BASIC INTRO TRAINING - PART MODELING

Prerequisites – There is no CAD software requirement. The student should have a general working knowledge of Windows

Class Goals – In this 3-day class, the student will learn how to create 3-D models of real parts that can be manufactured on a 3-axis mill or a lathe. This class focuses on using SYNCHRONOUS modeling techniques, learning the skills needed to create, modify and manage basic simple-shaped solid models. Topics covered in this class include but are not limited to:

· Getting started, turning Solid Edge on and off.

· Understanding the Solid Edge user interface.

· Creating new models, saving models and setting model types (Ordered modeling vs. Synchronous modeling).

· The Synchronous modeling interface.

· Using visual clues that model is either Ordered or Synchronous.

· TEST: Create a Synchronous model and switch between Ordered and Synchronous.

· Understanding the Synchronous Theory of modeling,

· Creating synchronous models, workflow, thought process.

· TEST: Create a simple model.

· Editing synchronous models,

· Understanding the editing tools of synchronous, the Steering Wheel, red dimensions, blue dimensions, adding dimensions to the 3-D model.

· TEST: Create a Synchronous model and try various methods to change the model, using the Steering Wheel, red dimensions, blue dimensions

· Understanding the Design Intent box and Live Rules.

· TEST: Create Synchronous model and more in-depth editing methods, paying closer attention to how all the Synchronous parameters can affect the editing process.

· Grouping techniques for editing.

· TEST: Create a model with several features and practice grouping techniques with steering wheel to modify models.

· Modifying Synchronous sheet metal models.

· TEST: Modify a Synchronous sheet metal part. 

· Understanding visual differences between Ordered and Synchronous models.

· TEST: Create new model, name the model, save the model, close the model, find the model in the data base and re-open the model.

· How to start a model, what is the thought process.

· Understanding reference planes and how they are used to help create models.

· Creating 2D sketches and profiles, placing dimensions on sketches, modifying sketches.

· Creating basic models from sketches, creating Extrusions.

· Test: Create new model of Angle bracket.

· Adding and removing material to the models, Extrusions and Cuts.

· TEST: Create model of L-shaped bracket, with various cuts, create model of C-channel with various cuts.

· Adding round edges to the models,

· Adding chamfers to the models.

· TEST: Modify L-shaped bracket model by adding Rounds, Chamfers.

· Create and edit models with Revolve command.

· TEST: Create bushing model with Revolve and/or Extrusions.

· Best techniques to add thru holes, blind holes and threaded holes to the models.

· TEST: Create model and add various Hole types.

· Creating patterns on models, Circular, Rectangular, Linear, Along Curve and Fill Patterns.

· TEST: Create a new model with several types of patterns.

· Using Thin Wall command.

· Create simple sweeps and lofted models. Use Thin Wall on these models.

· TEST: Create model of bent round tubing (sweep), create model of Allen Wrench (sweep).

· TEST: Create air duct model (loft) blended from rectangular to circular shape.

· Using Measuring tools, how to interpret results given, point to point, plane to plane.

· Modifying existing models by editing sketches, editing dimensions, editing model definition.

· Understanding the Variable Table. Using the Variable Table.

· Copying and renaming models.

· TEST: Create a model using most of the solid commands. Edit the model to features.

· Learn how to use Solid Edge Help, Tutorials, Documentation.

Prerequisites – SE01 or equivalent training.

Class Goals – In this 1-day class, the student will learn how to take existing 3D parts models and place them into an assembly model. This class focuses on the skills needed to create, modify and manage basic assembly models in Solid Edge (an assembly model is a model with more than one part). Topics covered in this class include but are not limited to:

· Understanding the Solid Edge Assembly user interface.

· Creating new assembly models and saving assembly models.

· TEST: Create a new assembly model, place a part in the assembly model, save the assembly model, close the assembly model, find the assembly model in the data base, re-open the assembly model.

· Adding existing part models to the assembly model.

· Using FlashFit to position parts.

· Understanding how parts are positioned relative to other parts, parallel walls, aligned cylinders, offset values, floating offset values, range offsets.

· TEST: Create simple plate model, bracket model, bolt, nut and washer part models. Create a new assembly model, place these parts into the assembly. Use various positioning techniques.

· Changing colors of parts.

· Understanding the assembly PathFinder, how to read it.

· Using reference planes to control model positions in assemblies.

· TEST: Create new assembly model, place model in assembly, change/modify original position of part in the assembly.

