Chapter 1

A. Sketch Path.
Step 2. Click Top Sketch Step 3. Click Line

Spring

Step 1. Click File Menu > New, click Part and OK. (plane) in the Feature Manager and click from the Content toolbar, Fig. 1. (L) on the Sketch toolbar. Fig. 1 Step 4. Draw a line starting at the Origin appears when you draw the line. Step 5. Click Smart Dimension the Sketch toolbar. , Fig. 2. Use the inferencing line, the dotted line that

(S) on

Origin

Fig. 2

Step 6. Add dimensions as shown in Fig. 3. To Smart dimension angle, click both lines then move the cursor between lines and click. Key-in 1.9 for the dimension and press ENTER. Step 7. Press Escape to unselect Smart Dimension. Step 8. Delete the dimension, Fig. 4. To delete, click the dimension and press the Delete key. Step 9. Click Exit Sketch on the Sketch toolbar.

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

B. Save as "SPRING".

Step 1. Click File Menu > Save As. Step 2. Key-in SPRING for the lename and press ENTER.

C. Sketch Profile.
Step 1. Click Top (plane) in the Feature Manager and click Sketch from the Content toolbar, Fig. 5. Step 2. Click Circle (S) on the Sketch toolbar. Fig. 5

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Step 3. Draw a circle directly below the Origin , Fig. 6. Use the inferencing line, the dotted line that appears when you draw the circle. Step 4. Click Zoom to Fit Step 5. Click Smart Dimension

Origin

Fig. 6

(F) on the View toolbar. (S) on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 6. Add dimensions as shown in Fig. 7. Step 7. Click Exit Sketch Sketch toolbar. on the

Fig. 7

D. Sweep.
Step 1. Click Features Step 2. Click Swept Boss/Base Step 3. In the Swept Boss/Base Property Manager: for Prole eld, click circle in Sketch2, Fig. 9 for Path eld, click line in Sketch1, Fig. 9 expand Options Fig. 8 , Fig. 8 Fig. 10 on the Command Manager toolbar. on the Features toolbar.
Path (line)

Prole (circle)

Fig. 9

under Orientation/twist type: set Twist Along Path under Dene by: set Turns set Number of Turns 8 click OK Step 4. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

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E. Show Sketch1.

Step 1. Expand Sweep1 in Feature Manager. Click Sketch1(line sketch) and click Show Content menu, Fig. 11. on the

F. Cut Ends of Spring.

Step 1. Click Front (plane) in the Feature Manager from the Content toolbar, and click Sketch Fig. 12. Step 2. Click Normal To toolbar. (Ctrl-8) Step 3. Click Rectangle toolbar. Fig. 11 Fig. 12

on the Standard Views

(S) on the Sketch

Step 4. Draw a rectangle away from the spring, Fig. 13. Step 5. Press Escape to unselect Rectangle tool. Step 6. Ctrl click left vertical line of rectangle and Origin to select both. To Ctrl click, click the line and hold down Ctrl key and click Origin, Fig. 14. Step 7. Click Make Midpoint menu, Fig. 14.

Fig. 13

Ctrl click line and Origin

Fig. 14

on the Content

Step 8. Click Smart Dimension the Sketch toolbar.

(S) on

Step 9. Dimension rectangle .8 and 1.9, Fig. 15. Step 10. Click Features Step 11. Click Extruded Cut on the Command Manager toolbar. on the Features toolbar.

Fig. 15

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Step 12. In the Cut-Extrude Property Manager: under Direction 1 End Condition to Through All The Direction arrow should point towards area to be cut away, Fig. 32. If arrow is pointing in wrong direction, click Flip side to cut, Fig. 31. check Direction 2 Click OK . on the Standard Views Fig. 16

Direction arrow

Fig. 17

Fig. 18

Step 13. Click Isometric toolbar. (Ctrl-7) Step 14. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

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Chapter 2

A. Create New Assembly.

Step 2. Click Cancel

Spring Assembly

Step 1. Click File Menu > New, click Assembly and OK. in the Property Manager, Fig. 1.

B. Enable Toolbox Browser.

Step 1. If necessary, turn on Toolbox Browser, click Tools Menu > AddIns. Step 2. Check SolidWorks Toolbox Browser to place a check in the check box, then click OK, Fig. 1.

C. Design Library.
Step 1. Click the Design Library tab Step 2. Expand the Toolbox Expand Ansi Inch folder Expand Bolts and Screws folder Click Hex Head folder Step 3. In the lower pane, right click Hex Finished Bolt and click Insert into Assembly, Fig. 2. Step 4. In the Property Manager, set: Size to 1/2-13 Fig. 3 Length to 2.5 click OK .

Fig. 1 in the Task Pane (right side of drawing area), Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

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Step 5. Over in the Task Pane, Close Bolts and Screws folder Expand Nuts folder Click Hex Nuts Step 6. In the lower pane, click Hex Nut, Fig. 5 and drag nut onto the shaft of the bolt, Fig. 6. When the nut snaps into bolt and the pointer (cursor) changes to concentric mate , release the nut.

