CollabCAD Exercises, Machine Block: Example 9 V1.
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EXERCISE NUMBER 9
EXERCISE NAME CBSE CLASS XII EXAMPLE 9
MODULE ADVANCED ( MACHINE BLOCK )
EXERCISE Draw the missing Top View from the
Front , Side and Isometric View given
below.
PROBLEM STATEMENT 3D Part modeling using basic curves and
2D drafting using Plot config .Part is
made from a standard work piece by
boolean difference operation as per
manufacturing methodology.
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9.1 Open a new part using menu File –>New.
9.2 Set the Design Mode as “Part Design”, Unit as “mm”, Drafting Standard as
“IS” and enter Part Name as “Example9”. CollabCAD window pops up on
the screen and press F to fit into screen so that XY plane is displayed.
9.3 Create a rectangle using menu Basic–>Rectangle–>Diagonal Coordinates
and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.
View : Front
Start XT1 : 0
Start YT1 : 0
Start XT2 : 90
End YT2 : 60
Depth : 0
A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Close the rectangle creation
dialog box after creation. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.
9.4 Change the view to Isometric using menu View–>Isometric or press Ctrl+ \
key. Press “F” to fit into screen. XY plane is set as per view direction
( Figure:1 )
Figure:1
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9.5 Create a slab using menu Solids–>Slab and select rectangle profile
displayed on the screen. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the
following
Slab type :One Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1:60
Draft angle :0
and press ok. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.
9.6 Shade the part by Pressing “S” or by menu View–>Shade. Press “R” for
wireframe display. By default the display mode will be facets display .This
display mode can be changed according to user requirement.
9.7 To change the display mode option goto menu Tools–>Options–>Sessions
and select Shading tab. Set the following options from combo box.
Method : Gouraud
Transparency : Proportional
Display : Hidden Line Removal
Quality : Refined (set the slide bar to left most corner for
better display quality)
9.8 Change the view to Isometric using menu View–>Isometric or Press
Ctrl+ \ key. Press “F” to fit into screen.
9.9 Now shade the part by pressing “ S “ to see the change in display mode. Now
the solid will be displayed with Hidden Line Removal display ( Figure:2 ).
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Figure: 2
9.10 Blank the Solid using menu Edit–>Blank–>Type select “Solids” by clicking
the check box. Now the solid is hidden temporarily.
9.11 Set the view to Front using menu View–>Front or Press Ctrl + F. Nothing
will be displayed on the screen.
9.12 Create a rectangle using menu Basic–>Rectangle–>Diagonal
Coordinates
and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.
View : Front
Start XT1 : 60
Start YT1 : 60
Start XT2 : 90
End YT2 : 30
Depth : 0
A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Close the rectangle creation
dialog box after creation. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.
9.13 Change the view to Isometric using menu View–>Isometric or Press Ctrl+ \
key. Press F to fit into screen.
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9.14 Create a slab using menu Solid–>Slab and select rectangle profile displayed
on the screen. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following
Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 65
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
and press ok. If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending
upon view normal display. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.
9.15 UnBlank the Solid using menu Edit –>UnBlank –>Type, select “Solids” by
clicking the check box. The hidden solid is also displayed along with slab.
9.16 Create a Solid object by Boolean operation by menu Solids–>Difference.
First specify the solid slab (90x60x60) created in step 9.5 as base solid and
select the slab created in step 9.14 as transform solid using mouse and press
Enter key. A solid object is created and this can be checked under solid menu
of model tree. Shade the part by Pressing “S” or by menu View–>Shade.
Press “R” for wireframe display.
9.17 Blank the Solid using menu Edit–>Blank–>Type select “Solids” by clicking
the check box. Now the solid object is hidden temporarily.
9.18 Set the view to Front using menu View–>Front or Press Ctrl + F. Nothing
will be displayed on the screen.
9.19 Create a horizontal line by menu Basic–>Line–>End Coordinates and
enter the following values:
Start XT : 30
Start YT : 60
Start ZT : 0
End XT : 60
End YT : 60
End ZT : 0
Press ok to complete the line.
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9.20 Create a horizontal line by menu Basic–>Line–>End Coordinates and
enter the following values:
Start XT : 60
Start YT : 60
Start ZT : 0
End XT : 60
End YT : 30
End ZT : 0
Press ok to complete the line.
9.21 Create a horizontal line by menu Basic–>Line–>End Coordinates and
enter the following values:
Start XT : 60
Start YT : 30
Start ZT : 0
End XT : 90
End YT : 30
End ZT : 0
Press ok to complete the line.
9.22 Create a horizontal line by menu Basic–>Line–>End Coordinates and
enter the following values:
Start XT : 90
Start YT : 30
Start ZT : 0
End XT : 90
End YT : 0
End ZT : 0
Press ok to complete the line.