· Controlling the position of parts models in the assembly, connect, angle, tangent relationships.

· TEST: Place models in an assembly using all relationship types including FlashFit, connect, angle, tangent.

· Modifying parts from the assembly model with the Steering Wheel feature.

· Updating modified assembly models.

· Understand the difference between Synchronous and Ordered models in the assembly.

· Understanding active and inactive parts in the assembly.

· Using display tools to better see parts in the assembly, hide, show, configurations.

· TEST: Save assembly with several parts and re-open assembly. Practice activating parts after open.

· Creating new parts in the assembly model that do not yet exist.

· Using the Create-In-Place command.

· Using the Include command to link parts in the assembly.

· Assembly Variable Table, Peer Variable Table.

· TEST: Crete assembly. Create several parts using Create-In-Place.

· Taking measurements in the assembly, understanding the results.

· Understanding how to use material properties and physical properties, mass, volume.

· TEST: Create your own assembly. Link parts. Modify parts. Find Center of Mass in assembly.

· Set up Exploded view of assembly.

· TEST: Use assembly model to set up exploded view.

Prerequisites – SE01 and SE02.

Class Goals – In this 1-day class, the student will learn how to take existing 3D part models, and existing 3D assembly models and create drawing sheets from these models. This class focuses on the skills needed to create and manage basic drawing sheets of part models and assembly models. Topics covered in this class include but are not limited to:

· Understanding the Solid Edge Drafting user interface.

· Creating new drawing sheets, saving drawing sheets.

· Using the Drawing View Wizard.

· TEST: Create a new drawing, save the drawing, close the drawing, find the drawing in data base,

re-open the drawing.

· Understanding how to set the drawing sheet size, drawing sheet setup.

· Adding views to drawing sheets,

· Understanding how to change the display of hidden and visible edges in the drawings views,

· TEST: Create drawing sheet, add several views to sheet, change hidden/visible edge display on views.

· Fitting drawing sheet, Pan, Zoom.

· Modifying scales of views in drawing sheet.

· TEST: Create drawing sheet. Change the view scales. Use Fit command.

· Creating Principle views.

· Creating Section views.

· Creating Detail views.

· Creating Auxiliary views.

· TEST: Create drawing sheet and create a principle views, section view, detail view, add drawing sheet and move section view to second sheet. Create Auxiliary view.

· Using Broken Out section views.

· TEST: Create a drawing of assembly model, create a Broken Out section view.

· Placing Exploded views in the drawing.

· Editing parts and assemblies from drawing sheet.

· Updating drawing sheets.

· TEST: Modify a part model from the drawing sheet environment and update drawing sheet after model is modified.

· Detailing the drawing sheets.

· Annotating the drawing sheet.

· TEST: Create a drawing sheet with several model views. Add detains and notes to the drawing.

· Printing drawing sheets.

Prerequisites – SE01.

Class Goals – In this 1-day class, the student will learn how to use SYNCHRONOUS modeling techniques to create 3D sheet metal part models (flat sheets bent along straight lines) and flat patterns of these models. This class focuses on the skills needed to create, modify and manage basic simple sheet metal models. Topics covered in this class include but are not limited to:

· Understanding the Solid Edge Sheet Metal user interface.

· Creating new sheet metal part models, saving sheet metal part models.

· TEST: Create a new part, save part, close part, re-open part.

· Creating 2D sketches and profiles, placing dimensions on sketches, modifying sketches,

· Creating basic flat sheets from sketches, Tab command.

· TEST: Create new part model and create a tab.

· Creating flanges on models with the Select Tool.

· TEST: Create a new model, add a tab, add several flanges

· Adding material to the models, various Flange width options, bend placement options.

· TEST: Create a part. Create Tab. Add five Flanges with five different width capabilities.

· Removing material from the models using Cut command.

· TEST: Remove material from a part with Cut command.

· Creating flat patterns of sheet metal part models.

· TEST: Create flat pattern of a sheet metal part.

· Best techniques to add thru holes, blind holes and threaded holes to the models.

· Creating patterns on models.

· Adding sheet metal features such as hems, cutouts and holes.

· TEST: Add hem, cutouts, holes to a model and create flat pattern of model.

· Adding bends to parts.

· Bending and unbending models.

· TEST: Create a box model, use unbend and bend for difficult feature location.

· Creating deformation features (louvers, dimples, drawn cutout, beads, gusset) on models.

