Sunday, June 21, 2009

010 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #9

The Assembly:



In this tutorial, we will be assembling all the parts that we have been modeling and creating using Proe since the tutorial "Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly **5** - part #1" until the tutorial "Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly **5** - part #8". So kindly, before you proceed in this tutorial make sure that you have created all the parts and that you followed all the videos in these tutorials to model all the parts correctly. The final assembly will be shown in the following figure and clip:









Here are the steps of the assembly:



  1. The Base is entered and mated with all the datums of the work screen.

  2. The Cylinder is entered is and mated with the base using its bottom surface and two diagonal holes.

  3. The Adjuster base is entered using the same technique used in step 2.

  4. The Adjuster is entered as a cylinder connection since it has two degrees of freedom (rotation and translation); its axis is aligned with the axis of the adjuster base and the lower surface of the adjuster is mated with surface of the adjuster base.

  5. The Hinge is entered, also using the same technique used in step 2.

  6. The Piston is entered as a cylinder connection since it has two degrees of freedom (rotation and translation); its axis is aligned with the axis of the cylinder.

  7. The Handle is entered as a pin joint since it has only one degree of freedom (only rotation); its lower pin hole is joined with the hinge hole using the align option.

  8. The Connection is entered using two sets of connections; a pin joint for the hole that is connected with the handle and a cylinder joint for the hole that is connected with the piston.


The video for this tutorial is splitted into two parts due to its size :


Thursday, June 18, 2009

009 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #8

This tutorial shows the modelling of the Piston (No. 8). Its drawing is shown in the image below.


To model the the Piston, three steps will be done:
  1. The cross section of the cylinder with the groove will be drawn and revolved.
  2. The square part will be drawn on top of the cylinder and extruded.
  3. The small hole is placed at the surface of the part.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Piston:

008 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #7

This tutorial shows the modelling of the Hinge (No. 7). Its drawing is shown in the image below.



To model the the Hinge, three steps will be done:
  1. The main cross section will be drawn and extruded.
  2. The through hole will be drawn and extruded through both webs.
  3. The two small holes are placed at the buttom of the part.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Hinge:


007 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #6

This tutorial shows the modelling of the Handle (No. 6). Its drawing is shown in the image below.


To model the the Handle, three steps will be done:
  1. The main cross section of the square part will be drawn and extruded.
  2. The two small holes are placed at the surface of the extruded part.
  3. The cylindrical hand will be drawn and extruded at the end surface of the first part.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Handle:

006 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #5

This tutorial shows the modelling of the Connection(No. 4). Its drawing is shown in the image below.



To model the the Connection, two steps will be done:
  1. The main cross section, with the two through holes, will be drawn.
  2. The section will be extruded.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Connection:

005 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #4

This tutorial shows the modelling of the base (No. 3). Its drawing is shown in the image below.



To model the the Base, two steps will be done:
  1. The main cross section (the rectangle) will be drawn and extruded.
  2. The eight holes are placed at the surface of the part.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Base:



Wednesday, June 17, 2009

004 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #3

This tutorial shows the modelling of the cylinder (No. 5). Its drawing is shown in the image below.




To model the the Cylinder, two steps will be done:
  1. The main cross section with the through hole will be drawn and extruded.
  2. The four small holes are placed at the buttom of the part.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Cylinder:



003 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #2

This tutorial starts by modelling of the adjuster (No. 2). Its drawing is shown in the image below.


To model the adjuster, two steps will be done:

  1. The upper half of the cross section of the adjuster is drawn.
  2. This half is revolved around the center of the adjuster.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Adjuster :



Tuesday, June 16, 2009

002 Nutcracker Modelling & Assembly - Part #1

This tutorial handles the modeling and assembly of a nutcracker that is shown above. The modeling of each part is in a separate tutorial and the assembly of the whole device is in another tutorial. Throughout the modeling of the parts, kindly follow the exact datum planes on which the sketching is done to ease the assembly part. This tutorial starts by modelling of the adjuster base (No. 1). Its drawing is shown in the image below.


To model the the Adjuster Base, two steps will be done:

  1. The main cross section with the through hole will be drawn and extruded.
  2. The two small holes are placed at the buttom of the part.

Here is the video that demonstrates the modeling of the Adjuster Base:

Monday, June 15, 2009

001 Let's Learn Pro/E

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Some of the tutorials in this blog are based on tutorials explained in books and on the web but handled in a more detailed manner while some others are created uniquely by us. The level of difficulty of these tutorials varies from a beginner level up to a professional level.

I hope that all readers and followers of this blog get the most benefit possible.

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