Mechanical Desktop 4

by Banach, Daniel T.

• ISBN13: 9780766819467
• ISBN10: 0766819469
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-13
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning

Summary

(Thomson Learning) Step-by-step exercises based on real parts and assemblies, plus more than 500 screen captures, enable users to quickly achieve proficiency. Features exercises from a variety of disciplines for completion. CD-ROM includes workfiles to encourage application of new skills. Online companion accompanies this title. Softcover. DLC: Engineering graphics.

Author Biography

Daniel T. Banach is currently a Director of Application Engineering at MasterGraphics in Wisconsin, a Premier Authorized Training Center.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Product Background	xv
Requirements	xv
Basics of 3D Modeling	xvi
Terms and Phrases	xvi
Overview of Part Creation	xvi
Toolbars	xx
Book's Intent	xx
Special Sections	xxi
Book Notations	xxi
The Tutorials and Exercises	xxi
Files Included on the CD	xxii
Acknowledgments	xxii
Dedication	xxiii
User Interface, Command Entry, Part Preferences, Sketching, Profiling, Constraining, and Dimensioning
User Interface and Command Entry	2	(3)
*Toolbars	3	(1)
*Tool Tips	4	(1)
IntelliMouse	5	(1)
Mechanical Desktop Browser	5	(1)
Mechanical Desktop Options	5	(6)
*Desktop Tab	7	(2)
*Part Tab	9	(2)
Sketch the Outline of the Part: Step I	11	(1)
Profile the Sketch : Step 2	12	(2)
Profiling the Last Object Drawn	14	(2)
Sketching and Profiling (Bottom Clamp)	15	(1)
Constrain the sketch: Step 3	16	(12)
Show Constraints	24	(1)
Add Constraints	25	(2)
Delete Constraints	27	(1)
Re-Solving Profiles	27	(1)
*Grip Editing	28	(1)
Constraining (Bottom Clamp)	28	(1)
Constraining	29	(3)
Mirror Constraint	32	(1)
Dimension the Profiled Sketch: Step 4	33	(8)
Linear Dimensions	34	(1)
Angular Dimensions	34	(1)
Radial Dimensions	35	(1)
Ordinate Dimensions	35	(1)
*Changing Dimensions	35	(2)
Dimensioning ( Bottom Clamp)	37	(1)
Sketching, Profiling, Constraining, and Dimensioning (Top Clamp)	38	(3)
Converting Existing 2D Drawings to Profiles	41	(2)
Converting an Auto CAD 2D drawing to a 3D Part	41	(1)
Exercise	42	(1)
Exercise	43	(2)
Exercise	45	(2)
Review Questions	46	(1)
Viewing, Extruding, Revolving and Editing Parts
Viewing a model from Different Viewpoints	47	(4)
Options for viewing the Model	47	(3)
Viewing a Model	50	(1)
Understanding What A Feature is	51	(1)
Using the Browser for Creating and Editing	51	(1)
Using the XY Orientation in 3-D	52	(1)
Extruding The Profile	53	(5)
Extruding the Profile	56	(1)
Extruding the Profile Mid-Plane	57	(1)
Revolving The Profile	58	(5)
Revolve By Angle	60	(1)
Revolving the Profile 360°	61	(1)
Revolving the Profile Mid-Plane	62	(1)
Editing Features In Parts (Feature Editing)	63	(10)
Editing Base Features	65	(3)
Edit a Feature's Sketch	68	(1)
Adding and Removing Objects from a Feature's Sketch	69	(1)
Editing a Feature's Sketch and Adding and Removing Objects from a Sketch Object	70	(3)
Exercise	73	(2)
Exercise	75	(4)
