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601 - Assembly Design in Solid Edge: A Hands-on Experience Mark Thompson, Solid Edge Field Support, Siemens PLM Software


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Agenda: 601 - Assembly Design in Solid Edge: A

Hands-on Experience

Who am I?

What you will learn

Assembly Hands-On



About: Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

Solid Edge Field Support

Siemens PLM Software

Mark has been in the Mechanical CAD industry for 25 years. Mark spent his first

year in the CAD/CAM support group and then moved to the technical marketing

group where he has been ever since. Mark has been promoting Solid Edge

since its first release in 1996. Mark’s responsibilities include the creation of

demonstration material for internal application engineers and channel partners,

customer presentations, update training material, and support for the field

personnel. Prior to coming to work in the mechanical CAD industry Mark spent

14 years as a machinist/tool maker. Mark enjoys his job, the people he works

with, and the satisfaction of working with a great product like Solid Edge!



What you will learn

This is a hands-on session where we will visit exciting new Solid Edge ST6

assembly enhancements that will make you more productive while building

assembly structures. You will experience new ways of adding part features from

the assembly level as well as new modeling improvements while in-place-

activated into components of the assembly. We will also explore a more

productive way to work with very large assemblies. You will walk away with a

better understanding of the tools available to help accelerate your design

process.



Assembly Hands-On

Assembly Hands-On Setup

• Copy “Iso part-handle.par” to SE templates folder

• Set clipping plane colors to orange

• Setup C'Sink hole and save as “4.5 C’Sink

• Hole diameter at 4.5 mm

• C'Sink diameter at 8mm

• Copy from the Menu Customization folder

“Assembly QL” for the radial menu to appropriate folder.

• All commands are run from the Radial menu.



Assembly Hands-On

• In this demonstration we will take a look at

several new enhancements covering

assembly level design as well as IPA

design enhancements.

• Open “_ST6 Quicklooks\Assembly\Assembly - Handle Bar

Assembly\Design\ST-00102_A.asm”

• Change View Display to “Working”

• At the assembly level, pass your cursor over the

handle and notice how it now highlights the part

in PathFinder in orange.

• Click on the graphic handle and

notice it is highlighted in dark blue.



Assembly Hands-On

• If you select a part that resides in a

sub-assembly, it will highlight the part

in dark blue, but also show the

parent(s) in light blue.

• Placing the cursor on the

component will highlight it

in the orange colors.

• Great new tools to locate components in an assembly!

• Change Display config to "2-Create Clamp“



Assembly Hands-On

• We are going to create the other half of the

clamp using the enhanced “Create in-place”.

• Notice that QuickBar appears with several new options

available.

• For this demo, we have the “Options” dialog turned

off, but I set “Place the Origin” to “By graphic

input”.

• Change the template to “iso part-handle.par”



Assembly Hands-On

• Notice also the other options available, such as material definition, ground,

origin, and key points.

• Also notice when using “By graphic input”, it places a coordinate

system on the cursor.

• Locate the top hole on the clamp.

• Sometimes you set the cursor

on the face first to orient the triad

before selecting the hole.

• Notice the PromptBar with option to re-orient the triad.

• Select the “N” key twice to re-orient the triad.



Assembly Hands-On

• Select the green checkmark to accept.

• When the dialog appears, change the name to

“Clamp” before selecting the “Save” button.

• Solid Edge will IPA into the “Clamp.par” where we can begin the design.

• Un-check the “Base” coordinate system.

• Select the “Extrude” command.

• Set to “Face” option.

• Notice the new options.



Assembly Hands-On

• To show these option, select the top face of the

inside clamp as shown and accept.

• By default as you drag out, you will notice it

uses “Include Internal Loops” which was what

we offered in ST5.

• While dragging the face outward,

change to the new option called

“Exclude Internal Loops”.

• Finally, show the “Use Only Internal Loops” option.



Assembly Hands-On

• Don’t create the extrude, but instead select the “Revolve” command.

• The same options apply, so select the same top face, but make sure to set

to “Exclude Internal Loops” as shown.

• Accept with a RMB, then

select the cylinder for the axis

of rotation for the revolve.

• Rotate down and select the corner key point

to create the revolved feature.



Assembly Hands-On

• Select the “Extrude” command,

but set the option to “Use Only

Internal Loops” and select

the top and bottom faces as shown.

• Drag out the extrusion, but press the

spacebar to change to remove

material, and then click to create holes.

• In PathFinder, click the check boxes to

turn on the two socket head cap screws.



Assembly Hands-On

• Use the “Extrude” command again, but

this time change the selection to “Single”

and select the inside faces of the cap

screws as shown.

