SolidworksExtrudedCuts,Fillets,andPatterns.pptVIP

SolidWorks: Extruded Cuts, Fillets, and Patterns Introduction to Robotics Let’s Design a Cover Part Choose FILE, then NEW PART Right click on your part in feature manger and choose DOCUMENT PROPERTIES. Change the UNITS to MMGS Save part and call it COVER PART Cover Part Let’s begin by choosing the SKETCH tab and then SKETCH. CHOOSE THE FRONT PLANE when asked to select a plane. Cover Using the rectangle option make a corner rectangle with the lower horizontal line touching the origin. Using the CTRL key, select the MIDPOINT of the line and the origin and add a COINCIDENT RELATION. Cover Part Dimension the rectangle with the horizontal being 67.6 mm and the vertical being 12.6 mm. You should notice that the sketch is now FULLY DEFINED. Exit the sketch! Cover Part Click on your sketch in feature manager then choose EXTRUDED BOSS/BASE from the features tab. Property manager will open. For direction choose MIDPLANE and for the distance enter 25.0 mm Click the green check! Cover Part Choose VIEW ORIENTATION at the top of the design field and choose ISOMETRIC. Save your file! Shell Feature Under the FEATURES tab choose SHELL. For the distance enter 4.0 mm. Then select the TOP FACE of your part. This will tell SolidWorks which plane you want to shell out. Click the box SHOW PREVIEW to see the shell feature. Click the green check. SAVE YOUR FILE. Extruded Cut - Offset Right click on the top face of your part and find the SKETCH button. Click this and then the OFFSET ENTITES button on the tool bar above. Extruded Cut - Offset Enter 1.0 mm for the distance and click the REVERSE box. You should now see an outline around the edge of your part. Click the green check and save. Extruded Cut - Offset Click on your new sketch in feature manager then select EXTRUDED CUT from the toolbar above. Extruded Cut - Offset Enter a depth of 2.0 mm and then check the box FLIP SIDE TO CUT. You should notice it cutting around the outside edge. Click the green check. Making a circular hole Choo