Lecture 2 Spaceclaim

Introduction
15.0 Release

Introduction to ANSYS
Spaceclaim Direct Modeler
(SCDM)
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Introduction
In this class we will walk through the basic tools used to create and modify models in
SpaceClaim.
We will focus on:
A. Creating Geometry
B. Workshop
C. Creating a simple Assembly
D. Workshops

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Introduction Creating Geometry

Goals:

- become familiar with the interface

- use the global tools

Guiding thread case:

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- start from scratch to a simple geometry

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Getting Started

Close the Welcome Screen if it appears. Go

to the File Menu and click on SpaceClaim
Options.

Select Units and change Metric to

Imperial.

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Mode Menu

Toolbars

Tree Structure

Option

Properties View

Graphics
Window

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Sketch with Dimensions

Go on the sketch mode

Click the Rectangle tool in the Sketch

group. Click once anywhere to begin the
sketch.

Type the dimensions by typing 4. Then

press Tab to enter the next dimension and
type 2. Hit enter to finish the sketch.

Note: Spacebar will also freeze the sketch

and allow you to tab between dimensions.
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Three-Point Arc

Click the Three-Point Arc tool in the

Sketch group.

Click once to start a line at the corner, again

to determine the length at the second
corner of the rectangle, and a third time to
make the arc 180 degrees.

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Bend

Click the Bend tool in the Sketch group.

Select the line on the other end of the

rectangle and drag the line until it bends
into a 180 degree arc.

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Trim Away

To remove extra lines from a sketch click

the Trim Away button in the sketch group.

Select any lines youd like to remove from

the sketch. This will trim them from your
sketch.

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Pull

Click the Pull icon to exit the sketch.

Clicking another tool will immediately exit
you from the current tool.

Look on the Mode Menu Space Claim

automatically change from sketch mode to
3D mode.

Select on the surface by clicking on it. Once

a surface is selected it can be pulled to
create a solid from anywhere on screen
(you do not need to click on the small
yellow arrow).

Hold the left mouse button and drag the

surface upward. Use the Spacebar to
freeze the dimension and type .5 to make
the solid half an inch thick.
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Sketch on Face

After creating the solid, click the top

surface and then choose the Circle icon in
the Sketch group. Again Space Claim
automatically switch to the correct mode.

To bring the selected surface parallel to the

screen, select the Plan View button from
the Orient group towards the left of the
ribbon bar.

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Sketching Circles

Click on the axis of one of the full rounds (a

small green circle will appear to indicate
concentric alignment) and sketch a circle
with a diameter of .75in.

Repeat this process on the other end of the

model. Notice that the second circle will
snap the same size of the circle youve
already created.

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Shift-Touch Dimensions

To dimension a sketch entity from another

object click the shift button while hovering
over an edge, midpoint or vertex. Hover
over the middle of the lower line until a
green triangle appears (indicating the
midpoint). Press the Shift key and
dimension 1 inch directly upwards to start
the circle as shown.

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Concentric Circles

Click once to start the circle at the centre of

the plane and make the circle with the
diameter of 1.5 inches.

Make another coaxial circle with a diameter

of 1-inch.

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Exit Sketch

Click the Pull button to exit the sketch and

enter 3D mode.

Click the Home button to obtain a

trimetric view.

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View Navigation

Ctrl+MMB pans.

Take a moment to explore manipulating the

view. The middle mouse button (MMB)
alone spins.

When you are finished press the Home

button to get back to the trimetric view.

Shift+MMB Zooms.

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Create Holes

Holding Ctrl allows you to select on

multiple entities. Select the two circular
faces on either side and pull them
through to create holes.

Select on the center circular face. Pull it

down through the model to create a hole.

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Create Protrusion

Click on the circular ring face in the middle

of the solid.

Pull it up an arbitrary distance and click in

white space to clear your selection.

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Create Ruler Dimension

Select the top face of the cylinder

as indicated and choose the
Create Ruler Dimension (either
from the Options window on the
left or the mini-toolbar popup).

Click the top face of the solid to

dimension from.
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Set Ruler Dimension

Once the dimension is set up, enter .75 as

a value and hit enter to set the height of
the tube.

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Sketch Mode

Select the front face of the model

and hit the Rectangle button (this
will put you into Sketch mode).

Click Plan View in the upper left to

orient the sketch.

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Shift-touch Dimension

Hover over the middle of the line

and click Shift when the green
triangle appears. Move the cursor
directly to the left to make a
dimension of 0.375in.

Click once to start the rectangle and

make one that is .625 by .75 inches.

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Create Surface

Click Pull to exit the sketch and click

Home to orient it in a trimetric view.

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Pull Up To

Select the new surface youve created and go to the

toolguides on the right of the screen.

Click the bottom toolguide which is Up To. This

allows us to snap a surface or face up to another.
After the Tool guide is selected select the outer
cylindrical face behind the surface.

