Ex1 Microwave

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Exercise One

The Microwave


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Get to Know your Mouse

Left mouse button

Used for most operations such as selecting

icons, menus and graphic entities.

Right mouse button

Brings up additional options

Select in thetutorial means

using the

left mouse

button.

The Esc

key on your

keyboard is

used to

cancel a

command.

When Inventor startsyou will see this

Start-up dialogue box.Select the Metric tab

.

Then select the

Standard(mm).pt

icon


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Screen Layout

Sketch paneltoolbar

3D Indicator

Message / Status bar

Graphics window

Take a few

minutes to lookat this screen

StandardToolbar

Pull

Down

Menus

Select the line icon from the 2D Sketch Panel

(Note all points at this stage are approximate)

Select Point 1 a point to start the line move the mouse and

select Point 2. Ensure the line is straight, look out for the

horizontal constraint symbol.

Point 1

Point 2

Horizontal Constraint symbol


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When we move the mouse and select point 3 we should notice

the perpendicular constraint symbol.

Point 3

Perpendicular constraint symbol

Select point 4 by moving the mouse horizontally. Notice theParallel constraint symbol, this means the new line is parallel to

the first one.

Point 4

Parallel constraint symbol


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Select point 5 look out for the parallel symbol to indicate that this vertical line is

parallel to the line drawn between points 3 and 4.

Point 5Point 6

As you select point 6 notice the parallel constraint symbol. Look out

for the hidden line this tells us that point 6 is aligned with point 1.

Select point one again to finish the Closed shape.

To end drawing lines press Esc key.

Starting point

Hidden linemeans alignment

between point 1

and point 6.

parallel constraint symbol

From the 2D Sketch menu select the General Dimension icon.Select the line to dimension.

Move the MOUSE upwards notice the dimension and line

follows the mouse pointer.

Select a position similar to the position shown.

A Edit dimension box will appear. The dimension will be

shown highlighted press the delete key.

Type 90 you dont have to add mm after the dimension.

Select the green tick to OK it and update the dimension.


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On your own, dimension the shape as shown. Edit the

dimensions to the sizes shown.

Right click anywhere on the screen and select Done or press

the Esc. key on the keyboard to finish dimensioning.

Right click the anywhere again on the screen and select Finish

Sketch.

Important try to remember this sequence to allow you to

Finish Sketching.


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Right click anywhere on the screen and select the

Isometric View.

Isometric View sometimes

called the safe view because

you can always return to it.

Finishing the 2D Sketch allows us access to the Part Features menu.

1. Select

Extrude from

the Part

Features

toolbar.

2. In the

Extrude Pop

up window

enter 50 asthe extrusion

Depth.

3. Notice that the sketch region is

automatically selected as the

extrusion profile.

Select OK to finish

the command.


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Your Shape should look like

this I hope ?

Select the Look At icon and select the face as shown.

Look out for

this symbol

at the arrow

head


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Select the

2D Sketch

icon and

select the

shape asshown.

The new sketch plane

should appear as

shown.

From the 2D Sketch Panel select the two point rectangle.

Select the first point as

shown

Select the second point as shown


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On your own dimension

the rectangle as shown.

Press the Esc. key to finish the

dimensioning and right click and

select Finish Sketch.

From the Part Features menu

select Extrude.

Select the Profile Button movethe mouse pointer and select

inside the rectangle we have

just drawn. Make sure it turns

blue.

Set the Distance to 1.

Select OK.

Right click anywhere on the screen and

select Isometric view.

Select the edges as shown in order to

dimension over two feature

Hope your shape looks

like this ?


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Select the Look At icon and select

this face

Select 2D Sketch and select thisface. For to start a new sketch.

On your own

using the 2

Point

rectangle.Draw and

dimension

two

rectangles as

shown.

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Esc dimensioning and Finish

sketching.

From the Part Features menu

select Extrude.

Set the Depth to .5 and

select OK.

Select the

Profile button.

Select both

rectangular

shapes.

Select the look at icon and

select this face

Select 2D Sketch icon and select

the same face .