• Extrude these single edges outward to create the

cutouts for the cap screws.

• Notice we no longer have to create inter-part copy

to get the edges of other assembly components?

• Use “Ctrl-Q” to turn off background

components.

• Select both cutouts as shown.



Assembly Hands-On

• Run “Recognize Holes” found under the “Hole” command.

• When the dialog appears, select the option to change the diameters.

• Change the “Counterbore diameter” to 10.5 to give the

cap screws some clearance.

• Click “OK” to create holes.



Assembly Hands-On

• Add 2 “Rounds” at .5 mm on the two hole edges.

• Use “Ctrl-Q” to turn the background components

back on.

• Use “Close and Return” to get

back to the top level assembly.

• Change the display config to “Edit Handle”.

• Window area on the bolt as shown

• Set clipping planes just to show

bolt in hole, then turn back off.



Assembly Hands-On

• From PathFinder, turn off the bolt.

• Select bolt to locate it in PathFinder, then uncheck it.

• Open the “Part Library” window and point out the new

option to “Return to Home” button.

• Quick way to get to the folder where the assembly was

opened from.

• In the parts library, locate “ST-00131.par” which is a

bearing and drag it into the graphic window to place

in the assembly using a mate and axil align.

• Select the bushing and run “Capture Fit”.



Assembly Hands-On

• Place the same bushing on the opposite side which should

be easier after using capture fit.

• Turn the clipping planes back on.

• Notice the bushings interfere with

the hole that the bolt goes through.

• Select the new Boolean

“Subtract” option

• The following dialog will appear, so click

“OK” using defaults.



Assembly Hands-On

• QuickBar instructs to select the “Target”

part first, so select the handle (ST-00157.par).

• RMB or green checkmark to accept.

• Now select the “Tool” part(s), which are the bushings.

• RMB or green checkmark to accept.

• This option allows the user to

quickly remove the material where

the bushings interfere with the handle.



Assembly EnhancHands-On

• Turn off the bushings, the bolt, and also the clipping planes.

• Use “Ctrl-T” to get to a top view and window area on the hole.

• Select the “Smart Dimension”.

• On the bottom right of QuickBar ,we have a new option to create PMI

dimensions directly in the model just like we do with Sync part features.

• You must turn this option on, then push them into the part file.



Assembly Hands-On

• Also notice when an edge is selected, other PMI

will automatically turn on showing the user where

PMI already exists in the model.

• Place the 8 mm dimension.

• You can also change the value before placing if needed.

• When you finish the dimensions will automatically turn off.

• Change display configs to “5-Create top Cover”.

• Select the top cover as shown and change the

mate relationship value to 30 mm.



Assembly Hands-On

• Window area on the lower half to show the

protrusion which is highlighted.

• Now zoom in on the top cover and

notice that there is no groove to

accommodate the protrusion.

• Use “Undo” to set parts back together.

• Use the assembly “Subtract”

command to remove the material

between the two components.

• Use “Show Only” to show feature.



Assembly Hands-On

• Change display configs to “5-Create top Cover”

to get both parts turned back on.

• Rotate the parts so you are looking down on the

top cover as we now need to place a couple of

holes for the countersink screws.

• Select the “Hole” command.

• We will want to use the 3rd option as

shown, so the features are placed in the

part files.



Assembly Hands-On

• Select the top face for planer location.

• Change the display, so you

can see the other component

edges.

• Select the “Hole Option” button, and set the

saved countersink hole definition.

• At first you will notice that you cannot

really locate anything much like ST5

behavior.

• Turn on “Peers” locate.



Assembly Hands-On

• Notice now how easy it is to place features using

this option in ST6.

• Place the two countersunk holes.

• Turn shading back on.

• Close the sketch environment.

• Extend holes, click the red X, then

select only the top to extend holes

through.



Assembly Hands-On

• Turn on the countersink screws to show

how they look in the new holes.

• Change display configs

to “All Parts ON”.

• Rotate the handle as shown.

• Select from PathFinder ST-00150.par,

and then select “Edit” to IPA into the part.



Assembly Hands-On

• Select the “Replace Face” command.

• Replace the flat face with the curved face

to show that Replace Face also works

while IPA without having to use inter-part

copy.

• Great Job!



• The “Tab” command has also been enhanced for ST6.

• When a user IPA’s into a sheet metal part, they can quickly select the new

“Tab” command (action-object) to create a tab from the same selection types

(single, chain, face) that we previously discussed.

• The advantage of this is a user can now quickly create a sheet metal tab by

selecting a face from another part without having to create a sketch.

• Open “Slider.asm” from the “SM Tab” folder

Tab Command while In Place Activated



• Previous to ST6, the user would have to first draw a sketch (object-action)

before a tab could be created.

