SOLIDWORKS Exercise 12

Local Operations

Exercise 12: Creali11g separate so lid bodies within

Local n model all O\\ S rnodi!i calions to
Operations ens ily be made to one body without
affecting other bodi es or the part.
This modeling strategy is referred to
as the local operations technique. A
common exa mple or this technique is
a , miation on shell ing. The shelling
operation, by default, affects all
features of the solid body that
precede it. In this example, a shell ing problem will be solved using
Merge result and Combine.

This exercise reinforces the fo ll owing skills:

■ Multibody Parts on page 166
■ Me,ge Result on page 168
■ Combining Bodies on page 183
Units: millimeters
Procedure
1 Open the part Local Operations.

2 Shell part.
Add a 4mm shell that removes the bottom face.
3 Explore Results.
Click Section View fj).
Locate the section plane -42mm from
the Front Plane.
Notice in the section view that the
shell affects the entire part. We only
want it to affect the bottom plate.
In order to limit the shell to the bottom
plate, we will modify the features to
keep that area of the part as a separate
body.
Click OK to keep the section view
active.
Note In some cases, like this simple example, reordering the feature would
solve the problem. But on more complex models, reordering may not
be an option. Multibody tools can often provide an alternative solution.

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Modify features.
Modify the features that touch the bottom
plate to prevent them from merging.
Use Edit Feature It on these two
bosses:
■ Vertical_Plate
■ Rib_Under
Clear the Merge result check box for
each boss and click OK ✓ .
Tip Features can be selected for editing from the lf~ l ~ 1• ~
FeatureManager Tree, by selecting a face of
the feature, or by using breadcrumbs. Use
, ~© L
, Ed~ fe•t"ro i
the "d" key on the keyboard to move (!l, e } in Vcrt1cal_Plat9 liil
breadcrumbs to your cursor location. ~ L Sketch2
5 Explore the solid bodies. ~ [jJ Solid Bodies(3)
Expand the Solid Bodies folder to view the
bodies in the part.
e R,b_Under
lfj D_Hole
After clearing the Merge result check box for the @ Shein
upper features, there are three separate bodies in
the part. The shell feature only affects the body it is applied to.
Note The solid body names are assumed from the last feature affecting the
body.

Merge Using What ifwe wanted a feature to merge with some bodies of the part, but
Feature Scope not others? To accomplish this, the Merge result option can be turned
on and Feature Scope can be used to limit which bodies are affected
by the feature. Any existing body that is not part of the Feature Scope is
ignored by the feature and will not be merged.

6 Merge the Rib_Under feature

using feature scope.
Edit the Rib_Under feature.
Click Merge result.
Under Feature Scope, click
Selected bodies.

Select the body as shown.

Click OK ✓.

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7 Results. • 00 Solid Bodi5(2)

The Rib_Under reatu re merges with the selected • D_Hol~
body, but not the bottom plate. There are now 2 • Sh~lll
separa te bodies in lhe part.
8 Optional: Use Isolate to evaluate the 2 separate bodies.

9 Combine the solid bodies.

Select both bodies from the Solid
Bodies fo lder.
Right-click and activate
Combine r9 fro m the shortcut
menu.
Use the Add option for Operation
Type.

Click OK ✓ .

10 Explore the single solid. ... [i) Solid Bodies(].)

The part now exists as a single solid body. @ Combine!

11 Turn off the section view.

12 Save and close the part.

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Poeltlonlng ln11rttc1 Partt

Exercise 13: Create this part by following

Positioning the steps as shown.
Inserted Parts This exercise reinforces the
following skills:
■ Usi11g lnsC!/'t Par/
on page 176
■ Locale Par/ and Move/
Copy Bodies on page 179
■ Combining Bodies
on page 183
Units: millimeters
Procedure
1 Open part.
Open the part fil e Ba s e fro m the Lesson05 \ Exercises
folder.
2 SaveAs ...
Save the file with a new name: Insert Part.

3 Insert part.
Click Insert, Part ifh~.
Select the part Lug from the
Lesson 05 \ Exercises folder.
For entities to Transfer, select Solid bodies.
Select Locate part with Move/Copy feature.

Click OK ✓ .

4 Locate Part.
Use Constraints to position the Lug as
shown.

5 Move/Copy Body.
Click Insert, Features, Move/Copy @.
For Bodies to Move select the Lug.
Click Translate/Rotate to access those options.

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Poaltlonlng ln■--d Part■

6 Move/Copy Settings.
C lick Copy.
Under Translate, specify the location for the copied body by selecting
a Translation Reference (Vertex< l >) and To Vertex (Vertex <2>)
as shown.

~ Move/Copy Body Translation Reference

..., X (Vertex< 1 >)
Bodies t o M o-Ye/Copy "
To Vertex
(Vertex<2>)
R) Copy
a"':t 1
w ·~
Translate '

'
([) j V•rt• x< l > ••. '
r

-. . "';, . . -i
Verttx<2> -

Rotate V

7 Repeat.
Use Insert Part ~~ and Move/Copy
Body ~ to add 2 more instance of
the Lug on the other side of the part.

8 Combine bodies and add fillets.

Combine • all the solid bodies into one.
Add 8mm and 2mm fillets as shown.

