Van Assembly

Originally Created by Stephen Yaffe

Modified by Bob Claymier District Technology Center Delaware City Schools 621 Pennsylvania Avenue Delaware, Ohio 43015

Creating a New Design

1. Go to File - New - Design 2. Change the units to inches by selecting Tools - Options - Units Tab and select Inches in both display boxes.

Creating the Axle

1. Right - click on the Lateral Workplane in the Browser window. 2. Select New Sketch... 3. Type in axle for the name of the sketch. Then click OK.

Browser Window

4. Use Shift - W to reposition the workplane. 5. Select the Circle Tool and draw a circle using the points of origin (where the two arrows meet) as the center of the circle. 6. Use the Dimension Tool to give the circle a diameter of 1 inch.
Dimension Tool

7. Go to Features - Extrude Profile

7. In the dialog box, Add Material, 12 inches, above workplane. Click OK.

8. Type Shift - T to put the design in a trimetric view. Then type Shift - A to see all the axle. 9. Go to File - Save and save your design as Axle.

Creating the Wheel

1. Go to File - New - Design 2. Right - click on the lateral workplane in the browser window. 3. Select New Sketch... In the dialog box, type in Wheel for the name.

4. Type Shift - W to turn the workplane. 5. Using the Circle Tool, draw a circle with a diameter of 5 inches, having the center of the circle on the point of origin where the two arrows meet.

Start the center of the circle at the point of origin, where the arrows come together.

6. Now draw another circle using the same center point. Make this circle with a diameter of 1 inch. This circle will be right on top of the first circle and is part of the same sketch, Wheel.
Dimension Tool

The Wheel sketch now contains two circles.

The new circle is here in grey. It may be another color on your screen.

7. Go to Features - Extrude Profile. The dialog box that pops up should say Add material, 1.5 inches, above workplace.

8. Select the Edges Tool. 9. Click on the edge of the tire wall. Then hold Shift and click the other edge of the tire wall (see picture below). Use Arrow keys to turn the wheel.

Note both the top and bottom edges of the tire walls have been selected using the left-mouse button and the Shift key.

10. Select Features - Round Edges. Type a radius of .25 inch in the dialog box.

11. Click OK.

12. Go to File - Save and save your design as wheel.

Creating the Body

1. Go to File - New - Design 2. Right - click on the lateral workplane in the browser window. 3. Select New Sketch... and call the new sketch body in the pop up window. Click OK.

4. Use the rectangle tool to sketch a rectangle. 5. Use the sketch dimension tool to make the rectangle 24 inches by 12 inches.

Rectangle tool

6. Select the circle tool and create a circle 1 inch in diameter. 7. Use the sketch dimension tool to place the circle 3 inches from the left edge of the rectangle and 1 inch from the bottom of the rectangle.

8. Use the select lines tool to click on the circle. The circle will now be red. 9. Go to edit - copy and edit - paste to copy the circle. The copied circle is directly on top of the original circle 10. Hold the Shift key and drag the copied circle from the top of the original circle to the other side of the van. 11. The new circle is 1 inch from the bottom. You will need to use the sketch dimension tool to put it 3 inches from the right edge.

Edit menu

Select lines tool

12. Go to the Workplane Browser window and double click on the body sketch icon under the lateral workplane. The rectangle should now be red.

Double click here

13. Select Feature - Extrude and enter add material, 8.25 inches, above workplane in the pop up dialog box.

Use the Feature pull down menu and select Extrude

14. Click OK. 15. Type Shift - T (trimetric view) and Shift - A (autoscale) to change the view of the design. 16. File - Save your design as body.

17. Select the edge tool and click on the top left edge of the body. 18. Go to Features - chamfer edges. 19. In the dialog box, select unequal setback. Use 7 inches for the front setback and 3 inches for the top setback. Click OK.

Edge tool

Select this edge

20. Select the edges of the body with the edge tool, holding Shift down to select each edge. 21. Go to Feature - round edges. Set the radius at .3 inches. Click OK.
3. Pull down Features and select Round Edges

1. Select the Edge tool

2. Hold Shift and click all the edges. There are 15 edges.

22. File - Save your design as body.

Assembling the Van

5. Go to File - New - Design

NOTE: You MUST start a new design to do an assembly. Have no components in this design to start with.
6. Go to Assembly - Add Component. 7. Click on the body design and then OK. 8. The two features you will use to assemble the components will be the Parts tool to move parts and the Faces tool to "glue" the pieces together.

Use the Faces tool to "glue" components Use the Parts tool to move a component

9. Use the Parts tool to select the body (it will be red). Then go to Assembly Fix Component to prevent the van from moving during assembly.

10. Go to Assembly - Add Component and get the Axle. 11. Use the Faces tool to click the axle cylinder and then hold Shift to click the inside of the axle hole in the van. 12. Go to Assembly - Center Axes and then click OK.

Use the Face tool to shiftclick these two faces.

13. The axle will now be in the axle hole on the body.

14. Select Assembly - Add Component and bring in a wheel. 15. Click in the axle hole for the wheel and Shift and click the axle cylinder. 16. Assembly - Center Axes, then OK to put the wheel on the axle.

Note: Your wheel may be "in" the body. Don't worry! Just use the Parts tool to select and drag the wheel out of the body. 17. Using the parts tool, click and drag the axle so it sticks out through the wheel. 18. Now use the Face tool to select the end of the axle and the outside wall of the wheel. 19. Select Assembly - Align. The axle end and the outside wheel wall will be flush with each other. Step 14 Step 15

These pictures show the model after it has been turned with the arrow keys and magnified with the zoom command (shift-Z)

20. Use the arrow keys to turn the design. Now use the face tool to select the inside wall of the tire and the side of the body nearest the tire. 21. Select Assembly - Offset. Set the offset as .375 and be sure mate is selected. This view is Transparent which makes it easier to select the surfaces to mate. Go to View Transparent to use it.

21. Click OK. The wheel is now offset from the car body.

22. Repeat steps 14 - 19 to mount the other wheel on the axle. You do not need to repeat steps 20 - 21 as this will over-constrain the assembly.

23. Now repeat steps 10 - 22 to finish the van assembly.

24. File - Save your van assembly.

Creating an Album Image

1. Have your van assembly on the screeen. 2. File - New - Photo Album 3. Go to Image - New Image. Click on your van assembly and then click OK. 4. Use the arrow keys to position the assembly view to your preference. 5. In the Object browser click on the down arrow and Select Material

6. Click on the Plus sign near non-metal. 7. Select the wood, plain bag and drag it onto the body of the van (the lines in the van assembly will light up). 8. Click the Update Light have the material to appear. at the top of the screen (or press F5) to

9. Try other material bags for the axles and wheels, then use the Update light or press F5 to see the changes. 10. To apply a background, go to Image - Image Properties. 11. Select Effects Tab. 12. In the Foreground field. choose None. 13. In the Background field, choose Clouds. 14. Click the Update Light (or press F5)

15. Try other materials and background options. 16. Select File - Save to save your album. Notice when you save your file it has an .alb extension, indicating it is an album. 17. You can export the album rendering as a JPEG file (File - Export - JPEG) if you want to send the file out as a picture for printing from a picture utility, such as Paint.