WORKSHOP 14

SOLID MODELING OF PLASTIC HOUSING

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Problem description

The plastic housing shown contains an indented area at the top

face, several fillets, and mounting holes. It has constant thickness.
Construct a geometry model of the part shown.

Workshop objectives

Practice solid geometry creation and Boolean operations.

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Model dimensions
0.20

r = .0625

0.80

0.50

r = 0.1
1.00

1.00
0.20
0.20

0.60

0.60

All wall thicknesses are 0.01

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Suggested exercise steps

Create a new
database and create
the first block
Geometry: Create /
Solid / Primitive.
Enter the following
dimensions:
X Length List 1.0
Y Length List 1.0
Z Length List 0.5
Click on Apply

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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Create a smaller
primitive block, to
be subtracted from
the larger block
Geometry: Create /
Solid / Primitive.
Enter the following
dimensions:
X Length List 0.6
Y Length List 0.8
Z Length List 0.5
Under the Base Origin
Point List, enter [0.2 0
0.25]
Click on Apply

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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Use the Boolean

operation to subract
the smaller block from
the larger block
Geometry: Edit / Solid /
Boolean.
Click on the Subtract
icon.
Select the larger solid
as the Target Solid, and
the smaller solid for the
Subtracting Solid List.
Click on Apply

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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Add fillets to the new

solid
Geometry: Edit / Solid /
Edge Blend.
Enter 0.1 as the blend
radius.
Under Solid Edge List
select the four edges
as indicated.
Click on Apply

Select these four edges

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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Use the shell tool to hollow

out the part to the desired
wall thickness
Geometry: Edit / Solid / Shell.
Under Thickness enter 0.01.
Under Solid Face List select
the front face of the solid.
Click on Apply

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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Create four primitive

cylinders, to be
subtracted from the solid
to create the mounting
holes
Geometry: Create / Solid /
Primitive.
Select the Cylinder icon.
Enter 0.25 and 0.0625
under Height List and
Radius List, respectively.
Under Base Center Point
List enter the following:
[0.2 0.2 -0.125],
[0.2 0.8 -0.125],
[0.8 0.2 -0.125], and
[0.8 0.8 -0.125]
Click on Apply
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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Use the Boolean tool to

subtract the cylinders
from the solid
Geometry: Edit / Solid /
Boolean.
Click on the Subtract icon.
Under Target Solid select
the solid created from the
block, and under
Subtracting Solid List select
the four cylinders.
Click on Apply

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Suggested exercise steps (continued)

Once completed, the model should resemble the following:

There are several approaches that can be used to model this

part.

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