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L3-01-Creating The Tire Sketch

This document provides instructions for creating a sketch of a tire in a 3D modeling program. It involves creating an empty component, attaching a concept sketch as a canvas, and then sketching the tire profile using lines, dimensions, rectangles, splines, and constraints to fully define the shape. The sketch is then mirrored to complete the tire profile.

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L3-01-Creating The Tire Sketch

This document provides instructions for creating a sketch of a tire in a 3D modeling program. It involves creating an empty component, attaching a concept sketch as a canvas, and then sketching the tire profile using lines, dimensions, rectangles, splines, and constraints to fully define the shape. The sketch is then mirrored to complete the tire profile.

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Lesson: Creating the Tire Sketch

After completing this lesson, you will


have learned how to create a fully
defined sketch using dimensions and
constraints.

Learning Objectives:

• Create an empty component.


• Create a sketch.
• Add a dimension.
• Add a constraint. The completed exercise
• Use Attached Canvas.

1. Open the Data Panel and make sure you are in


the master folder for ME – Intro to CAD project.
Click Save and name the file “ME Concept
Bicycle” then click Save. Minimize the Data
Panel.

2. Click INSERT then choose Attached Canvas.

3. When prompted to select a plane, choose the


Right plane.

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4. In the ATTACHED CANVAS dialog box, click
Select Image. Navigate to the ME Bicycle
Concept Sketch in the Lesson 3 Dataset and
click Open. Change the Canvas opacity to
100%.

5. Navigate to a right view and zoom into the crank


area. Position the drawing so that the center of
the crank area is approximately on the origin of
the project. Click OK. Zoom out to see the entire
image. Note that a Canvases folder has been
added to the Browser and that the Attached
Canvas can be shown or hidden at any time.

6. The scale and units of the project are not


correct. In the Browser, expand the Document
Settings and make sure that Units is set to
millimeters. If it is not, left click the icon and
change the Unit Type to millimeters. In the
Canvases folder, right click on the ME Bicycle
Concept Sketch and choose Calibrate.

7. Select the upper and lower points on the tire


and dictate a dimension of 668mm. Use the
Navigation Bar to select Fit (or push F6) in order
to fit the sketch onto the screen. Note that the
origin is no longer at the center of the crank.
Right click on the concept sketch in the
Canvases folder, select Edit, and reposition the
sketch so that the origin is at the center of the
crank. Use the Browser to make the Origin
visible. When finished, click OK in the EDIT
CANVAS dialog box and hide the origin.

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8. Save the file and then Add Version Description
of “Attached Canvas”. This will add notes to the
Data Panel which will be useful as you progress
throughout the course. By using this workflow,
you can efficiently find important milestones
throughout the development of your project.

9. Click ASSEMBLE> New Component. Name the


new component “Wheel”. Click OK. This will
create a component in the Browser.
Components are different from bodies in a few
ways. Activating a component will display only
the relevant features in the Timeline. Also,
components allow for motion in an assembly.

10. Select Wheel:1 in the Browser. Click


ASSEMBLE> New Component. Note that
Wheel:1 is the parent. Change the Name to
Tire. Make sure that it is Activated then click
OK.

11. Note that the Tire Component is now under the


Wheel Component in the Browser. Expand
Tire, expand the Origin, and note that the origin
has its own coordinate system. Click SKETCH
then select the XZ plane to begin sketching the
tire.

12. In the Sketch section of the Toolbar, click the


Line button. Using the Origin as a reference,
draw a line towards the rear wheel of the
concept sketch. Give the line a dimension of
622/2 because 622mm is the diameter of the
inside of the tire and you need the radius.

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13. Draw a second line extending from the first line
but don’t place a dimension. Click the green
check mark then press Esc to leave the Line
tool. These two lines are Coincident with the
Origin but can rotate about the origin freely.

14. Left click the 311mm line then choose


Horizontal/Vertical from the SKETCH
PALETTE dialog box. This will ensure that the
lines do not have the freedom to rotate around
the origin.

15. Click SKETCH> Sketch Dimension and add a


dimension of 668/2 between the Origin and the
furthest point on the second line. You now have
two lines, one for the outside radius of the
wheel and a second for the outside radius of
the tire.

16. Click the 311mm line and choose Construction


from the SKETCH PALETTE. Do the same for
the 334mm line. These lines are now dashed
lines which means they are construction
geometry and can be referenced for
measurement but will not factor in to
extrusions, revolves, or other solid geometry
creation.

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17. Click SKETCH> 2 Point Rectangle. Draw a
rectangle then press Esc to end the Rectangle
tool.

18. Click the Midpoint constraint in the SKETCH


PALETTE. Select the top line of the rectangle
then the far end point on the 311mm line. Then
select the bottom line of the rectangle and the
far end point on the 334mm line. Press Esc to
leave the Midpoint constraint tool.

19. Press D on the keyboard and add a dimension


of 22mm to the bottom line of the rectangle.

20. From the SKETCH dropdown, select Point.


Place a Point on the top line of the rectangle
and press ESC. Press D on the keyboard and
add a dimension of 7mm from the centerline to
the point.

21. To begin drawing the tire, click SKETCH>


Spline. Start at the point you just added to the
top of the rectangle, add a point to the side of
the rectangle, then add a third point to the
middle of the rectangle’s bottom edge. Click the
green check mark to end the spline. Press Esc.

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22. Grab the green handle point and snap it to the
side of the rectangle to add a vertical
constraint. Similarly, snap the green handles of
the bottom point to the bottom line of the
rectangle to add a horizontal constraint. Adjust
the middle point location and handles until you
are happy with the shape of the tire.

23. Click SKETCH> Mirror, select the spline as the


object. Click on the Mirror Line option then
select the construction geometry as the Mirror
Line. Click OK.

24. Click STOP SKETCH then save the file.

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