• The “Tab” command QuickBar provides quick access to tab options.

• The user will be able to select Single edges, Chain edges,

or use the Face option.

• Fence select only works for edges with the “Single” option.

• With the “Face” option, the user can choose

to include or exclude internal loops.

• QuickBar also provides the “Material Table” for the first tab created.




• When a user IPA’s into a sheet metal file, they can

select the “Tab” command which defaults to “Face”

select mode.

• Using the default mode which is “Include Internal Loops”,

and then selecting a face which in this case has 2 holes,

the results will be a tab with those holes added to the tab.

• Obviously the material properties can be changed, but this gives the user very

fast results.




• The next option to “Exclude Internal Loops” gives the user

an option to leave out the internals holes/cutouts.

• A user can select multiple coplanar faces and regions from occurrences and

other bodies as well as faces and regions that are contiguous.

• If a region is selected that is not coplanar

with any previously created sheet metal

walls, then an error message will appear.




Assembly Dynamic Edit

• A user can now dynamically edit ordered features without having to in-place

activate (IPA) into the part/sheetmetal file.

• All features that support dynamic edit in part will support dynamic edit from

assembly.

• This can be achieved by entering face selection mode (ctrl + spacebar) in

assembly, select the feature and then select Dynamic Edit.

• Open “Screw Compressor.asm” from the

“Dynamic Edit “ folder.




• The dimensions of the feature being edited will

be displayed in the assembly.

• Dynamically edit the rib thickness and change to 4mm.

• Dynamic edit is exited exactly like the part environment.

• Clicking in Space

• Clearing the select set (ESC Key etc.)

• Running another command

• Unlike Part the user can only dynamic edit a single feature at a time.

• When multiple part features are selected the dynamic edit user interface is

not shown.




• Assembly Part Features now

support Sync modeling creation

methods.

• The method to create Sync

modeling operations is to create

ordered features and then move

them to Sync in the target file.

ST5

ST6




• Assembly must process three types of Part/SM files (ordered, synchronous,

mixed), so the option to create Sync operations is defined as an “If possible”

setting.

• We will create Sync if possible but

if the part is ordered then the result

will be ordered.

• There is a separate setting for “Rounds” and “Chamfers”.

• With dynamic edit available for both synch and ordered, this becomes a

powerful tool for our users.

ST6




• This chart best explains what occurs when using these new options.



Simplify Assembly Hands-On

• Simplify Assembly Quick Look Setup

• Go into the “Simplify” mode and add the “current Configuration”

pull down menu to the Quick Access Toolbar

• Copy Menu Customization “Simplify QL” for the radial menu to

appropriate folder

• Set “Apply Simplify Override”

Set “Assembly Open As”

“Last saved”




• In this QuickLook demonstration, we will take a look at the improved “Simplify”

environment using the bulldozer assembly.

• Open B-000015.asm

• View this assembly’s statistics and notice it has 1620

total parts and 177 unique parts.




• Select the “Tools” tab, then select

the option to enter the “Simplify” environ.

• In this assembly there is already a simplified assembly

created, so we can simply RMB on the simplified

assembly and select “Edit” from the menu.

• Once in the simplified assembly, you can see that

there are already simplified bodies created, so RMB

on the embedded part file and use

“Show Only” to show those bodies.

• From the Quick Access menu

change the display configuration to “All Pulleys”.




• This configuration allows us to focus on the pulleys.

• Use the “Radial” menu and select

the “Enclosure” command.

• Select the lower left pulleys on top as shown.

• Use “inside Cylinder” option.

• Click to accept.

• Select plane from side of part as shown for

reference plane step.




• Use the radial menu and select “Duplicate Body” to duplicate this

enclosure on the other three pulleys.

• Select the enclosure

as shown to duplicate.

• Accept it with a RMB.

• Now select the outside pulley in the

second step and accept it.

• Then “Select All Matching Occurrences”

option to highlight and accept the others.




• Once they are simplified, we can change our focus

to the lower pulleys.

• Select the “Enclosure” command.

• On the QuickBar, select “Inside Cylinder” from the pull down

menu.

• Rotate the view 180 to better see

the lower pulleys, and then select

the two pulleys.




• After selecting these two pulleys, click on the green checkmark

to accept.

• Then select the side

wheel face as a

reference plane to

create the enclosure.

• The next step would be to duplicate this enclosure

on other common occurrences.

• Select the “Duplicate Body” command.




• The QuickBar will appear and prompt the user to identify the

enclosure that will be duplicated.

• Select the enclose we just created.

• Then click on the green checkmark to accept

the selection.

• Now we are ready to select the “From Step”.

