AUXILIARY VIEWS OF CONTROL BRACKET

Create The First FRONT View Of The Control Bracket Click to insert drawing view of the shaft.. The message prompt to Select CENTER POINT fro drawing view, and pick a location near the m

ME-430 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

AUXILIARY VIEWS OF CONTROL BRACKET

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

Dr Herli Surjanhata

PREPARING THE CONTROL BRACKET FOR DETAILED DRAWING

Create a working directory and download the zip file of control bracket Open

control_bracket.prt

Create a new datum plane (DTM4) – using that pass through the axis A 1 of the hole and perpendicular to the top inclined surface of control bracket – see figure below

Create another datum plane (DTM5) – using that pass through the axis A 8 of the hole and perpendicular to the right inclined surface of control bracket – see figure below

Both datum planes will be used for creating partial auxiliary section views

CREATE A DETAILED DRAWING OF CONTROL BRACKET

The previously C-size of drawing template will be used for detailed drawing of shaft

IMPORTANT:

Be sure to copy the drawing template file you intend to use in your working directory In this case, copy njit_c_format.frm to your working directory

Pick the Create new object icon , and select Drawing from the

New dialog box

Enter the name control_bracket

Uncheck the Use default template box

Navigate your working directory and then select the size C drawing template format you previously customized e.g

njit_c_format.frm

Note that you may save your template under different name

Open

Select OK from the New Drawing dialog box

Create FRONT, RIGHT-SIDE, ISOMETRIC, Detailed and Auxiliary views of the control bracket as describe and shown below

Create The First FRONT View Of The Control Bracket

Click to insert drawing view of the shaft

The message prompt to Select CENTER POINT fro drawing view, and pick a location near the middle left of the drawing – see Figure The Drawing View dialog

Under

Model view

names, select

FRONT

from the list

Click OK

Unlock the movement of drawing views

Right-click the graphics area, and select Lock View Movement Now the view can be moved

Or click to unlock or lock the drawing views

Create A Projected RIGHT-SIDE View Of The Control Bracket

Click the

FRONT view, then right-click and select Insert Projection View Pick a location to the right of the front view

Create A Projected TOP View Of The Control Bracket

Click the FRONT

view, then click and select

right-Insert Projection View Pick a location

to the top of the front view

Click

to insert drawing view of the shaft

Pick a location near the upper right-hand corner

of the drawing

Under

Model view names, select ISO RIGHT

from the list

Click Apply

Close

Change the scale of the drawing

Double-click the drawing scale SCALE: 1.000 located at the lower left corner – below the border

Rearrange the position of views by moving the views It is necessary to do so since more views – auxiliary and section views will be created in the next steps

Create the First Auxiliary View

From Insert pull-down menu, select

Drawing View -> Auxiliary…

Pick the top inclined edge on the FRONT view – see figure

Pick a location above the edge

The auxiliary view appears – see figure

Create the Second Auxiliary View

Pick this edge

From Insert pull-down menu, select

Drawing View -> Auxiliary…

Pick the left inclined edge on the FRONT view – see figure

Pick a location on the left

of the edge

The auxiliary view appears – see figure Pick this

edge

The resulted views are shown below

Define View Display

Define view display to make sure that HIDDEN LINES will be printed for each drawing views

• FRONT, TOP, & RIGHT SIDE views will be displayed with hidden lines

• AUXILIARY views displayed with no hidden lines

• ISOMETRIC view displayed with shaded

Pick the front, top and right side views, make sure it

is boxed in red Right-click, and select Properties

Un-check

Use present view style Select

Hidden for

Display style For

Tangent edges display style, select

None

OK

Pick the top and left auxiliary views, make sure it is boxed in red Right-click, and select

Properties

Select View Display Select No Hidden for

Display style For

Tangent edges display style, select

Select View Display, and set the

Display style to

Shading

OK

Create Partial Section View From Top Auxiliary View

Pick to turn on the Datum Planes Click on Refresh icon

From Insert pull-down menu, select Drawing View -> Auxiliary

Pick the edge as shown in the figure

Pick the location downward to the left for the view

Pick this edge

Pick the newly created view, right click and select Properties

Select View Display Change the

Display style to

No Hidden Set Tangent edges display style to None

Apply

Select Sections Click on 2D cross-section radio button Click

Click Done Enter A for the name of the cross section

Hit Enter

Pick datum plane DTM4 that is located at top auxiliary view – see figure below

Click OK

Scroll the horizontal bar to the right until Arrow Display is shown

Click the box below Arrow Display

For arrows where the section is perpendicular, pick the top auxiliary view – see figure below

Pick this datum plane

Click Apply

Select View Area

For View visibility, choose Partial View

Pick this view for

Arrow Display

Pick the point as shown on the figure as

Reference point

on geometry

Pick a point here

Sketch a spline as shown as Spline boundary

Sketch this spline boundary

Click OK

Now, repeat the same procedure and create an auxiliary section view for the lower left auxiliary view

From Insert pull-down menu, select Drawing View -> Auxiliary

Pick the edge as shown in the figure

Pick this edge

Pick the location at the top for the view – see figure

Pick the newly created view, right click and select

Properties

Select View Display Change the

Display style to

No Hidden Set Tangent edges display style to None

Apply

Select Sections Click on 2D cross-section radio button Click

Click Done Enter for example, D for the name of the cross section

Click Apply

Select View Area

For View visibility, choose Partial View

Pick this view for Arrow Display

Click OK

Turn off the datum plane by picking Click to refresh the views

Change The Spacing and Angle Of Section View

Sketch this spline

boundary

Pick a point here

Click on section lines, right-click and then select

Properties

Select Spacing -> Half

Select Angle -> 60

The resulted section is shown below

The resulted views are shown below

Add Dimensions to the Drawing Views

Click to open the

Show/Erase dialog box

Verify that the Show button is selected Click the dimension button Select Feature and View in the Show

By section

On your own, show the dimensions approximately the same as shown below

Perform clean up the dimensions If necessary, manually create the dimension – see below

To manually create the dimension, select Insert ->

Dimension

-> New Reference

Pick the entity you want to dimension it

Click OK and then place the dimension by pressing mouse middle button

Show Axes in the Drawing

Toggle the Dimension button off and the Axis button on Under Show By, select View

On your own, show the axis or centerlines for the views

The FRONT and RIGHT SIDE views should look like here below

Below is TOP view,

Top auxiliary and section views:

Create a note for the drawing

Click

No Leader -> Make Note Type in the following note:

NOTE:

ALL FILLETS AND ROUNDS R.12 UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED MATERIAL: CAST IRON

Important note:

To create a note with symbol, do the following

Right-click the dimension and then select Properties The Dimension Properties

dialog box appears

Select Dimension Text tab, and add the note as needed To add the symbol, click

on Text Symbol button

The final drawing of control bracket is shown below