, Fig. 5

Release nut when cursor changes to

Step 7. When done, click OK and Cancel . Fig. 6 Fig. 5

Step 8. Click Zoom to Fit (F) on the View toolbar. Step 9. Grab the nut and slide it off the bolt, Fig. 8.

Step 1. Click File Menu > Save As.

D. Save as "SPRING ASSEMBLY".

Step 2. Key-in SPRING ASSEMBLY for the lename and press ENTER.

E. Insert Spring.
Step 1. Click Insert Components on the Assembly toolbar.

Step 2. Click Browse in the Property Manager. Step 3. Select SPRING le and click Open. Step 4. Place Spring as positioned in Fig. 8.

Fig. 7

Fig. 8

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F. Mate: Screw.
Step 1. Click Mate on the Assembly toolbar.

Step 2. Click cylindrical face of Bolt shaft and cylindrical inside face of Nut hole, Fig. 9. Step 3. In the Mate Property Manager: expand Mechanical Mates, Fig. 10 select Screw select Revolutions/in set Revolution to 20 uncheck Reverse (the rotation arrow should point clockwise around the bolt head), Fig. 11 click OK Step 4. Click OK in the Property Manager. Fig. 9

Fig. 10 Step 5. Spin nut on bolt and check out the screw mate threads.

Fig. 11

G. Mates: Bolt and Spring.

Step 1. Click Mate on the Assembly toolbar.

Step 2. Click line of Spring sketch and cylindrical face of Bolt shaft, Fig. 12. Fig. 12 Step 3. Click Concentric mate in Mate pop-up , Fig. 13 Fig. 13

toolbar and Add/Finish Mate

Fig. 14

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and Fig. 14. Step 4. Click inside face of Bolt head, Fig. 15. Step 5. Expand the Design Tree (click +) in the top left corner of the drawing area, Fig. 16. Step 6. Expand SPRING and click Right (plane), Fig. 16. Step 7. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate pop-up toolbar to add a Coincident mate, Fig. 17. Step 8. Click inside face of Bolt head, Fig. 18. Fig. 16 Fig. 17

Fig. 15

Step 9. Rotate view to view inside face of Nut as shown in Fig. 19. To rotate, hold down middle mouse button (wheel) and drag. Step 10. Click inside face of Nut, Fig. 19. Step 11. Click Distance in Mate pop-up, Fig. 20. Set distance to 1.9 and click Add/Finsh Mate to add the Distance mate. Step 12. Click OK in the Property Manager. Fig. 19 Fig. 18

Step 13. Save. Use Ctrl-S. Fig. 20

Fig. 21

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H. Coincident Relation: Line Endpoint and Nut Edge.

Step 1. Click line of Spring sketch in the drawing and click Edit Sketch Fig. 22. on the Content menu,

Step 2. Ctrl click endpoint of line closest to Nut and edge of nut to select both. To Ctrl click, click the endpoint and hold down Ctrl key and the edge of Nut, Fig. 23. Step 3. Click Make Coincident menu, Fig. 23. on the Content

Fig. 22

Step 4. Click Edit Component on the Sketch toolbar to turn off edit component and return to the assembly le. Step 5. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

Fig. 23

I. Hide Sketch1.
click Hide

Step 1. Click line of spring sketch in the drawing and on the Content menu, Fig. 24. Fig. 24 at bottom of the display, Fig. 25.

J. Motion Study.
Step 1. Click the Motion Study tab Step 2. Drag the Time Bar to 4 seconds, Fig. 25. The Time Bar is the gray vertical line at 0 seconds. Step 3. Expand Mates in the Motion Study tree, Fig. 25.

Drag Timebar from here

To 4 seconds

Fig. 25

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Step 4. Right click Distance1 Mate and click Edit Dimension, Fig. 26. Step 5. Key in .95 in the Modify box, Fig. 27 and Fig. 28. Click OK .

Step 6. Drag the Time Bar to 8 seconds, Fig. 29. Step 7. Right click Distance1 Mate and click Edit Dimension, Fig. 29. Step 8. Key in 1.9 and click OK . Fig. 27

Fig. 26

Fig. 28

Drag Timebar from here To 8 seconds

Fig. 29 Step 9. Click Play in Motion Manager toolbar, Fig. 32. Step 10. Click down arrow to Playback Normal and Play next Fig. 30 Fig. 31 .

, click Loop

, Fig. 32. Click Stop

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Fig. 32

K. Create Animation Movie.

Step 1. To save Motion Study as a movie le (AVI), click Save Animation Manager toolbar, Fig. 33. in the Motion

Step 2. In a le name in the Save Animation to File dialog box. Also, the frames per second can be controlled. The more frames the larger the le size. Click Save. Click OK in the Video Compression dialog box.

Fig. 33 Step 3. Click the Model tab tion Study, Fig. 33. at bottom of the display return to model and turn off Mo-

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