Week 6 Class Exercise

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Engineering Drawings 123

Computer Aided Design (CAD)


Week 6

Step 1: Create parametric models


1. Using the skills you’ve learned in the previous exercises, create parametric models of
the valve and valve body.
2. Try and practice the following tools:
• Revolve
• Tangent work plane
3. Also practice the counterbore type in the hole tool to create the diameter 10 hole with
the diameter 20, 20 deep counterbore in the valve body as shown below.
Step 2: Assemble the valve
1. Download the clip from SUNLearn.
2. Create a new standard iAssembly [Week 5, Step 2].
3. Place the valve body [Week 5, Step 3] as the grounded part of the assembly [Week
5, Step 3.5].
4. Place the clip and valve (with handle) into the workspace [Week 5, Step 4].
5. Use Mate constraint to constrain the axis of the cylindrical feature of the valve (with
handle) to the axis of the diameter 20 hole of the valve body [Week 5, Step 5].
6. Use another Mate constraint to complete the insertion of the valve into the valve
body.
• Either use flush mate [Week 5, Step 6] to constraint the top edge surface of
the clip groove to the bottom surface of the valve body
• Or use a mate constraint (with mate solution) [Week 5, Step 7] with the inside
(bottom) surface of the valve handle shoulder and the top surface of the
valve body.
Your assembly should look as follows:
Step 3: Constrain clip
1. Constrain the axis of the partial anulus (clip) to that of the cylindrical feature of the
valve.
2. Use a tangent constraint [Week 5, Step 9] to complete the insertion of the clip into
the clip groove. Do this by using the (bent) cylindrical surface of the clip and
constraining it to one of the edges of the groove.
The solution should look as shown below. You may leave the clip free to rotate around the
cylindrical surface of the valve.
Step 4: Constrain the handle
1. Constrain the handle to be at a 45° angle [Week 5, Step 10] with the valve body as
shown below.
Step 5: Analyze Interference
We can check whether our parts are “colliding” with each other by using the Analyze
Interference tool. If parts do interfere with each other, it means that we have made a mistake
in our assembly.
1. Switch to the Inspection ribbon by clicking on the Inspect tab.
2. Click the Analyze Interference tool to bring up the Interference Analysis panel.
3. In this panel:
• With Define Set #1 selected (default), select the valve with handle.
• Then click on Define Set #2 and select the valve body.
4. Click OK to perform the analysis. This instructs Inventor to check for any volumetric
overlaps between the Set #1 (valve) and Set #2 (valve body).
If you have assembled the valve correctly, you should get the message:
There were no interferences detected.

If, however, there was a mistake in the assembly, Inventor will give a prompt stating the
number of interferences and highlight the overlapping volumes as shown below. If you find
interferences between your parts, you need to re-do your constraints.
Step 6: Complete drawing
Complete a formal drawing of your valve assembly as you have learned in Week 5, Step 12.
Submit your files on SUNLearn
Remember to upload all your iPart files (valve body, valve and clip), your iAssembly (.iam) of
the valve and your completed formal drawing (.idw) onto SUNLearn.
For multiple files of the same type, use your student number underscore part name.
Example:
12345678_valve.ipt
12345678_body.ipt
Etc.
Update your assembly to reference the correct iPart files if you rename your parts after
assembly. Test that your assembly is referencing the correct files by opening after
completion.

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