Some fun with solidedge!

[opponheimer]

I got solidedge the other day and have been playing around non-stop. I designed a shop press and now am making a clay model of a "make believe" race car. Just something I was doing in my spare time today, here is some screen shots - I figure this is better than playing a video game:

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car1.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car2.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car3.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car4.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car5.jpg
http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car6.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car7.jpg
http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car8.jpg


And the constraints:

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/car9.jpg


The car isn't finished obviously, I have alot of body modifications and edge blends to do to it..

[opponheimer]

Heres a radio flyer wagon i made (my first assembly file)

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/wagon.jpg

My housekey:

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/key.jpg






http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/pres3.jpg


http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/press.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/test.jpg




This is a scale version of a 1 ton press I made the other day.. I made all parts and have actual equations governing them. Stress concentration factor, stress of curvature, bending stress of the lever, shear stress on the teeth, the factor of safety of the components is a 2.5 and the cast iron body is 20 lol. The gear is 2inch diameter and the ram of the press is 1 sq. inch. It will take 66.67lbf to create 2000PSI with the press (67lbf * 30" lever = 2000lbf * 1" gear radius)


http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/pr1.jpg

http://www.bizlocker.com/solidedge/pr2.jpg

Fun stuff :bigok:

[lucky7]

cool. but looksl like entirely too much work.

[diomedes]

Cool stuff you're doing. Wish I could do that.

[B Love]

cool. but looksl like entirely too much work.

Hahha yea I wish I was patient enough to do that

[opponheimer]

Thanks, like i said, for me, it beats video games... I'm an engineer anyway.

When i become pro at sweeps I'm going to start modeling manifolds. I just got a welder a while ago.. I would like to get the flange dimensions of the sr20det exhaust manifold and intake manifold flanges..

Does anyone have the sr20det manifold flange dimensions?

[hijack3d]

Thanks, like i said, for me, it beats video games... I'm an engineer anyway.

When i become pro at sweeps I'm going to start modeling manifolds. I just got a welder a while ago.. I would like to get the flange dimensions of the sr20det exhaust manifold and intake manifold flanges..

Does anyone have the sr20det manifold flange dimensions?

Nope... but if I go to the garage and get you the ones for the RB25 you should model some manifolds for that :)

[opponheimer]

Alright, get me the dimensions for the rb25.. Ive actually got a few friends with rb25 and stock manifolds.

[cdlong]

The gear is 2inch diameter and the ram of the press is 1 sq. inch. It will take 66.67lbf to create 2000PSI with the press (67lbf * 30" lever = 2000lbf * 1" gear radius)

i think you have a slight error in your calculations. the effective radius of the gear wouldn't be 1", it would be the distance from the center to the point of contact, something like .75". not a big deal, but you're more likely to break teeth off if someone leans on the arm. you factor of safety is pretty slim (you have to assume a 200lb guy is going to put all his weight on the end of the arm, which is outside your SF) and even less so now.

of course, i could be completely wrong, not knowing any of the details of the design and it has been several years since i've done any mechanical design.

[diomedes]

That's nice. Making anymore models?

[WERDdabuilder]

im going to IM sierraRo6689.

[azndoc]

the car reminded me of the batmobile for some reason.

[opponheimer]

i think you have a slight error in your calculations. the effective radius of the gear wouldn't be 1", it would be the distance from the center to the point of contact, something like .75". not a big deal, but you're more likely to break teeth off if someone leans on the arm. you factor of safety is pretty slim (you have to assume a 200lb guy is going to put all his weight on the end of the arm, which is outside your SF) and even less so now.

of course, i could be completely wrong, not knowing any of the details of the design and it has been several years since i've done any mechanical design.


The shaft is larger than 2" diameter, the prime circle of the gear teeth is 1" radius. The shear stress on the teeth wasnt as bad as you would have guessed.. The deflection of the lever arm was pretty big, I had to fatten it up, because it would have been 0.9" or so. Its at 1.25" diameter now and has a 0.02" deflection..

The whole purpose of this thread was to get other people that played with solidedge to present their stuff. Ah well..

[cdlong]

ahh, cool. it just sounded off at first.

[kouki_s14]

The shaft is larger than 2" diameter, the prime circle of the gear teeth is 1" radius. The shear stress on the teeth wasnt as bad as you would have guessed.. The deflection of the lever arm was pretty big, I had to fatten it up, because it would have been 0.9" or so. Its at 1.25" diameter now and has a 0.02" deflection..

The whole purpose of this thread was to get other people that played with solidedge to present their stuff. Ah well..

cad programs cant just be opened and used by anyone. if you've never used it before, you will need at least a book or something to help you. not to mention the programs are expensive as hell.

Is solidedge new? i've never heard of it, i've really only been using solidworks.

[opponheimer]

cad programs cant just be opened and used by anyone. if you've never used it before, you will need at least a book or something to help you. not to mention the programs are expensive as hell.

Is solidedge new? i've never heard of it, i've really only been using solidworks.

Its actually really easy, and can be used by anyone, The help section has like 50 tutorials.. I just did all the tutorials in beginner, intermediate, and advanced and looked online for help.. I'm having alot of trouble with some things though..


I'd like to get my hands on solidworks though..

[shmiddy]

thats very impressive!!! how did u learn to do that?

[opponheimer]

thats very impressive!!! how did u learn to do that?

what i just said, tutorials