Chapter 7Shells, Drafts, and Rib, Indent and Deform

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Shell

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Faces to be removed

Thickness of shell

IF you want the part to shell outward or inward

Multi-thickness Shell

» Choose a face, then set a thickness» And repeat for each face you want

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Thickness of shell

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Split Lines

– Used to make lines on surfaces– Curves >> Split lines

• 3 Types:– Silhouette

» Based off of a plane– Projection

» Based off of a sketch– Intersection

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Draft

– 3 Types of Drafts• Neutral Plane

» Makes a draft based off of a neutral face• Parting Line

» Makes a draft starting from a parting lines• Step Draft• Makes a draft in two steps

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Rib

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Thickness of rib

Natural keeps the patternLinear turns it into a line

Convert Entities• Click lines on features, then choose

convert entities, and they will become sketch entities

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Indent• Insert >> Features >> Indent• Indent let’s you remove material

from your part, by creating a new feature that will be removed.

• Need:– Part– A feature inside that part (do not merge

results)• Hide the added feature when

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Indent

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Features that will be removed

Whether you want it to just remove, or expand the hole

Body that will have the indent

Thickness of the removed hole

Deform• Insert >> Features >> Deform• 3 Types

– Point deform» Deforms the body at a point

– Curve to curve» Deforms the body onto a sketched curve

– Surface Push» Deforms the body around an object» Either one of their objects, or a separate

feature

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Test Stats

Score Range Number of Students90-100 880-89 570-79 365-69 2Lower 3

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Average 86.3Standard Deviation ±10

Median 88

Do Problem 7.4

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