2015
Digital Tutors
Chris Scarlett
02:05:00
English
Throughout these SolidWorks tutorials we'll cover a number of methods to create a wheel blade bracket. We'll look at the different options associated with the draft feature and an alternative design using surfacing tools. The draft feature is often associated with Mold Tools, which specializes in the design of molds for plastic injection molding. Using just the default settings the draft feature simply creates an angled surface on a part so that it will easily break away from the mold. However, when going beyond the basics the tool will create useful and sometimes exotic forms that are difficult to produce using the typical SolidWorks modeling tools. At the end of this tutorial, an analysis of the form of our solid model with its complicated angles and surfaces will show some undesirable and unnatural geometry on the corners of our bends that is hard to avoid and correct using solid modeling techniques. Therefore, we'll delete our solid model features and, using the leftover sketch geometry of our solid model, recreate our part using various surfacing tools as well as discussing options and traps along the way. At the end of this SolidWorks training, our model will be much more natural and uniform, allowing for the creation of a sheet metal flat pattern from its final form.
Introduction and project overview 1 Introduction and project overview Watch it now 01:14
Introducing the wheel blade bracket 2 Introducing the wheel blade bracket 11:49
Creating the top design sketch 3 Creating the top design sketch 10:56
Creating tabs on our wheel blade bracket 4 Creating tabs on our wheel blade bracket 12:13
Exploring and applying the draft feature 5 Exploring and applying the draft feature 11:16
Continuing with the draft feature 6 Continuing with the draft feature 11:02
Sketching out enclosed geometry 7 Sketching out enclosed geometry 11:40
Generating sketch points 8 Generating sketch points 08:14
Adding fillets, rivet and mounting holes 9 Adding fillets, rivet and mounting holes 11:56
Reworking our model using surfacing tools 10 Reworking our model using surfacing tools 11:52
Smoothing out rough edges on our part 11 Smoothing out rough edges on our part 11:14
Finalizing our surface model 12 Finalizing our surface model 10:01
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1836-Creating-a-Wheel-Blade-Bracket-in-SolidWorks
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