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 Electric Motor Tutorial

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Setup for the Electric Motor Tutorial
Task 1. Start PTC Creo Parametric and set the environment.

1. Start PTC Creo Parametric.

Although not required, setting up a black background makes the dimensions easier to see and read.

2. Click File > Options. The PTC Creo Parametric Options dialog box opens.

3. Click System Colors. Options for changing system colors appear.

4. In the Color scheme box select Dark background and then click OK.

Since you are doing a tolerance analysis, turn on the tolerance display.

5. Click File > Options. The PTC Creo Parametric Options dialog box opens.

6. Click Entity Display. Options for changing the appearance of entities appear.

7. Select the Show dimension tolerances check box and then click OK.

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 Electric Motor Tutorial
The objective of this analysis is to determine the variation of the axial end play of the motor shaft.

Task 1. Open the model and set the view.

1. Open motor_1hp.asm in PTC Creo Parametric.

2. Click View > Named Views > ISO. The view changes to ISO.

3. Click View > Manage Views. The View Manager opens.

4. Click Xsec and then select A.

5. Click Options, select Flip, and then click Close.

End Play

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 The figure below shows the names of the parts that are involved in the variation of the end play.
These part names are referred to throughout the tutorial.
Case

Left End Cap

Right End Cap

Shaft

Spring Washer
Left Bearing

Right Bearing

Task 2. Initiate the tolerance analysis measurement.

1. Click Analysis > Tolerance Analysis.

The Tolerance Analysis Manager dialog box opens. This dialog box lists all of the existing
tolerance analysis measurements in this model. You can add, edit, and delete tolerance analysis
measurements from this dialog box.

2. Click in the Tolerance Analysis Manager dialog box.

The Tolerance Analysis Powered by CETOL Technology interface is displayed. The application
guides you through the process of defining your tolerance analysis. As you are going through the
process, pay attention to the messages and prompts in the PTC Creo Parametric message area.
When the application first starts, you are prompted to select the features for the measurement.

3. Click View > Named Views > MEASUREMENT. The view changes to
MEASUREMENT.

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 4. Select the first measurement reference: the right face of the bearing on the right side of the
motor shaft (see the figure below).

5. Click to turn on datum plane display.

6. Select the second measurement reference: DTM4 in the spring washer.

Task 3. Select the dimensions.

After selecting the measurement references, all of the candidate dimensions for the first dimension
of the dimension loop are displayed. In this case, you see the dimensions of the bearing that are
along the measurement direction and whose endpoint is aligned to the selected surface.

Tip: Redisplaying the candidate dimensions

During the dimension selection process, the candidate dimensions for the active
part are automatically displayed. You can change active parts by clicking on a
new part. If you dont see the expected dimensions, the wrong part may be the
active part. In this case, click the part from which you need to select dimensions.

1. Select the bearing width (.551.003).

No more dimensions from the bearing are required.

2. Set view in PTC Creo Parametric to the ISO saved view.

3. Click the shaft to display the candidate dimension for that part. Note that you must select an
actual part surface rather than selecting the cross-sectional plane.

4. Select the dimension between the bearing shoulders (8.240.005).

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 Tip: Unselecting dimensions
If you accidentally select the wrong dimension, you dont have to start over.
During dimension selection, select Cancel in the PTC Creo Parametric Select
menu. You can resume the selection by clicking on in the Tolerance Analysis
window.
No more dimensions from the shaft are required.

5. Click the left bearing to display the candidate dimension for that part.

6. Select the bearing width (.630.003).

No more dimensions from the bearing are required.

7. Click the left end cap to display the candidate dimension for that part.

8. Select the bearing bore depth (.680.005).

Task 4. Explore the CETOL Lite interface.

Lets review the Tolerance Analysis powered by CETOL Technology interface. The
interface has three primary views: Measurement Definition, Dimension Loop Diagram, and
Analysis Results.

1. Click Cancel in the Select dialog box in PTC Creo Parametric to pause the selection
process.

2. Right-click in the Dimension Loop Diagram view and select Fit to Width.

The Measurement Definition view shows a table of all of your dimension loop data. Each
dimension that you have selected is represented by a row in this table. The dimensions are grouped
together underneath a row that represents the part to which they belong.
The Dimension Loop Diagram view shows graphic representation of the 1-d dimension loop. Each
dimension is represented by a horizontal line with arrowheads. Each part is represented by a box
that encloses the dimensions that belong to that part.

3. Click the various objects in the Name column of Measurement Definition table.

Notice that when you select something in the Measurement Definition table, the corresponding
object is highlighted in the Dimension Loop Diagram view and in PTC Creo Parametric.

4. Click the various objects in the Dimension Loop Diagram view.

Notice that when you select something in the Dimension Loop Diagram view, the corresponding
object is highlighted in the Measurement Definition table and in PTC Creo Parametric.

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 Task 5. Resume the dimension selection process.

1. Click on in the Tolerance Analysis window to resume dimension selection.

Notice that the candidate dimensions are displayed again.

2. Select the machined depth where the case mates with the end cap (.070 +.005/-.003).

No more dimensions from the end cap are required.

3. Click the outer case to display the candidate dimension for that part.

4. Select the dimension between the machined ends (8.00.01).

No more dimensions from the case are required.

5. Click the right end cap to display the candidate dimension for that part.

6. Select the machined depth where the case mates with the end cap (.070 +.005/-.003).

7. Select the bearing bore depth (.673.005).

No more dimensions from the right end cap are required.

8. Click the spring washer to display the candidate dimension for that part.

9. Select the (.042.002).

Since the endpoint of this dimension is aligned with the second measurement reference, the
dimension loop is complete. The application automatically terminates the selection process,
analyzes the dimension loop, and displays the results on the Results tab.

Task 6. Specify the measurement limits and so forth.

Before examining the results, lets review the measurement definition and specify some names for
the parts and the measurement so that the tolerance analysis report will be easy to understand.

1. Double-click the analysis name in the Tolerance Analysis window and rename it
End_Play.

2. In the Goal region at the top of the Tolerance Analysis window, change the measurement
tolerance type to Symmetric and set the tolerance to 0.030.015.

Task 7. Examine the results.

1. Click the Results tab at the bottom of the application interface to view the analysis results.

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 The Results view has two display regions. The left region shows a variation plot for the
measurement. The variation plot shows the statistical variation plot and the worst-case range for
the measurement based on the specified tolerances for the dimensions in the dimension loop. (See
the figure below).

Quality metrics

Minimum WC Maximum WC
value of value of
measurement measurement

Lower Upper
Measurement Measurement Measurement
Limit Target Value Limit

The right region of the Results view is a tabbed display of contribution and sensitivity plots. For
example, the Statistical Contribution plot shows the percent contribution of each dimension to the
variance of the measurement.
The results indicate that the d329 dimension from the Case is a large contributor to the variance of
the measurement.

2. Click on the tolerance field for the d329 dimension. Increase the precision to 3 and change
the tolerance to .005.

Notice that when you make a change to the tolerance, the results automatically update. You can
continue to change the tolerance values until you get the desired measurement variation. Note that
the actual PTC Creo Parametric dimension properties are not modified until you close the
Tolerance Analysis powered by CETOL Technology interface and accept the changes.
When the analysis process is complete, you can generate an HTML report of the analysis.

3. Click Generate Report .

The report is displayed in the PTC Creo Parametric browser.

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 4. In the lower left corner of the Tolerance Analysis powered by CETOL
Technology interface, select Saved and then click to save the tolerance analysis
measurement, update the modified PTC Creo Parametric tolerances and close the tolerance
analysis application.

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