· TEST: Add louvers, dimples, extruded holes, beads and gusset to a model.

Prerequisites – SE01.

Class Goals – In this 2-day class, the student will learn how to create 3D part models that might be manufactured by a 5-axis mill; plastics parts, cast parts and forged parts; models with sculpted surfaces. This class focuses on skills needed to create, modify and manage models with difficult geometric shapes. Topics include but are not limited to:

· TEST: Create X-beam model in 15 minutes. 90% of students will fail the seemingly easy-looking test. The X-beam is designed to show teacher how much students understands before the class starts. This test also shows students they may not know as much as they think they know. This gets the students in the learning mode quickly and helps the teacher find a good starting point for the advanced-level class, based on what he sees the students struggle with during the attempt of the X-beam.

· Discuss X-Beam, learn to simplify the model approach on all models, as learned in X-beam example.

· TEST: Students re-draw the X-beam.

· Understanding and using the Variable Table, naming dimensions, showing names.

· Using advanced 2-D sketching ideas and techniques.

· Using Construction elements.

· Creating smart sketches, fully defining sketches.

· TEST: Create several models that demonstrate these advanced sketch techniques.

· Working on parts that must change angles.

· Using parallel, perpendicular, collinear, equal, various dimension commands.

· TEST: Create E model that can change angles and still look like the E.

· Working on circular parts.

· TEST: Saw blade example with Variable table control of size and number of teeth on blade.

· Understanding surface models.

· Using surfaces as construction elements to set up the creation of difficult shapes.

· Placing holes on non-flat models.

· TEST: Create hemisphere model with hole at compound angle. Modify the location of the hole.

· Integrating surface models into solid models.

· TEST: Create soap bar model using surface/solid integration techniques.

· Advanced rounding techniques.

· Adding draft to the model.

· TEST: Creating models with draft, thin walls and rounding.

· Understanding advanced Lofts and Sweeps. Learning when to use which modeling approach.

· TEST: Create speed boat hull using Loft.

· TEST: Create a sweep part using multiple paths and cross sections.

· Understanding sculpted Surfaces.

· Understanding advanced curve creating.

· TEST: Cut your name into the curvy surface of the soap bar created earlier.

· Plastic parts, parting lines and molds.

· Understanding the Master Model concept, insert part techniques, divide part techniques.

· TEST: Create block model with parting line and drafts. Use model to create a two-part mold.

· TEST: Create master model of part and split the single model into several parts.

· Understanding Surface editing techniques,

· Using Surface inspection tools.

Prerequisites – SE01 and SE02.

Class Goals – In this 2-day class, the student will learn how to create new part models in the context of the assembly model (creating parts while seeing other parts in the assembly). This class focuses on the skills needed to create and manage more complex assembly models (large assemblies). Topics covered in this class include but are not limited to:

· Understanding part relationship theory, construction techniques for controlling parts.

· Designing in the assembly environment (creating parts and placing the parts in the assembly while viewing other parts in the assembly).

· TEST: Use Create in Place to create several parts in the assembly model.

· Linking parts to other parts in the assembly (so when one part is changed, the other interfacing parts will also change).

· Using the Variable table and Peer Variable table to modify and link parts in the assembly.

· TEST: Link parts in the assembly model with the Variable and Peer Variable tables, modify several parts using Peer Variable table.

· Using Interpart Copy techniques to create and control assembly parts.

· TEST: Create structure assembly model using Interpart techniques to relate and link all the parts.

· Manipulating the assembly.

· Adding cams and gears to the assembly.

· TEST: Create assembly model with cam, cam follower and shaft. Put the models into motion.

· Adding motors to the assembly.

· TEST: Create an assembly that can be put into motion.

· Understanding Adjustable assemblies.

· Understanding Alternate assemblies.

· Learn techniques that will let you copy, move and rename assembly and part models.

· TEST: Use Design Manager to copy an assembly so that there are two versions of the assembly with unique parts in each assembly.

· Swapping parts into and out of an assembly.

· Rendering and Animation.

It's not uncommon to have training needs that don't always fit into a standard set of introductory and advanced training classes. If you need your group to learn how to draw a particular part type, like injection molded parts, or parts that the Synchronous modeling techniques will not allow you to do the edits you require, let John Haslam develop a customized class just for you. Call us at (404) 987-7274 or email John at johnny@ontheedgetraining.com. He can give you a quotation on how many days the customized class needs to be, how much it will cost and when he can teach it to your organization.