Adding control dials to your Microwave

.

Select Centre point

circle from 2D Sketch

Panel and Select a

suitable position. Drag

the circle to an approx

size. Dimension circlesposition and diameter

of 5mm.


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Esc to finish

dimensioning and Right

click selecting Finish

Sketch

Right click and selectthe Isometric View.

Select Extrude from

Part Features menu.

Select the circle as the

profile and set the

distance to 2mm.

Select OK to finish.

Select Wireframe Display to view the microwave. You may

require to select the down arrow to display this

Select Rectangular Pattern for our Array.

1. Select the Feature. Select the cylinder.

2. Select Direction 1: Select the edge of the plate. Notice

a green arrow appears pointing the direction. The arrow

must point as shown. Select the Flip button if you need

to change direction.

3. Alter count to 2

4. Alter Length to 10

Feature

Count

Length

Do not select OK or your dials will only be in one direction.

Direction 1

Flip


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1. Select Direction 2.

(Edge of Microwave)

2. AlterCount to 2.

3. AlterLength to 10

4. Now select OK.

Select

Shaded

Display to

view our

Dials.

You may

have to

select Flip

to get the

correct

direction.

Select Rotate icon next to the Look At icon

Select the

Handles notice

how your

model moves

about.

Do not worry

too much as

you can

always reset to

the Isometric

View.

Handles


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Try to Rotate your Model into this position

Select

Wireframe

Display

Right click

anywhere

on thescreen and

select

Done from

the menu.

To finish

Rotate.

Select Fillet from the Part Features Menu.

Select the edges as shown noticethat the microwave is in

Wireframe View this will help

you select the edges.

Select below

Radius and type in

1 for the radius

Ensure you select the

pencil.

Select OK to Finish the command


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Hopefully it looks like this ?

Select Chamferfrom the Part Features menu.

Select Edges.

Select Distance to .5

Make sure

this button is

pressed

Select the Dials as shown

Select OK to Finish the Command


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Hope your Microwave looks

like this ?

Select Isometric View Select Shaded Display

Inventor has a special user interface called DynamicViewing that enable convenient viewing of the entities in the

graphic window.

Select the Zoom icon.

Select inside the graphics window.

Press and hold down the left-mouse button, then

move downward to enlarge the view ormove

upwards to decrease the view.Press the Esc key once to exit the Zoom command.

Select the Pan icon located next to the Zoom command.

The Pan command allows us to move the view to a different

position.

Try both the commands out and remember to use them in the

future.


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Your model will be shaded with a material called As Material to give the

microwave a more realistic look select the door it should be highlighted.

You can add other faces such as the edges of the door by holding

down the Ctrl key and selecting all the faces of the door .Use the

Rotate to get them all.

Lets add some Textures

Right click and

select Propertiesfrom the menu

From the Face

Properties menu

select the down arrow.

Select Black as

the Face ColourStyle.

Select OK to finish

the command.


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Lets add some detail to one of the two

plates we constructed earlier.

On your own create

a new 2D Sketch on

surface of the plate .

Draw a Two Point

Rectangle.

Dimension the

rectangle as shown.Use the Zoom &

Pan icon to get the

view as shown. Esc

dimensioning and

Finish Sketch.

Select Isometric View.

On your own Extrude the

plate not outwards but

inwards to create a

recessed surface. Make

sure you choose Cut and

not Join.

the Distance should be

0.5.


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Select the Look At icon and select the recessed surface.

Lets add a Text message such as FULL POWER.

Select a new 2D Sketch on the recessed surface.

Select the TextIcon from the 2D

Sketch Panel

Select a suitable

point on the

recessed surface

to start the text.

Zoom In

In the dialogue box

type FULL POWER

Select OK.

If its not in the right place then

select it and move it.

Alter Height to 1.00


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On your own change the faces of the

microwave to suitable materials.

I have chosen Green Pastel for the casing.

Chrome for the dials.

Black for the glass surfaces.

Remember to Rotate your Microwave to get all

the surfaces.

Red for the text

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