1. Design Intent
ENGR 1182
SolidWorks 4

2. Today’s Objectives Design Intent SW04 Activity SW04 Application
Fully Defined
Design Analysis
SW04 Activity
Fully Defining a Profile
Starbucks Coffee Cup Analysis
SW04 Application

3. Design Intent Fully Defined Sketches Design Analysis
Create sketches that are reusable and robust
Design Analysis
Determine the accuracy of designs relative to mass properties.
Final parts are created using a series of steps
The first step to creating a part is to create the “Base” feature
This base feature takes into account the overall shape of the object and tries to account for as many features as possible in one extrusion
Once a base feature is created the shape can be modified by adding or subtracting material to create form features
Special features that would be too complex to add by extrusion or revolving are built-in to 3D parametric programs

4. Fully Defined Sketches
ENGR 1182
SolidWorks 4

5. Is FULLY DEFINED Important ?
SolidWorks web tutorials and SolidWorks in-house courses stress the importance of having Parts and Assemblies FULLY DEFINED for reasons discussed later in this presentation.
Many professional clients of SolidWorks insist that their engineers focus on FULLY DEFINED parts and assemblies.
Student taking advanced courses at The Ohio State University employing SolidWorks are expected to understand and apply the FULLY DEFINED concept.

6. Fully Defined Full use of geometric and dimensional constraints
Any additional information would be over-constraining
There are multiple methods to end at the same goal

7. Anchoring a Sketch
A Sketch must not only be fully constrained using the correct dimensional and geometric constraints but also must be anchored to the origin
Well thought out designs will use the origin as a logical starting place of the design (such as the center point of a circle or square). Using infinite length vertical and horizontal construction lines through the origin often makes the production of correct part drawings much easier

8. Fully Defined allows for Reusable Sketches
Maintains shape and profile during adjustments to dimensions
Especially needed for designs that are still evolving and need multiple versions
Remember: Textbook problems are practice for students to learn from. In real life designers do not know the end goal before they begin.

9. SolidWorks Fully Defined
In 2D sketches, a profile is completely defined by geometric and dimensional constraints.
No “blue” lines or points
Bottom right status bar displays “Fully Defined”

10. SolidWorks Fully Defined
A strategy to maintain Fully Defined sketches which are constructed so that the complexity is reduced as much as possible:
After drawing a “closed” sketch, anchor it to the origin or some other point. Add any geometric constraints and dimension its various elements so that is Fully Defined.
If the object has symmetry, strongly consider using symmetry constraints to the origin or some constrained construction center line.
Use equal constraints where appropriate to reduce dimensioning complexity.
Draw another feature on the sketch and repeat steps 1-3

11. Verifying that Sketches are Fully Defined
Before leaving a sketch, check that the Fully Defined message appears at the bottom of the display.
If a sketch is not Fully Defined, using your mouse, “tug” on all the lines and points in the sketch.
Eventually you will find a line or point that you can move. From the movement you should be able to determine which Dimensional or Geometric constraint(s) needs to be applied to achieve the Fully Defined condition.

12. Verifying that Sketches are Fully Defined
After leaving a sketch, the Under/Fully Defined message disappears from the bottom of the display and is replaced with the Editing Part indication.
But if you expand the Model Tree by clicking on the triangle symbols, then all of your sketch labels are visible. If a sketch is Under Defined, a minus sign will appear in front of the sketch label. In this example more work is required to achieve the Fully Defined status for sketches 1 ,3 and 6. In Sketch 7, the text box could have OPTIONALLY been constrained using FIX to eliminate the minus sign.

13. In the future, all SolidWorks Part homework and exam problems specifying Fully Defined will require the following:

14. (often used keys are circled)
Easily Select the Surface to be “Sketched” using HOT KEYS (See content on website)
(often used keys are circled)

15. Saving SolidWorks Files as PDFs to Produce Part Image + Model Tree for Homework and Exam Problems specifying Fully Defined. Only the first (PrintScrn  Word) and last steps (File/Save As  PDF) will be used for exams.
OPTIONAL - Click on the image and then select PICTURE TOOLS FORMAT/Wrap Text/Square. Click again on Wrap Text/In Front of Text.
Maximize the SolidWorks screen and then hit the keyboard Print Scrn button and paste image into a WORD document
OPTIONAL-Enlarge the Image by using the mouse to pull on a corner of the Image and adjust the position
Click on File/Save As and in the drop down list under Save as type select Adobe PDF.
To Produce the PDF Part Image + Tree

16. Saving SolidWorks Files as 3D PDFs
Click on File/Print
In the drop down list under NAME select Adobe PDF
Select #D Printing and then OK and Save
To Produce the 3D PDF Part Image
Note that the 3D PDF can be manipulated by grabbing the colored arrows at the bottom left of the Image

17. Fully Defined Wrap Up Fully Defined All Constraints Applied Geometric
Dimensional
Anchored Sketches
Allows for Reusable Sketches
Application SW04:
Problem 6.4 (aa)
See Sw04 Application Help on Carmen

18. Fully Define Activity (Sw04)
Add Geometric and Dimensional Constraints to Fully Define the 2D sketch
The left profile has been fully defined (all black) and can be used as a reference (dimensions) and as a guide (method)
Note: The 3.00” dimension from the y-axis is an arbitrary dimension in order to anchor the location of the sketch

19. Design Analysis
ENGR 1182
SolidWorks 4

20. Can be used to check the accuracy of the model.
Design Analysis
Mass Properties
Center of Mass
Volume
Surface Area
Moments of Inertia
Can be used to check the accuracy of the model.
To assure a model will have the correct center of mass and volume all sketches must be “Fully Defined”

21. SolidWorks Mass Properties Toolbox
The Mass Properties Toolbox in SolidWorks is located in the Tools menu.
This menu is found by clicking the arrow next to the SolidWorks logo and then finding Mass Properties under Tools

22. SolidWorks Mass Properties Toolbox
The following dialog box will appear and display the Mass Properties of the Solid Model

23. Design Analysis Wrap Up
Application (Sw04)
Problem 8.11 (g)
Mass Properties Toolbox
Volume
Surface Area
Center of Mass

24. Center of Mass (in) - from bottom of cup
In-Class Problem
Model the Starbucks cups using the simple sketch below and a revolve. Fully define the sketch and reuse with each new dimension set. Obtain the Mass Properties requested for each size.
Starbucks© Sizes
Starbucks Sizes
Small Diameter (in)
Big Diameter (in)
Height (in)
Volume (in^3)
Volume (oz.)
Surface Area (in^3)
Center of Mass (in) - from bottom of cup
Tall
2.5
3.5
3.75
Grande
2.25 5
Venti
2.375 6

25. Important Takeaways
When solid modeling, designers need to take into account the design intent and make sure the sketches used are fully defined.
Mass property tools in CAD are a useful tool to analyze a part after it is made.

26. What’s Next? Due Next Class: SW04 Application
Feature based modeling is breaking down a part into features to create the part in the most efficient way.
Take SW05 Quiz on readings