Sketch Planes, Boolean Operations, Fillets, Chamfers, Holes And Arrays
Making A Plane The Active Sketch Plane	79	(28)
Face Highlighting and UCS Cycling	79	(3)
Face Highlighting and Sketch Planes	82	(2)
Face Highlighting and Sketch Planes	84	(1)
Cut, Join, Intersect and the Split Operation	85	(1)
Sketched Features	86	(3)
*Editing Features and Failed Features	89	(1)
Renaming features with the Browser Assembly Tab	89	(1)
Extruding with Cut: Through	90	(2)
Extruding with Cut: Blind	92	(2)
Revolving with Cut	94	(4)
Extruding with Join: To Face/Plane	98	(4)
Revolving with Join: From-To	102	(3)
Revolving with Intersect: Full	105	(1)
Split Operation	106	(1)
Deleting Features	107	(2)
Deleting Features	108	(1)
Placed Features	109	(1)
Fillets	109	(10)
Constant Fillet	110	(1)
Creating a Constant Fillet	110	(2)
Linear Fillet	112	(1)
Creating a Linear Fillet	113	(1)
Cubic Fillet	114	(2)
Creating a Cubic Fillet	116	(1)
Fixed Width Fillet	117	(1)
Fixed Width Filleting	117	(2)
Chamfers	119	(8)
Creating a Chamfer: Equal Distance	120	(2)
Creating a Chamfer: Two Distances Chamfer	122	(3)
Distance x Angle Chamfer	125	(1)
Creating a Chamfer: Distance x Angle	125	(2)
Holes	127	(4)
Creating a Hole: Drilled, Through, Blind, Concentric and Two Edges	130	(1)
Exercise	131	(14)
Creating a Hole: Counter Bore, Counter Sink, Through, Concentric and On Point	134	(2)
Creating a Hole: Drill, Two Edges, From Point and Editing	136	(7)
Exercises	143	(2)
Exercise	145	(4)
Drawing Views And Annotations
*Drawing Tab	149	(2)
Suppress	150	(1)
Annotation Tab	151	(13)
View Type	155	(1)
Data Set	155	(1)
Layout	155	(1)
Hidden Lines tab	156	(1)
Section Views tab	156	(1)
Properties	157	(1)
Creating Drawing Views from a Part	157	(4)
Multiple Views	161	(1)
Creating Drawing Views with the Multiple Option	162	(2)
Section Views	164	(15)
Offset Section Views	164	(1)
Aligned Section Views	165	(1)
Breakout Section Views	165	(1)
Creating an Offset Sectioned Drawing View	166	(2)
Creating an Aligned Sectioned Drawing View	168	(2)
Creating a Breakout Sectioned Drawing View	170	(2)
Radial Section Views	172	(1)
Creating a Radial Sectioned Drawing View	172	(1)
Editing Drawing Views	173	(2)
Placement	175	(1)
Moving Drawing Views	176	(1)
Deleting Drawing Views	176	(3)
Editing Dimensions	179	(20)
Change Dimensions	179	(2)
Hide Dimensions	181	(1)
Move and Reattach Dimensions	182	(2)
Moving Dimensions	184	(2)
Reference Dimensions	186	(1)
Hole Notes	187	(2)
Adding Reference Dimensions and Hole Notes	189	(1)
Edit, Align, Join, Insert and Break Dimensions	190	(2)
Aligning, Joining, Inserting and Breaking Dimensions	192	(1)
Center Marks and Centerlines	193	(1)
Annotations	194	(1)
Symbols	195	(1)
Center Marks, Center Lines and Symbols	196	(1)
Exercises Drawing Views with Annotations	197	(2)
Exercise	199	(4)
Review Questions	201	(2)
Work Axis, Work Planes, Work Points, 3D Path (Sweep), Loft And Visibility
Creating a Work Axis	203	(4)
Work Axis	205	(2)
Creating A Work Plane	207	(13)
Work Planes On Edge/Axis--On Edge/Axis	210	(1)