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9 Modify the Lug.

Open the Lug part und chang1.: the 45mm
dimension to 60mm .

Tip An externally rererenced part can be opened by right-clicking the Insert

Part feature (Lug ->) and selecting Edit in Context from the shortcut
menu.
10 Propagate change.
Return to the main part. Rebuild r:J if necessa ry to propagate the
changes.

11 Save and close the part.

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SOLIDWORKS Exercise 14
Modeling NegatJve Space

Exercise 14: In th i~ c,crc isc, the

Modeling Combine lc ature i'> u<,cd to
Negative Space '> ubtract one '>o lid body f"rom
a11othe1 in order to rcmo"c
internal , o lume.
0

To produce a hydraulic
mani fo ld, o ne des ign
technique is to p roduce the
internal ho le structures as
so lid bodies first, the n Image < Pre~\urc De~1gn H),drauhcs l.1m1tcd
s ubtract them fro m a solid
block.
By producing the internal s pace as a solid body, internal inforrnation,
such as, olume, can easily be measured a nd adjusted during the design
process.
This exercise reinforces the follow ing skill s:
■ lvferge Result on page 168
■ Combining Bodies o n page 183
Units: millimeters
Procedure
1 Open part.
Open the existing part Hydraulic Manifold from the Lesson05 \
Exercises fo lder.
Th e part contains mu ltiple solid bod ies representing interconnected
cavities in the manifold. T his is the negative space of the final model.

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Modellng Negative Space

2 Sketch a rectangle.
Open a new sketch on the Top Plane and sketch a rectangle whose
four sides arc collinear with the planar faces of the cavity bodies.

3 Extrude.
Extrude the rectangle in two directions.
■ Direction 1 (up): Up To Surface
■ Direction 2 (down): Blind; Depth = 30mm
Clear Merge result.

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4 Combine the solid bodies.

Combine ti ,, ilh a Subtract opcralion.
Use the e., truded block as the Main Body and the remaining solid
bodies a'i the Bodies to Subtract.

Note Transparency has been appl ied to the extruded block for illustration
purposes.
5 Save and close the part.

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Indent SOLIDWORKS

Exercise 15: In this nen:ise. the Protective Screen will he completed hy adding
Indent an Indent feature to reshape the part.
This e,ercise reinforces the
fo llm, ing ski lls:
■ Afultiboc~1· Parts on page 166
Units: millimeters

Procedure
1 Open part.
Open the existing part Protective Screen - Indent from the
Lesson05\Exercises folder.
This is a copy of the part completed in this lesson 's case study.
2 Rollback.
Rollback to just before the Shell feature. We wi ll build the Indent Tool
Body at this location in feature history.
~1rn;~ $ :~ I>
y'
<1i, ProtectiveS<:reen • Indent (Oefault«I
• ~ History
{m Sen,ori:
• I!) Annotlltlons
• !t) Sofld Bod1es(Z)
i=i M1ten1I <not spetifled>
CJ Front Pl•ne
(lJ Top Plane
[!J Right Plane
L origln
• • Revolve-Thlnl

~
5h, Ill
Rib!

3 Hide body.
Hide "'\ the extruded body.
Tip You can hide bodies from the Solid Bodies ~ folder, Crom the
graphics area, or by choosing to hide a feature in the tree that is
associated with the body. Additionally, the Tab key can be used in the
graphics area to Hide ~ and Shift+ Tab will Show (V)_

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4 Now skotch .
Open u nc\\ sketch on thc
'l1 op Plano.
Select Outside Profile s ketch 111
the Fenturc Managc r Tree.
Tip This sketc h was used ror th e Boss-
Extrudel lcature.
C l ick Offset Entities 1£:...
Offset 2mm inside the
Outside Profile sketch.
5 Extrude.
E:\.trude Lhe new sketch .
Use Offset From Surface for the
e nd condition and c hoose the top
face of the revo lved body as the
face to offset from .
Set the Offset Distance to 1 mm
and make sure the offset is above
the face of the revo lved reature.

Important! C lear the Merge result option.

6 Fillet.
Apply a 0.5mm radius fi llet to the
top face and the four ve1tical edges
o f the new extruded body.

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7 Indent.
Click Indent t,'.
Select the revolved body as
the Target body.
Select the curved face of the
extruded body as the Tool
body region to keep.
Under Parameters, set the
Thickness to 1mm and the
Clearance to 0mm.

Click OK ./.
8 Hide body.
Hide <~ the tool body to see the
results.

9 Fillet.
Apply 0.5mm fillets to the concave edges of the indented region.
Apply 1.5mm fillets to the convex edges as shown in the section view
below.

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10 Roll forward. h de
The system rebuilds the part incorporating the changes you ave ma ·

11 Delete body.
Expand the Solid Bodies folder, right-click the tool body (Fillet 1 ),
and click Delete/Keep Body @ .
Set the Type to Delete Bodies.

Click OK ✓ to delete the tool body.

A Body-Delete/Keep! feature is added to the feature tree and the
Fillet 1 body is removed from the model.
12 Save and close the part.

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