouaredone.
20. Returnandextrudetheblades
outward0.32inches.Thisshould
leave0.03inchofgapbetweenthe
impellerandthefaceplateofthe
pump.
21. SelecttheFillettoolfromthe
featurestoolbar.
22. Roundtheedgesshowntothe
largestradiuspossible.Ifyougetan
error,itislikelythatyouareusinga
radiusthatistoolarge.Addingthis
radiuswillmaketheblades
stronger.
23. SelectExtrudedCutfromthe
featurestoolbar.
24. Cutouta0.086inchholethrough
thecenterofthepart.

25. Saveyourfileasapartfile(SLDPRT)andasaSTLfile(.stl)usingthefollowingnaming
convention:
a. firstinitial,underscore,lastname.SLDPRTexample:j_doe.SLDPRT
b. firstinitial,underscore,lastname.STLexample:j_doe.STL

Tosavethe.STLfile,youwillneedtogotoFile>SaveAs>Saveastype:andchooseSTL
(*.stl).ThenclickonOptions,andenter0.001infortheDeviationtoleranceand2.000degfor
theAngletolerance.ThiswillensurethatyourSTLfileproducesasmoothpartwhenit
prints.Printoutapictureofyourimpellerandturnitinwithyourhomework.

Gettogetherwithyourpartner,andselectoneofyourimpellerstohaveprintedofABSplastic
onarapidprototypingmachine.EmailyourSLDPRTandSTLfilestoyourinstructorforprinting.

Note:BesuretoexitSolidWorksbeforesendingyourfile.Theinstructorshavehadtroublein
thepastreadingSolidWorksfiles;webelievethatsendingafilethathasnotbeenproperly
closedmayrenderitunreadable.