Deflector sheave editing

Updated
August 22, 2019 08:57

You need a BricsCAD Platinum license for this tutorial.
Open the Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI_assembly.dwg file from Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI_assembly.zip.
Select Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI in the Mechanical Browser.
Click Open () on the right-click menu.
Click the Form Component () tool button on the Assembly | Modify panel of the Ribbon.
Select Deflector Sheave.
Select the center point of the front face of the Deflector Sheave as the base point of the component.
Save the file as Deflector_Sheave_2.dwg.
Select Deflector_Sheave_2 in the Mechanical Browser.
Click Open () on the right-click menu.
In the Layers drop-down menu on the Home | Layers panel of the Ribbon, select layer “0” and click Color.
Change the color to 40 and click the OK button.
Switch to Front view in the LookFrom widget by clicking the bottom triangle.
Make sure that the Select Faces option in the Settings dialog is switched on (the Select Faces () button on the Home | Setting panel of the Ribbon).
Using a Green Crossing Window Selection, select the groves on the new deflector sheave. Use the CTRL key to change the selection method.
Delete the groves on the new deflector sheave.
Using the Select same or less radius fillets () button on the Solid | Select panel of the Ribbon, select all fillets on the deflector sheave.
Delete all fillets.
Open the Deflector_Sheave.dwg file.
Click the Copy with base point () tool button on the Home | Edit panel of the Ribbon.
Enter 0,0,0 as the base point.
Select Deflector Sheave and hit Enter.
Switch to the Deflector_Sheave_2.dwg file.
Click the Paste () tool button on the Home | Edit panel in the Ribbon.
Enter -300,0,0 as the insertion point.
Switch to Front view in the LookFrom widget by clicking the bottom triangle.
Using a Blue Window-Inside Selection Box select the lateral faces of the deflector sheave. Use the CTRL key to change the selection type.
Select Move () from the Model section of the Quad.
Move the faces left, enter a distance of 12 and hit Enter.
Select the left face of the internal part of the wheel.
Select Solid Extrude () from the Model section of the Quad.
Move the face right, enter a distance of 10 and hit Enter.
Select the left face of the external part of the wheel.
Click the Same area faces () on the Solid | Select section of the Ribbon.
Select Push/Pull () from the Model section of the Quad.
Move the mouse cursor left.
Enter a distance of 17 and hit Enter.
Using the Same area faces () button select the 2 internal cylindrical faces of the deflector sheave.
Switch to Left view in the LookFrom widget by clicking the left triangle.
Select Push/Pull () from the Model section of the Quad.
Align with the internal cylindrical face of the original deflector sheave (or enter a distance of 234) and hit Enter.
Select the external face of the new deflector sheave.
Select Push/Pull () from the Model section of the Quad.
Align with the external face of the original deflector sheave (or enter a distance of 262.5) and hit Enter.
Switch to Front view in the LookFrom widget by clicking the bottom triangle.
Make sure that the Snap to center option in the Settings dialog is switched on (Snap to center () button on the Home | Entity Snaps panel of the Ribbon).
Repeat step 15 for select faces of groves on the original deflector sheave.
Click the Copy Faces () from the Model section of the Quad.
Select the center point on the left face of the original deflector sheave as the base point (hit SHIFT to fix the dynamic UCS).
Select the center point on the left face of the new deflector sheave as the insertion point (hit SHIFT to fix the dynamic UCS).
Delete the original deflector sheave. This is no longer needed.
Make sure the Select edges option in Settings dialog is switch on (Select Edges () button tools on the Home | Setting panel of the Ribbon).
Select the edges as shown in the picture below and select Fillet () from the Model section of the Quad.
Enter a radius of 10 and hit Enter.
Select the edges as shown in the picture below and select Fillet () from the Model section of the Quad.
Enter a radius of 3 and hit Enter.
Make sure that the Snap to geometric center option in the Settings dialog is switched on (Snap to geometric center () button on the Home | Entity Snaps panel of the Ribbon).
Draw a circle in the geometric center of one of the sectors between the ribs using Circle () from the Draw section of the Quad.
Enter a radius of 50 and hit Enter.
Select the circle that was just created.
Select Solid Extrude () from the Model section of the Quad.
Enter a distance of 20 with Subtract option and hit Enter.
Select the hole edges and select Fillet () from the Model section of the Quad.
Enter a radius of 3 and hit Enter.
Select the depression that was just created.
Select the Copy Faces () on the Solid | Edit panel of the Ribbon.
In the DMCOPYFACES menu select the Multiple option.
Select the geometric center of the sector as the base point of copying (hit SHIFT to fix the dynamic UCS).
Select the geometric center of all other sectors as points of insertion.
Select the Deflector Sheave and change Color on the Properties panel to RGB:255,191,0.
Save the Deflector_Sheave_2.dwg file.
Switch to the Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI.dwg file.
Select Deflector_Sheave_2 in the Mechanical Browser.
Click Update () on the right-click menu.
Save Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI.dwg file.
Switch to the Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI_assembly.dwg file.
Select Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI in the Mechanical Browser.
Click Update () on the right-click menu.

Geared_Traction_Machine_2_PMI_assembly.zip
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Deflector_Sheave.dwg
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Deflector_Sheave_2.dwg
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