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Skateboard

Wheel & Sub-Assembly A. Sketch Rectangle.Step 1. Click File Menu > New, click Part Metric and OK.

Step 2. Click Front Plane in the Feature Man-ager and click Sketch from the Content toolbar, Fig. 1.

Step 3. Click Corner Rectangle (S) on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 4. Draw a rectangle starting at the Origin , Fig. 2.

Step 5. Click Smart Dimension (S) on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 6. Dimension as shown in Fig. 2.

Step 7. Click Zoom to Fit (F) on the View toolbar.

B. Save as "WHEEL".Step 1. Click File Menu > Save As.

Step 2. Key-in WHEEL for the filename and press ENTER.

C. 3 Point Arc.

Step 1. Click 3 Point Arc (S) in the Arc flyout on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 2. Draw arc inside top right corner of rectangle, Fig. 4. To draw arc, click top edge of rectangle close to right corner to set start point. Click right edge of rectangle close to top for second point of arc and drag radius slightly to right as shown in Fig. 3.


Step 4. Dimension as shown in Fig. 4. To dimension, first, dimension 7 to the endpoints of the arc and not the corner of rectangle. Then, dimension 14.7 and radius 13 last.

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D. Trim.

Step 1. Click Trim Entities on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 2. In the Property Manger

select Trim to closest , Fig. 5click entities to trim, Fig. 6click Yes to delete relation messageresults shown in Fig. 7click OK .

E. Mirror Geometry.Step 1. Click left vertical edge of sketch to select it and click Construc-

tion Geometry on the Content menu, Fig. 8.

Step 2. Drag selection around the sketch to select all entities (lines and arc), Fig. 9. To drag selection, click above and to left of sketch and drag down and to right to drag around all.

Step 3. Click Mirror Entities on

the Sketch toolbar.

F. Revolve.Step 1. Click Features on the Command Manager toolbar.

Step 2. Click Revolved Boss/Base on the Features toolbar.

Step 3. In the Revolve Property Manger:

for Axis of Revolution click bottom line in sketch, Fig. 11 click OK .

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Drag selectionLeft edge

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G. Extrude Cut Hole.

Step 1. Click the side flat face of wheel and click Sketch on the Content menu, Fig. 12.

Step 2. Click Normal To on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-8)

Step 3. Click Circle (S) on the Sketch toolbar.

Step 4. Draw a circle starting at the Origin , Fig. 13.


Step 6. Dimension diameter 22, Fig. 13.

Step 7. Click Features on the Command Manager toolbar.

Step 8. Click Extruded Cut on the Features toolbar.

Step 9. Click Isometric on the View toolbar. (Ctrl-7)

Step 10. In the Property Manager set: End Condition Through All

click OK , Fig. 14 and Fig. 15.

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Side face

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H. Appearance.

Step 1. Click the part, click Appearance Callout on the Content menu and click WHEEL , Fig. 16.

Step 2. In the Appearances Task pane, expand Plastic, click High Gloss and in the lower pane select white high gloss plastic, Fig. 17.

Step 3. In the Appearances Property Manager, under Color: set RGB values to: Fig. 18 R 223 G 243 B 255 click OK in the Property Manager.

Step 4. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

I. Wheel Assembly.Step 1. Click File Menu > Make Assembly from

Part.

Step 2. Click Assembly Metric in the New Solid-Works Documents dialog box and OK.

Step 3. Click OK in Begin Assembly Property Manager, Fig. 19.

J. Save as "WHEEL ASSEMBLY".Step 1. Click File Menu > Save As.

Step 2. Key-in WHEEL ASSEMBLY for the file-name and press ENTER.

K. Enable Toolbox Browser.Step 1. If necessary, enable Toolbox Browser. Click

Tools Menu > Add-Ins.

Step 2. Check SolidWorks Toolbox Browser to place a check in the check boxes, then click OK, Fig. 20.

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L. Toolbox Bearing.

Step 1. Click the Design Library tab in the Task Pane (right side of drawing area), Fig. 21.

Step 2. Expand the Toolbox

Expand ANSI Metric folder Expand Bearings folder Click Ball Bearings folder

Step 3. In the lower pane, click Instrument Ball Bearing, Fig. 21 and drag bearing towards hole in wheel. While dragging, position tip your cursor on side of hole, Fig. 22. When bearing snaps into place and

pointer (cursor) changes to Concentric mate , release the bearing.

Step 4. In Size popup dialog, set Size to 0070-22 and click OK .

Step 5. Rotate view as shown in Fig. 23. Hold down middle mouse button (wheel) and drag to rotate view.

Step 6. Continue and place an-other bearing in other side of wheel. Move tip of cursor to side of hole, Fig. 23. When pointer (cursor) changes to

Concentric mate , release the bearing. Click Cancel when done.

Step 7. Save. Use Ctrl-S.Fig. 22

Release bearing when cursorchanges to

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M. Distance Mates.

Step 1. Click Mate on the Assembly toolbar.

Step 2. Click flat side face of wheel and side face of bearing, Fig. 24.

Step 3. Click Distance in Mate pop-up, Fig. 25. Set distance to 3 and press ENTER. The bearing should slide into wheel, Fig. 26. If positioned in oppo-site direction, click Flip Dimen-

sion in the Mate pop-up, Fig. 25. Click Add/Finish Mate

to add Distance mate.

Step 4. Rotate view as shown in Fig. 27. Hold down middle mouse button (wheel) and drag to rotate view.

Step 5. Repeat and add distance mate to bearing. To add mate, click flat side face of wheel and side face of bearing, Fig. 27.

Step 6. Click Distance in Mate pop-up, Fig. 25. Set distance to 3 and press ENTER. The bearing should slide into wheel, Fig. 28. If positioned in oppo-site direction, click Flip Dimen-

sion in the Mate pop-up, Fig. 25. Click Add/Finish Mate

to add Distance mate.

Step 7. Save. Use Ctrl-S.

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