Creating a Work Plane On Edge/Axi--On Edge/Axis	210	(1)
Work Planes On Edge/Axis -- Planar Angle	211	(1)
Creating a Work Plane On Edge/Axis -- Planar Angle	211	(2)
Work Planes: Tangent -- Planar Parallel	213	(1)
Creating a Work Plane: Tangent -- Planar Parallel	213	(3)
Creating a Work Plane Tangent -- Planar Parallel	216	(1)
Work Planes: Tangent -- On Edge/Axis	217	(1)
Creating a Work Plane Tangent -- On Edge/Axis	217	(1)
Work Planes: Planar Parallel	218	(1)
Creating a Work Plane Planar Parallel -- Offset	218	(1)
Work Planes: Tangent to Two Circular Edges	219	(1)
Creating a Work Plane Tangent -- Tangent	220	(1)
Work Planes: Basic Work Planes	220	(1)
Creating Work Points	220	(10)
Creating Work Points	222	(2)
Work Features	224	(6)
Controlling The Visibility Of Objects	230	(3)
Using Desktop Visibility Options	233	(1)
Sweeping The Profile	233	(29)
2-D Sweep	234	(3)
Sweeping an Open Path	237	(2)
Sweeping a Closed Path	239	(1)
3-D Path	240	(2)
Sweeping Along an Edge	242	(3)
3D Path Spring	245	(3)
3D Path Thread	248	(2)
*Pipe	250	(3)
3D Path Pipe Unconstrained	253	(2)
3D Path Pipe Constrained	255	(3)
*Spline	258	(2)
3D Spline Path Pipe Unconstrained	260	(2)
Lofted Parts	262	(13)
Lofted Parts, Linear and Cubic	265	(5)
Lofted Parts, Closed Cubic	270	(1)
Exercise	271	(2)
Review Questions	273	(2)
Advanced Dimensioning, Constraining and Sketching Techniques
Construction Geometry	275	(3)
Using Construction Geometry in Creating a Hexagon	276	(2)
Using Construction Geometry to Dimension to a Quadrant	278	(1)
*Multiple Profiles	278	(3)
Multiple Individual and Looped Profiles	279	(2)
Close Edge	281	(3)
Closing a Profile by Selecting Edges	282	(2)
Copy Sketch	284	(1)
*Show Objects On The Active Sketch Plane	284	(1)
*Project Objects/Face	285	(1)
Copy Edge	286	(4)
Copying and Projecting Sketches and Copying Edges	287	(3)
*Power Dimensioning	290	(2)
*Power Edit	292	(1)
*Automatic Dimension	293	(3)
Parallel	293	(1)
Ordinate	293	(1)
Shaft/Symmetric	294	(1)
Power Dimension, Power Edit and Automatic Dimensioning	294	(2)
Dimension Display And Equations	296	(6)
Using Dimension Display and Equations	299	(3)
Design Variables	302	(3)
Active Part Variables	303	(2)
*Equation Assistant	305	(12)
Using Active Part Design Variables	307	(2)
Using Global Design Variables	309	(2)
Table Driven Parts	311	(3)
Using Table Driven Parts as Design Variables	314	(2)
Exercises	316	(1)
Exercise	317	(5)
Review Questions	319	(3)
Advanced Modeling Techniques
Feature Suppression	322	(3)
Feature Suppression	324	(1)
Suppressing Features Through A Table	325	(3)
Feature Suppression Using a Table	327	(1)
Scaling a Part	328	(2)
Scaling	329	(1)
Scaling a Part with Design Variables	330	(1)
Shelling	330	(7)
Default Thickness	330	(2)
Excluded Faces	332	(1)
Multiple Thickness Overrides	332	(1)
Set	332	(1)
Faces	332	(1)
Shelling and Editing a Shell	332	(3)
Shelling	335	(2)
Split Line	337	(1)
Face Split	338	(2)
Split Line and Face Split	339	(1)
Face Draft	340	(8)
Draft Angle, From Plane	342	(2)
Draft Angle on a Shelled Part Using From Plane	344	(2)
