Part to Build, Draw, and Dimension, Mech 403, Rice University

Below is the isometric view of a part with its “design intent” dimensions. Construct it in SolidWorks, and
complete a set of dimensioned drawings. Include at least three standard views, an isometric, a section view, an
auxiliary view and at least one detail view. Prepare a hardcopy of the drawings with all dimensions, or notes,
necessary to build the part. The hardcopy will be marked and returned for correction. Submit the original
marked hardcopy with the revised version(s) of the drawings. The hardcopy of the third draft of the solid model
with dimensioned drawings will represent 15% of your final grade.
Each of the given “design intent” dimensions below should appear once and only once in any of your
drawing views. Generally, you should place a design intent dimension on the view where it is in true shape
(where the feature lies in the view plane). A few dimensions are allowed in an isometric view, but usually none
appear there. Avoid placing dimensions where they cross each other or the part. The arrow heads should
almost always go inside the leaders, unless they cross each other or confuse the drawing. The SoildWorks
dimensioning features allow the appending of notes. You are allowed to get help from others on the solid
modeling steps, but the final solid and drawings must be your individual work.
The units are in inches. A very similar part is shown below with colors to emphasize the various surfaces to
be built. Before submitting a drawing the student must read HelpFiles 2a and 2b, and Weekly Notes 1 and 3.

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Front Right

As shown above, the Front, Top, and Right views should ALWAYS appear adjacent of each other.

Isometric Auxiliary

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Drawings, except isometric, should include the hidden lines, unless they make the view very cluttered.
Do not dimension to hidden lines or to fillet edges.

This must be built as a solid part, no as an assembly. There is no unique way to build this solid part, but the
order of construction can be important. For beginners it is suggested that you cut the holes last. It is not unusual
to encounter the “Zero Thickness Error” caused by the combinations shown below. These errors can be resolved
by having one of the two parts overlap the other by a small amount.

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