SolidWorks Tutorial 5

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SolidWorks Tutorial 5

Tic-Tac-Toe

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SolidWorks Vocational/Technical Tutorial 1

Tutorial 5: Tic-Tac-Toe

In this tutorial we will create a Tic-Tac-Toe game. The game consists of two plates that are

on top of each other. In the top plate, there are holes for inserting small cylinders marked

‘X’ or ‘O’. In this exercise we repeat a lot of tools we already know and add a few others:

working with configurations and the use of standard parts. Some new features in this

tutorial include working with tolerances and fittings and working with patterns.

Top Plate

Work plan

First, we will create the top plate. We will do this according to the drawing below.

We will execute the following steps:

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Finally, we will create a pattern of 9 holes.

1

Start SolidWorks and open a new part.

2

Set the units for the part as MMGS at the bottom right of the SolidWorks screen.

3

Select the

Top Plane

.

Click on the

Sketch

tab in

the

CommandManager

.

Click on

Rectangle

.

4

Draw a rectangle:

1

Click on

Center

Rectangle

in the

PropertyManager

.

2

Click on the

origin

.

3

Click at a random point to

get the second corner.

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Tutorial 5: Tic-Tac-Toe

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Add a horizontal dimension to the

sketch, as in the illustration on the

right.

Change the dimension to 60 mm.

Push the <Esc> key on the keyboard

to end the command.

6

Set the length of the horizontal and

vertical lines to the same length:

1

Select a vertical line.

2

Push the <Ctrl> button and click on

a horizontal line.

3

Click on

Equal

in the

PropertyManager

.

Tip: Remember that a blue field in the

PropertyManager

is a selection field. You can

add elements by clicking on them in your model and you can also delete elements

from it (e.g., when you have selected a wrong element).

To remove an element from the list, click on the element in the field and push the

<Del> key on your keyboard. SolidWorks often asks you if you really want to

remove the element from the selection field to prevent inadvertent deletions.

Tip: The sketch is not fully defined. You can determine this from the color of the lines in

the sketch:



Blue means: the sketch is

not fully defined

.



Black means: the sketch is

fully defined

.

You can check if a sketch is fully defined in the status bar at the bottom of the

screen. In SolidWorks it is not mandatory to make a fully defined sketch, but it is a

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good practice to do this because it can help you to avoid a lot of problems when

creating a model later.

In addition to the colors blue and black, a line in a sketch can turn red or yellow.



Red or Yellow means: the sketch is

over-defined

.

Try the following: set the dimension of the height of the square. The

Make

Dimension Driven?

message appears:

You have entered too much information because:



The dimension you added says the height is 60 mm.



The relation between the two lines you have created before says the height is

equal to the width, which is also 60.

The height is defined twice now, and this creates a conflict in SolidWorks. You must

resolve this inconsistency. In the menu that is shown above, the best thing to do is

choose

Cancel

. The dimension will not be set.

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Click on the

Features

tab in the

CommandManager

,

and then on

Extruded

Boss/Base

.

1

Set the thickness of

the plate to 10 mm.

2

Click on

OK

.

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Next, we will make a

sketch in which we

will determine the

exact position of the

holes:

1

Select the

top

plane

of the plate.

2

Click on the

View

Orientation

icon.

3

Click on

Normal

To

.

9

Draw another rectangle with a dimension of 46 mm.

Follow the steps 4 to 6 again if you need help.

10

Click on

Exit Sketch

in the

CommandManager

.

We will not use this sketch to make a feature.

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2

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Start up a new sketch:

1

Select the

top plane

of the

plate again.

2

Click on

Circle

in the

CommandManager

.

3,4

Draw a circle like the one in

the illustration.

12

Set the dimension between the

circle and one of the diagonal

lines that you drew

previously:

1

Click on

Smart Dimension

in the

CommandManager

.

2

Click on the center of the

circle.

3

Click on the diagonal line.

4

Set the dimension.

5

Change it to 15 mm.

6

Click on

OK

.

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Next, set the dimension to the

other diagonal line (15 mm) and the diameter of the

circle (Ø8 mm).

Push the <Esc> key to close the

Smart Dimension

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To set an exact fitting to the

hole (Ø8), execute the

following steps:

1

Select a dimension (it turns

blue).

2

Be sure that

Tolerance/

Precision

is visible in the

PropertyManager

. Click

on the double arrows to

reveal it.

3

Set Tolerance type to

Fit

.

4

Select a fitting of D10 in

the

Hole fit

field.

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