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Fillet Rounds

Click the edge of one of the holes. Notice that it

To enter a dimension, hit Spacebar and type

in .2. Repeat this on the other hole.

will highlight in bright green. While holding the

left mouse button, drag your mouse to place a
round on the hole.

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Fillet a Chain of Rounds

Double click one of the outer edges to grab

the loop of edges as shown. Place a round
of .1 on the model.

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Apply Full Round

Hold down Ctrl and select on the three surfaces highlighted at right. RMB and select Full

Round from the pop-up menu to create a full round based on the three surfaces. You must be
in pull mode for this option to be visible.
Note: The context-sensitive RMB menu allows common tasks to be completed with little cursor
movement.

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Save Part

Save the part as Base.scdoc in the IntroTraining folder.

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Workshop One

Using the image as reference, create a new part.

Use Sketch and Pull to make the model.

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Introduction Creating a simple Assembly

Goals:

- use advanced sketch and 3D tools

- become familiar with assembly

Guiding thread case:

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Options

Go to the units tab and make sure you

are in Metric.

To begin we will change some options. Go to

the File menu in the top left corner of the
screen. Once there select SpaceClaim options
at the bottom

Then go to the advanced tab and make sure

that Auto-extrude is on. These will allow you
to create solids in section mode and power
select quicker.
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Orient Sketch Grid

You will begin all SpaceClaim by sketching on the top plane. To sketch on the
front click the select new sketch plane button and then click in the upper right
hand corner of the screen.

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Plan View and Shortcuts

To view a heads up display click the

Plan View button. (This is located in
the bottom right hand corner of your
sketch grid, or located in the upper
left region of the ribbon tool bar)
Please note that the keys shortcut for this
operation is V. Shortcuts will be given
in all of the tooltips.

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Cylinder

The first thing we will sketch will be a

cylinder. Select Cylinder in the Shapes
group in the Insert menu.

Click once to start the cylinder. Make the

cylinder vertical and type in a value of 400
for the height.

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It will then look for a value for the diameter.

Enter in a value of 280.

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Spin, Pan, and Zoom

Youve just created a solid and we can see it

in the structure tree on the far left of the
screen.

To view it easier we can spin, pan, or zoom

around our model. To spin, hold down the
Middle Mouse Button (MMB). To pan, hold
Ctrl+MMB. To zoom, hold Shift+MMB.

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Display Tab

To change the graphics or display of your

design, go to the Display Tab. Here you
can turn Fade Scene Under Grid off, and
turn Clip Scene Above Grid on. You can
play with these options to get the graphics
you prefer.

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Orient View

Go Back to the Design Tab and click Plan

View (V).

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Cylinder

1-Now we will make another cylinder.

3-Create a cylinder 1200 mm tall and with

a diameter of 100 mm.

2-Start at the midpoint shown with the

triangle in the picture on the left.

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Sketch vs. Section Mode

Now go to the rectangle sketch tool.

Create a rectangle 700 mm by 100 mm.

After sketching the rectangle click Section Mode (X)

located in the middle of the ribbon bar. Notice that the
sketch turned into a surface. Now we will be able to
Start the sketch on the midpoint of the
start sketching solids.
axis.

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3D Direct Sketching

Create another rectangle to make a keep

out for a chair. Notice that you now have
three dimensions. The dimension of 10
is the depth. This depth will extrude both
ways from the sketch. Change it to 100.

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You can change the value if you like, but once you click
a second time to complete the rectangle you will get a
solid as seen in the structure tree below.

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Orient View

Click Plan View (V) after looking at it to

go back into a heads up view.

Rotate the view to see the solid

youve created.

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3D Direct Sketching

Create another rectangle for a tray. We are

still ball parking the design so simply make
a thin rectangle starting within the last
rectangle and snap it to the edge of the
cylinder. Make the depth of this solid 600
mm.

Notice that we should now have three

solids and one surface in the structure tree.

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Section Edits

Select the Split Face tool and click on the

rightmost edge of the large chair rectangle.

Select Pull (P). Select the large green line

indicated in the middle picture and pull it
back to form an L.

Note: In section mode the cross- hatching is not

selectable.
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Cylinder

Select the Cylinder tool in the upper

right of the Ribbon bar.

Sketch a cylinder connecting the chair to roughly

the middle of the surface indicated below.

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Cylinder

Sketch another thin cylinder to

create a keep out for a robotic arm.
Start the sketch on the edge of the
tall cylinder.

Create a second cylinder at an angle

from the first one.

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Sphere

Select the Sphere tool.

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Starting from the intersection of the two

cylinders, make the sphere big enough to
encompass the entire intersection.

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Sketching Completed

Look at the structure tree. You should have

four solids and one surface: a Chair, Tray,
Stand, and Arm.

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3D Mode

Click 3D Mode (D) button to bring

yourself out of the sketch.

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Creating Basic Geometry - Workshop

Workshop exercise:
Creating a simple bracket using sketch and pull:

See workshop 1-1 for instructions

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