Draft Angle Using a Split Line	346	(2)
Arrays	348	(7)
Rectangular Arrays	350	(1)
Polar Arrays	350	(1)
Editing Arrays	350	(1)
Creating and Editing a Rectangular Array	351	(2)
Creating a Polar Array: Full Circle	353	(2)
Copying a Feature	355	(4)
Copying a Feature	357	(2)
Reordering	359	(3)
Reordering	360	(2)
Adding A Second Part To A File	362	(3)
Instances	364	(1)
Creating a New Part and Activating a Part	365	(1)
Mirroring a Part	365	(3)
Mirroring About a Plane	367	(1)
Mirroring About a Line and Replacing the Part	368	(1)
Splitting a Part Into Two Parts	368	(4)
Part Split by Planar Face and a Work Plane	369	(2)
Part Split by a Split Line	371	(1)
Creating Combined Parts	372	(5)
Editing Combined Parts	373	(1)
Combining with Cut	374	(1)
Combining with Join	375	(2)
Replaying	377	(3)
Replaying the Command Sequence	379	(1)
Mass Properties Information For The Active Part	380	(1)
Mass Properties For Multiple Parts	381	(4)
Obtaining Mass Property Information	382	(1)
Surface Stitching	383	(1)
Surface Stitching	384	(1)
Exercises	384	(1)
Exercise	385	(4)
Review Questions	387	(2)
Assemblies
Mechanical Desktop Options -- Assembly Tab	389	(2)
Creating Assemblies	391	(1)
Top Down Approach	391	(7)
Catalog	392	(2)
Top Down Assembly	394	(3)
Multiple Documents and Drag and Drop	397	(1)
Bottom Up Approach	398	(6)
Viewing	399	(1)
Sorting	399	(1)
Inserting	399	(1)
Editing	400	(2)
Externalizing	402	(1)
Bottom Up Assembly	402	(2)
Subassemblies	404	(2)
Subassemblies	405	(1)
Assembly Constraints	406	(23)
Types of Constraints	408	(6)
Constraining with Mate	414	(2)
Constraining with Flush	416	(2)
Constraining with Insert	418	(2)
Constraining with Insert and Angle	420	(3)
Constraining with Point and Line	423	(3)
Constraining with Line/plane and Point	426	(3)
Editing Assembly Constraints	429	(4)
Editing constraints	431	(2)
Interference Checking	433	(2)
Interference Checking	434	(1)
Scenes	435	(10)
Mechanical Desktop Options -- Scene Tab	435	(1)
Creating Scenes	436	(1)
Deleting Scenes	437	(1)
Copy Scenes	438	(1)
Lock Scenes	438	(1)
Tweaking Parts in a Scene	439	(1)
Creating Trails	440	(1)
Editing a Trail	440	(2)
Deleting a Trail	442	(1)
Creating Scenes, Tweaks and Trails	443	(2)
Exercise	445	(1)
Vice Assembly	445	(1)
Exercise	445	(4)
Review Questions	447	(2)
Advanced Drawing Creation And Annotations
*Tolerance Modeling	449	(5)
Tolerance Modeling	452	(2)
*Creating Drawing Views In Layouts	454	(1)
Drawing Views in Layouts	455	(1)
Creating Drawing Views From Scenes	455	(3)
Creating Drawing Views from a Scene	456	(2)
Bill Of Material	458	(19)
Bill of Material Icons	459	(3)
BOM Dialog Box Icons	462	(4)
Balloon Properties Dialog Box	466	(1)
Parts List Dialog Box	467	(3)
Bill of Material	470	(5)
Creating an AutoCAD 2D Drawing from Mechanical Desktop Drawing Views	475	(1)
2D Drawing Views from Mechanical Desktop Views	476	(1)
Drawing Views with Balloons and a Bill of Materials	477	(1)
Exercise	477	(2)
Review Questions	478	(1)
Practice Exercises
Hair Dryer	479	(9)
Car Stand	488	(15)
Wood Plane	503	(24)
Index	527