• Select both the original pulley as

well as the next pulley to the right.




• The reason for selecting both pulleys is that these pulleys are slightly different

in design, but we still want to enclose all of them in the design.

• The next option in QuickBar is to

select the “To Step”.

• This option allows the user to select where to duplicate by selecting other

components, but we will use the “Select All Matching Occurrences”

option.

• Notice all the pulleys are

highlighted using this option.

• Click to accept!




• This creates the enclosures for the remaining pulleys.

• We also want to enclose the spindle blocks.

• Select the “Enclosure” command.

• Select the spindle block as shown.

• Make sure to use the “Box” option.




• Use the side of the cylinder just created for the

reference plane step.

• The simplified block

gets created.

• We will also use “Duplicate Body” on this block.

• Select the simplified block

as shown.




• Then select the spindle block as

the “From” component.

• Then select “Select All Matching Occurrences”

• Accept to create the duplicate bodies.




• Change display configurations to “Track Only”

which turns the tracks back on so that we

can create our final enclosure.

• Window area on the top center track between

the top pulleys as shown.




• Run the “Enclosure” command from the radial menu.

• Select one of the track

occurrences and the

two supporting components

under that occurrence.

• Use the “Box” option

• Accept with a RMB.

• Use one of the previously created simplified

bodies for the reference plane step.




• When the reference plane selection is made,

the enclosed body is created.

• In this case we have created a very

simple representation of these parts,

but would really like to make them a

little more realistic.

• Select the “Cutout” command from the radial menu.

• Select the front face

of the enclosure we

just created.




• In this step, we are just showing that all the modeling tools can

be used to create an enclosure or simplified body as detailed as

you want it to be.

• In this case, we just want to get

it closer to the actual part.

• Sketch the lines shown in

this example.

• Exit the sketch environment by clicking on the green checkmark.

• It is an open profile, so point

the arrow upward and click

to accept.




• Move the cursor into the screen to extend the

cutout through the part and click to accept.

• Use the radial menu to

select the “Round”

command.

• Set the “Radius” at 50 mm.

• Round the three edges shown.




• From the radial menu select “Duplicate Body”.

• Select the enclosure.

• Select the foot from the tracks as the “From” step.

• Then “Select All Matching

Occurrences” option to

highlight all occurrences

as shown.




• Accept the selection and very quickly

you will have a simplified model

representing the lower tracks

of the bulldozer.

• The final step in the simplification

process is to create precision locations

to be able to place this simplified body

in top level bulldozer assembly.

• Turn on “All Parts On”.

• Rotate the model so you are looking

between the two tracks at the round

protrusion as shown here.




• Select “Inter-Part Copy” from the radial menu.

• Select round shaft as shown for the

inter-part copy, then select the outside

face as shown.

• RMB to accept.

• Repeat the steps for the same

shaft on the opposite side.




• Use the “Thicken” command to create two solids from

the two faces we just included.

• Identify the first face included, then point the arrow

toward the material of the shaft and accept to create

the solid using the default 10 mm thickness.

• Repeat for the opposite side.

• This completes our simplification process.

• Close and Return to the assembly.




• RMB on the

simplified assembly

in PathFinder and

select “Show Only”

to view only the

simplified body.

• You now have a simplified representation of the

track assembly that can be used in a top level assembly.

• SAVE and Close.

• The following are the steps to place in a top level assembly.




• RMB in the Parts Library window and turn on

“Assembly-Use Configuration and Open As settings”.

• This will bring the track in as simplified.

• From the Parts Library, drag and drop “B-000015.asm”

into the graphic window to the top right of the frame.




• Set the relationship to “Center-Plane” and also change the option on QuickBar

to “Double.

• We will use the two faces that we

thickened for this operation.

• Select the first face as shown.

• Then select the second face.




• Now select the outside faces

of the Frame assembly to

center the track assembly.

• Use Activate Part on yellow part.

• Switch the assembly relationship to

axial align and select the cylinder from

the same thickened feature in the tracks assembly.

• Then select the lower hole

in the frame assembly

as shown.




• Continue to use the axial align relationship

to place the last relationship between two

holes from the thickened face and the face

from the side of the frame.

• A solid view is shown to give you a better idea

of what you are looking for.

• Align any of the holes.




• Select the “Take a Snapshot” to capture the current settings.

• Change the display configuration, select both

“All Simplified Assemblies” and “Assy Snapshot”

so all components stay on.




• Use the “Save As Translated” command.

• Use X_T as the save as option and also set to “Export displayed only” option.

• Click “Save”




• Use File:open and open the newly created X_T file into a Part template.

• Now you have a single part file that

represents the simplified bulldozer.

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