Hello there! As promised this is my official post related to designing. So, the thing is that I'm fond of automobiles and as my first Design Post i'll like to show how to design an alloy wheel in Solidworks. This version of Alloy wheel is self-made ( I made this just half an hour ago before posting) so the steps may not match the much easier way which i'll post later on.
So here it goes.....
1. Open up your SW platform. New>Part> OK.
2. Choose the Sketch option and select the Front Plane. Now taking the Origin as the center draw a circle of radius 50mm. Extrude this circle using the extrude button in the command list to 30mm.
3. Next, construct another circle with the same center and the plane of radius = 203.2mm. (I made a 16" alloy so, 16*25.4mm = 406.4mm >> radius = 406.4/2 = 203.2mm).
4. Select this circle and click on the "Offset Entities" in the Sketch Tab. Offset it to 30mm. Extrude this ring to 210mm.
5. Select the Features Tab>> Click on "Reference Geometry" and click Planes. Now, select the Top Plane as the 1st Reference and obtain a plane 30mm away from it. Repeat this step to obtain two more planes at distances 120mm and 230mm from the Top Plane in the same direction.
6. Now, Sketch a section of your liking in the First Plane. Remake this Section in the Third Plane. In the Second Plane or Mid Plane draw the same section but a bit enlarged than the original one. Now using the 3D Sketch option draw Splines connecting the three sections. These Splines act as Guide Lines.
7. Now, select the Loft Extrude option. Select the three sections in order under Now, select the Two Planes option followed by selection of Top and Right Planes ( using the Ctrl + Click) to obtain an Axis passing through the Origin.
8. Now, select the Circular Pattern option under the Features Tab. Select the Axis 1 as the axis about which the circular pattern has to be made. Next, select the Spoke made along with it's faces separately, followed by the number of recurrences of the spoke as desired. ( I took it as 6). Click Ok to obtain the alloy.
9. Select the inner most solid disc and sketch a circle of 30mm radius. Cut extrude to 5mm.
10. To obtain the Bolt holes>> create a hole of 6.5mm between two spoke tips on the inner circle and cut extrude through the entire disc. Now, using the Circular pattern feature as discussed before obtain the rest holes.
11. Color additions can be made later on according to one's choice.
This would be the Design you obtain finally. You can always change the section of the Spokes to have new alloys or even change the number of spokes.
Please do share your views and ideas, if any, regarding this. Till then. Have a nice Designing Spree....
So here it goes.....
1. Open up your SW platform. New>Part> OK.
2. Choose the Sketch option and select the Front Plane. Now taking the Origin as the center draw a circle of radius 50mm. Extrude this circle using the extrude button in the command list to 30mm.
3. Next, construct another circle with the same center and the plane of radius = 203.2mm. (I made a 16" alloy so, 16*25.4mm = 406.4mm >> radius = 406.4/2 = 203.2mm).
4. Select this circle and click on the "Offset Entities" in the Sketch Tab. Offset it to 30mm. Extrude this ring to 210mm.
5. Select the Features Tab>> Click on "Reference Geometry" and click Planes. Now, select the Top Plane as the 1st Reference and obtain a plane 30mm away from it. Repeat this step to obtain two more planes at distances 120mm and 230mm from the Top Plane in the same direction.
6. Now, Sketch a section of your liking in the First Plane. Remake this Section in the Third Plane. In the Second Plane or Mid Plane draw the same section but a bit enlarged than the original one. Now using the 3D Sketch option draw Splines connecting the three sections. These Splines act as Guide Lines.
7. Now, select the Loft Extrude option. Select the three sections in order under Now, select the Two Planes option followed by selection of Top and Right Planes ( using the Ctrl + Click) to obtain an Axis passing through the Origin.
8. Now, select the Circular Pattern option under the Features Tab. Select the Axis 1 as the axis about which the circular pattern has to be made. Next, select the Spoke made along with it's faces separately, followed by the number of recurrences of the spoke as desired. ( I took it as 6). Click Ok to obtain the alloy.
9. Select the inner most solid disc and sketch a circle of 30mm radius. Cut extrude to 5mm.
10. To obtain the Bolt holes>> create a hole of 6.5mm between two spoke tips on the inner circle and cut extrude through the entire disc. Now, using the Circular pattern feature as discussed before obtain the rest holes.
11. Color additions can be made later on according to one's choice.
This would be the Design you obtain finally. You can always change the section of the Spokes to have new alloys or even change the number of spokes.
Please do share your views and ideas, if any, regarding this. Till then. Have a nice Designing Spree....
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