9.23 Create a horizontal line by menu Basic–>Line–>End Coordinates and
enter the following values:
Start XT : 90
Start YT : 0
Start ZT : 0
End XT : 30
End YT : 0
End ZT : 0
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Press ok to complete the line.
9.24 Create a horizontal line by menu Basic–>Line–>End Coordinates and
enter the following values:
Start XT : 30
Start YT : 0
Start ZT : 0
End XT : 30
End YT : 60
End ZT : 0
Press ok to complete the line. Press space bar to complete line operation. The
final profile is shown in the Figure: 3
Figure: 3
9.25 Change the view to Isometric using menu View–>Isometric or Press
Ctrl+ \ key. Press F to fit into screen.
9.26 UnBlank the Solid using menu Edit–>UnBlank–>Type select Solids by
clicking the check box. The hidden solid object is also displayed along with
slab.
9.27 Create a slab using menu Solids–>Slab and select profile of above steps
using Chain Selection and press enter. Slab creation dialog box will appear
and enter the following
Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 20
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
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and press ok. If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending upon
view normal display. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.
9.28 Blank the curves using menu Edit–>Blank–>Type select “Curves” by
clicking the check box.
9.29 Create a Solid object by Boolean operation by menu Solids–>Difference.
First specify the solid object created in step 9.16 as base solid and select the
slab created in step 9.26 as transform solid using mouse and press Enter key.
A solid object is created and Shade the part by Pressing “S” or by menu
View–>Shade. Press “R” for wireframe display (Figure: 4)
Figure: 4
9.30 Save the part as [Link] using menu File–>Save As. A File Chooser
dialog box will appear that shows the files in the default path. If you prefer,
you can save the part in different folder .
Creating 2D Projection Views using Plot Config:
9.31 Goto menu File–>Plot Configurator and the 2D plot config application
window is displayed on the screen.
9.32 Close the Symbol Pallet.
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9.33 Before creating 2D projection views make the following settings.
9.34 Goto File–>Page Setup and a dialog box will pop up. Select Paper Size as
“A3” & Orientation as “Landscape” and Paper Width & Height are set
automatically.
9.35 Goto Tools–>Options and plot options dialog box will pop up. Select
display Type as “Hidden Line Removal”, Scale as “1:2” and click View
Border under general tab. If needed user can set filters by blocking the type
of entities like point, curve etc in plot config.
9.36 Maximize plot config application to full screen by dragging along the top or
bottom corner. .
9.37 Goto View–>Standard Select layout dialog box will pop up. Select “First
Angle 4 Views” projection from combo box and four projection views right
side, front, left side and top view are displayed on the screen. (Figure: 5)
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Figure: 5
9.38 For getting isometric view Goto View–>Select, view dialog box will pop up.
Select the Isometric view from combo box and drag on the plot config
screen in empty space.(Figure: 6)
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Figure: 6
9.39 View border can be increased by dragging along horizontally or vertically.
Goto View–>Modify and place the mouse near to view border and the
cursor position will change to drag arrow symbol automatically.
Or
Goto View–>Scale and a dialog box will pop up. Specify the Rect Width &
Rect Height as per requirement so that view borders of all views are
modified uniformly.
9.40 The individual views can be moved within its view border. Goto View–
>Modify & press Ctrl key and drag the desired view within the view border.
The unnecessary views can be deleted by using menu View–>Delete and
selecting the particular view.
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9.41 First try to create the dimensions of Front View say “90”, “60”, “30, “30”
and “30” mm. Goto menu Dimensions–>Horizontal–>Standard and
select the start point of the bottom line as first dimension reference and end
point of the line as second dimension reference. Click on the screen to place
the dimension and “55“ mm dimension is created.
9.42 Goto menu Dimensions–>Vertical–>Standard and select the start point of
the right most line as first dimension reference and end point of the line as
second dimension reference. Click on the screen to place the dimension and
“60” mm vertical line is created. Similarly try to create the other vertical
dimension of “30” mm using the above procedure.
9.43 The other two dimensions of “30” & “30” mm each can be created using
Chain Dimension. Goto menu Dimensions–>Horizontal–>Chain and
select the start point of the top line as first dimension reference and end
point of the line as second dimension reference. Click on the screen to place
the dimension and “30” mm dimension is created. Select the next dimension
reference i.e. the right end of the edge so that the other “30” mm dimension
is created.
9.44 Similarly create other dimensions for Side View also using above procedure
and the final 2D plot will look like Figure: 7.
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Figure: 7
9.45 Save the plot as [Link] using menu File–>Save As. A File Chooser
dialog box will appear that shows the files in the default path. If user prefers ,
he can save the plot in different folder.
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