Experiment-5 AIM: Creating a simple assembly of Nut and Bolt Software used: SolidWorks 2010 Theory: An assembly design

consists of two or more components assembled together at their respective work positions using parametric relations. In SolidWorks, these relations are called mates. These mates allow you to constrain the degrees of freedom of the components at their respective work positions. Procedure: The whole part will be done step by step STEP-1 Calling the indivisual part or component to the screen

1. Click New

on the Standard toolbar, click Assembly,

then click OK.

The Begin Assembly PropertyManager appears. 2. Under Part/Assembly to Insert, select Part1. A preview of Part1 appears in the graphics area, and the pointer changes to .

3. Click Keep Visible in the PropertyManager, so you can insert more than one component without having to re-open the PropertyManager. 4. Click anywhere in the graphics area to place Part1. 5. In the PropertyManager under Part/Assembly to Insert, select Part2. 6. Click in the graphics area to place Part2 beside Part1. 7. Click . 8. Click Zoom to Fit 9. Save the assembly as Basic Assembly.sldasm (The .sldasm extension is added to the file name.) If you see messages about rebuilding the assembly and saving referenced documents, click Yes.

STEP-2 Applying relationship between the components

1. Click Mate

(Assembly toolbar).

The Mate PropertyManager appears. 2. In the graphics area, select the top edge of Part1, then select the outside edge of the lip on the top of Part2. The Mate pop-up toolbar appears, and the components move into place, previewing the mate. The edges are listed in the Entities to Mate PropertyManager. 3. On the Mate pop-up toolbar: 1. Click Coincident box under Mate Selections in the

as the mate type. .

2. Click Add/Finish Mate

A coincident mate appears under Mates in the PropertyManager. Click OK . Save the assembly.

Assembly View:-

Exploded View:-

Experiment-6 AIM: Creating a simple drawing of Nut and Bolt Software used: SolidWorks 2010 Procedure:

1.

Click New

on the Standard toolbar, click Assembly,

then click OK.

A new drawing appears in the graphics area, and the Model View PropertyManager appears as below

2. Open Nut and Bolt.sldprt if it is not open. Then return to the drawing window. 3. Click Model View on the Drawing toolbar.

The pointer changes to

4. In the PropertyManager, do the following:

a. b. c.

Under Part/Assembly to Insert, select Nut and Bolt. Click Next . Under Orientation:

Click *Front under Standard views. Select Preview to display a preview in the graphics area.

4. Under Options, select Auto-start projected view to automatically display the Projected View PropertyManager when you place an orthogonal model view. 5. Under Display Style, click Hidden Lines Removed . 6. Under Scale, select Use custom scale, User Defined, and set to 1:4. 4. Move the pointer into the graphics area. The pointer changes to with a preview of the front view of Nut and Bolt.sldprt. 5. Click to place the front view as Drawing View1, as shown below. 6. Move the pointer up, and click to place Drawing View2, then move to the side and click to place Drawing View3. 7. Click OK .