CREATE A SUB-ASSEMBLY ROLLER_LINK Create an assembly called roller_link.asm This is done by clicking a Create New Object icon on the tool bar menu.. Select roller_link_plate.prt Click Op
Trang 1ME-430 Introduction to Computer Aided Design CREATING ASSEMBLY OF CHAIN LINK
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
Dr Herli Surjanhata
CREATE THE PARTS FOR ASSEMBLY
Five parts are needed in this tutorial:
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1 The dimensions of roller_link_plate.prt are shown below All units in inches Extrusion depth is 0.04 in
Type in
roller_link_plate
here!
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Parameters
Enter Parameter name:
material
Enter Parameter type: string
Enter value for material:
steel
2 Create the second part called pin_link_plate,
File -> Save a Copy
Trang 4Then Open pin_link_plate, modify and regenerate the dimensions as shown below,
Save the part pin_link_plate
Repeat the same procedure as shown above to create parameter for material = steel
3 Create the third part called bushing, the dimension is shown below
Modify this dimension to
be 0.38 in
Modify this
dimension to
be 0.16 in
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4 Create the part called roller as shown below
Setup the following parameter:
Material = steel
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Setup the following parameter:
Material = steel
Trang 7We will first create two sub-assemblies called roller_link.asm and pin_link.asm, then assemble them together to form roller_chain.asm
Pro/ENGINEER provides a variety of constraint types for placement of components Note:
Automatic is the default constraint type of the Component Placement dialog box With the automatic option, references are selected for both the component and the assembly Pro/ENGINEER will determine the constraint to apply, but will provide you the option of selecting an alternative constraint
Trang 8CREATE A SUB-ASSEMBLY ROLLER_LINK
Create an assembly called roller_link.asm This is done by clicking a Create New Object icon on the tool bar menu
Create New
Object icon
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here!
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roller_link_plate.prt
Click Open button
Component Placement window appears,
Keep the Constraints Type default (Automatic)
Pick RIGHT datum plane of
roller_link_plate, then pick
ASM_RIGHT datum plane of roller_link
(assembly default datum plane)
The two datum planes are automatically aligned
Repeat the same procedure for FRONT
datum plane of roller_link_plate and
ASM_FRONT datum plane of
roller_link Repeat again the same procedure for
TOP datum plane of roller_link_plate
and ASM_TOP datum plane of
roller_link The datum planes of roller_link_plate
and roller_link assembly are automatically aligned as shown in the figure on the left
Placement Status is now Fully Constrained
Click OK button
Trang 11Assemble the next component bushing.prt Use Placement Constraint of Align, and
Align Offset to put them together Note that the Align Offset distance is 0.005 in
In other words, bushing is protruded out from the bottom surface of
roller_link_plate at 0.005 in
Click Open bushing.prt
Component Placement window appears
Click the axis A_1 of the bushing, then click the axis A_1 (on the left hole) of the
roller_link_plate
Click the bottom surface of the bushing, then click the bottom surface of the
roller_link_plate
Trang 12Click the second Coincident (see Figure
on the left) to activate it
Choose 0.0, and type 0.005 to set the offset distance
Second, Pick the bottom surface of
roller link plate
First, Pick this surface – bottom surface of the bushing!
Trang 14From Edit pull down menu, select Repeat
The Repeat Component
window appears
Hightlight only the Align constraint This chooses the constraint to be repeated Then select
Add button
Select aligning axis from assembly for new component occurance – pick the right axis
A_2 of roller_link_plate Click Confirm button
Trang 15Assemble roller to bushing using Align, and Mate Offset Note that the top
surface of roller_link_plate is offset at 0.010 in from the bottom surface of roller
Click the axis A_1 of the roller, then click the axis A_1 of the bushing
Click the bottom surface of the roller, then click the top surface of the roller_link_plate
Type offset distance 0.01 [Enter]
Offset = 0.01
Trang 16Repeat the placement of roller to the
bushing located at the right side of the assembly
The last operation of this sub-assembly will be to assemble another
roller_link_plate Use Align and Align Offset 0.005 in as Placement
Constraints Note that bushing is protruded out 0.005 from the top surface of
roller_link_plate located the top of sub-assembly
Offset = 0.005
Trang 17Pictorial view of sub-assembly roller_link
To explode the view, click
or View -> View Manager The View Manager dialog box opens
Click Explode tab
Click if Properties button is shown
Click to explode the assembly
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To modify the exploded view for better presentation,
Click Explode Position window appears, keep the default and pick one of the opening edges of the bushing
Pick this vertical edge
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to translate Make sure you do not hold the left mouse button when moving the component
The resulted new arrangement is shown below
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CREATE A SUB-ASSEMBLY PIN_LINK.ASM
Using the same procedure shown above, create pin_link.asm
Create a new assembly called pin_link
Start with Assembly Default Datum Planes, assemble pin_link_plate to the assembly default datum planes
The resulted operation is shown below
Trang 21Assemble pin.prt to pin_link_plate by,
• Align the axis (e.g A_1) of the pin with the axis (e.g A_1) of the left hole
of the pin_link_plate
• Mate the bottom surface of pin head to the top surface of the
pin_link_plate
The resulted operation is shown below
Pick the pin.prt, and use a special function Edit -> Repeat for repeating the
placement of pin to the right hole
Trang 22Select , and modify the expoded view for better presentation Save the assembly
Trang 23sub-CREATE A TOTAL ASSEMBY ROLLE_CHAIN
The total assembly roller_chain will be consisted of
Trang 24The resulted operation is shown below
Use Align and Mate to place
pin_link.asm to the total assembly Make sure the bottom surface of the
pin_link_plate mates the top surface of the bushing
Trang 25Use Align and Mate to place
roller_link.asm to the total assembly
Use Edit -> Repeat
to place pin_link.asm to the right side
of the chain
pin_link.asm
is repeated here
Trang 26Place pin_link_plate.prt to the total assembly
Use Align & Mate
to assemble the plate
Trang 27Use Edit -> Repeat
to place pin_link_plate to the right side
Trang 28Exploded view of
roller_chain
assembly