Fundamentals of Engineering – Honors – ENGR H191

Topics for Today

How to create solid models in AutoCAD

by combining Primitive Solids
Wednesday
 LAB #4 Report Due
 Do you have all the data that you need?
 LAB #5
 Material Joining and Beam Bending
 Read Pre-lab before the lab (hence the prefix)

Lecture 12 - AutoCAD 1
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Solid Modeling

Technique
1) Create Primitive Solids
2) Combine the Primitive Solids

What are the Primitives?

 Block  Cylinder
 Prism  Pipe
 Torus  Cone
 Pyramid  Sphere
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Solid Modeling
What operations that can be performed
on the Primitive Solids?
 Union – Combine solids
 Subtract – Use one solid to remove part of
another solid
 Intersect – Keep only what is common
between two solids.

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Today’s Lesson
How would you
create this object
using solid primitives?

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Solid Primitives – Step 1

Combine base
shapes:
- Cylinder

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Solid Primitives – Step 2

Subtract a
cylinder to
create the
concentric
hole

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Solid Primitives – Step 3

Subtract
another
cylinder to
create the
radius end
of the slot
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Solid Primitives – Step 4

Subtract a
block to create
the remaining
part of the slot

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Solid Primitives – Finished Part

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Assignments
Dwg 29 – AC3D #6 – Guide-Block
 Follow lesson to create model
 Show the 3 orthographic views and the SE
Isometric View with the standard title block

Dwg 30 – AC3D Lesson 6, Exercise 2

 Create the using primitive solids
 Show the 3 orthographic views and the SE
Isometric View with the standard title block

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