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I-DEAS Integration Demo
Design, Drafting, Simulation, and Manufacturing of a Piston
This very simple example is intended to illustrate, via hands-on exercise,
the ease of use and inherently integrated
applications of the SDRC I-DEAS Master Series product. The user needs only a
beginner's understanding of I-DEAS, perhaps having run through the I-DEAS QuickStart
guide.
 | Icon panel commands are noted in bold. |
| Graphics region geometric selections are noted in [brackets] |
| Pop-up menus invoked with the righthand mouse button are noted as [MB3]. |
Please send any comments and suggestions to Wayne McClelland.
Design
| Application=Design, Task=Master Modeler |
| Polyline... [start at the upper left point and sketch clockwise six
line segments, ending at the first point] |
| Constraint icon subpanel... Ground... [upper left point] |
| Drag... [dimension arrowheads... to size the geometry about as shown
below] |
| Fillet (2d)... r=50 |
| Drag... the radius dimension as desired |
 
| Revolve... [pick the section], [MB2], [centerline]... 180degrees |
| Perspective-View... Shaded-Hardware |
| Sketch-in-Place... [on cut plane] |
| Circle-center... [sketch the wrist pin section] |
| Extrude... Flip... Until-next |
| Fillet... [MB3=edge-chaining-on], [the wrist pin/piston intersection]...
r= about 7mm |
| Name..."piston" |
Drafting
| Task=Drafting Setup |
| Create-Layout... make a 4 view A2 size drawing |
| Section-View... as shown below |
Design Modifications
| Task=Master Modeler |
| Sketch-in-Place... [right side of symmetry plane] |
| Circle-center-edge... [above grounded point], [center of left vertical
edge]... for recess |
| Rectangle... sketch 2 rectangles for ring grooves |
| Revolve... [MB3=Section Options, Stop at Intersections]... [pick around
pie wedge], [rectangle], [rectangle] |
 
| Task=Drafting Setup |
Simulation
| Application=Simulation... Task=Boundary Conditions |
| Displacement-Restraint... [2 sym planes]... x=y=free... okay |
| Displacement-Restraint... [wrist pin symmetry plane]... okay |
| Pressure... [recess surface]... p=100 |
| Display-Filter... Finite Elements... All-off... Elements on |
| Task=Meshing |
| Auto-Settings... improve distortion .02 and set to "on" |
| Solid-Mesh... [pick part]
(Note: In some situations the meshing might fail because of the pole in the piston
"recess" surface. In that event, simply Define-Shell-Mesh, [pick recess
surface], Free-Mesh-Options, Maximum-area-plane=on... and then Generate-Solid-Mesh.) |
| Task=Model Solution |
| Solution-Set... Create |
| Solve |
| Task=Post Processing |
| Display-Results |
Manufacturing
| Application=Manufacturing... Task=Assemble Setup |
| Create Assembly... Add Component [pick
part] |
| Application=Manufacturing... Task=Generative
Machining |
| Create Job |
| Add-Operation... Copy-Mill
 | Select-Surfaces... MB3=all |
| Generate tool paths (taking all defaults) |
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| Animate |
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