CO2 Car Assembly. in the Property Manager to place the part at the origin, Fig. 1. on the Assemblies toolbar. SolidWorks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-1

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1 Chapter 8 CO2 Car Assembly A. Insert Axles and Wheels. Step 1. Click File Menu > New, click Assembly Metric and OK. Step 2. Click Keep Visible in the Property Manager, Fig. 1. Step 3. Click Browse in the Property Manager, Fig. 1. Step 4. Select your body file and click Open. Step 5. Click OK Fig. 2. in the Property Manager to place the part at the origin, Step 6. Click Browse in the Property Manager, Fig. 1. Step 7. Select your axle file and click Open. Fig. 1 Step 8. Click approximately where the axles are positioned in Fig. 2. Step 9. Repeat and place two GT-F front wheels in the front of the body and GT-R rear wheels in the rear. Click OK in the Property Manager when done, Fig. 2. B. Save as "CO2 CAR ASSEMBLY". Step 1. Click File Menu > Save As and Yes to Rebuild Now. Step 2. Key-in CO2 CAR ASSEMBLY for the filename and press ENTER. Fig. 2 C. Mate: Front Wheels and Axle. Step 1. Click Isometric on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-7) Step 2. Use the to Area in the View toolbar to drag a zoom window around the front axle hole and wheels, Fig. 3. Click to Area again or Escape to unselect to Area. Step 3. Press X key on keyboard to allow only face selection. The cursor should appear like. Fig. 3 Step 4. Click Mate on the Assemblies toolbar. SolidWorks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-1 Brookside Middle School Tech Ed cudacountry@comcast.net

2 Step 5. Click cylindrical face of axle and cylindrical inside face of the hole in a wheel, Fig. 4. Step 6. If you select the wrong face, right click the Mate Selection in the Mate Property Manager and click Delete, Fig. 5. Step 7. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate pop-up toolbar to add a Concentric mate, Fig. 6. Fig. 4 Step 8. Click cylindrical face of axle and cylindrical inside face of the hole in other wheel, Fig. 7. Step 9. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate pop-up Step 10. Click cylindrical face of axle and cylindrical inside face of axle hole, Fig. 8. Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Step 11. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate popup Step 12. Click OK when done. in the Property Manager Fig. 7 Step 13. Save. Use Ctrl-S. D. Mate: Right Plane. Step 1. Click Bottom on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-6) Step 2. Use the to Area in the View toolbar to drag a zoom window around the front axle hole and wheels, Fig. 9. Click to Area again or Escape to unselect to Area. Fig. 8 If a part becomes hidden inside another, first close Mate Property Manager. Click the part in Feature Manager. Then, click Move Coponent on the Assemblies toolbar and drag in drawing area. Do not drag on any part. SolidWorks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-2 Fig. 9

3 Step 3. Click Mate on the Assemblies toolbar. Step 4. Expand the Design Tree in the top left corner of the drawing area, Fig. 10. Step 5. Click Right (plane), Fig. 10. Step 6. Expand AXLE 1 and click Right (plane), Fig. 10. Fig. 11 Step 7. Click Add/Finish Mate to add a Concentric mate, Fig. 11. Step 8. Collapse AXLE 1, click the - Fig. 10. Fig. 10 Step 9. Click Right (plane), Fig. 12. Step 10. Expand GT-F 1 and click Right (plane), Fig. 12. Step 11. Click Distance in Mate popup, Fig. 13. Set distance to 8 and slide over close to the right side of the body, Fig. 14. If positioned in Fig. 13. Click Add/Finish Mate Right side Step 12. Collapse GT-F 1, click the -. Fig. 12 Fig. 14 Fig. 13 SolidWorks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-3

4 Step 13. Click Right (plane), Fig. 15. Step 14. Expand GT-F 2 and click Right (plane), Fig. 15. Step 15. Click Distance in Mate popup, Fig. 16. Set distance to 8 and slide over close to the left side of the body, Fig. 17. If positioned in Fig. 16. Click Add/Finish Mate Left side Step 16. Click OK in the Property Manager when done. Step 17. Save. Use Ctrl-S. Fig. 15 Fig. 17 E. Mate: Rear Wheels and Axle. Step 1. Click Isometric on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-7) Fig. 16 Step 2. Use the to Area in the View toolbar to drag a zoom window around the rear axle hole and wheels, Fig. 18. Click to Area again or Escape to unselect to Area. Step 3. Keep the filter face selection on. If the cursor doesn't appear like use X key on keyboard to turn it on. Fig. 18 Step 4. Click Mate on the Assemblies toolbar. Step 5. Click cylindrical face of axle and cylindrical inside face of the hole in a wheel, Fig. 19. Step 6. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate popup Fig. 19 SolidWorks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-4

5 Step 7. Click cylindrical face of axle and cylindrical inside face of the hole in other wheel, Fig. 20. Step 8. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate popup Step 9. Click cylindrical face of axle and cylindrical inside face of axle hole, Fig. 21. Step 10. Click Add/Finish Mate in Mate popup Fig. 20 Step 11. Click OK when done. in the Property Manager Step 12. Save. Use Ctrl-S. F. Mate: Right Plane. Step 1. Click Bottom on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-6) Step 2. Use the to Area in the View toolbar to drag a zoom window around the rear axle hole and wheels, Fig. 22. Click to Area again or Escape to unselect to Area. Fig. 21 Step 3. Click Mate on the Assemblies toolbar. Step 4. Expand the Design Tree in the top left corner of the drawing area, Fig. 23. Fig. 22 Step 5. Click Right (plane), Fig. 23. Step 6. Expand AXLE 2 and click Right (plane), Fig. 25. Step 7. Click Add/Finish Mate to add a Concentric mate, Fig. 24. Step 8. Collapse AXLE 2, click the - Fig. 23. Fig. 23 SolidWorks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-5 Fig. 24

6 Step 9. Click Right (plane), Fig. 25. Step 10. Expand GT-R 1 and click Right (plane), Fig. 25. Step 11. Click Distance in Mate popup, Fig. 26. Set distance to 8 and slide over close to the right side of the body, Fig. 27. If positioned in Fig. 26. Click Add/Finish Mate Step 12. Collapse GT-R 1, click the -. Step 13. Click Right (plane), Fig. 28. Right side Fig. 27 Step 14. Expand GT-R 2 and click Right (plane), Fig. 28. Fig. 25 Fig. 26 Step 15. Click Distance in Mate popup, Fig. 26. Set distance to 8 and slide over close to the left side of the body, Fig. 29. If positioned in Fig. 26. Click Add/Finish Mate Step 16. Click OK in the Property Manager when done. Left side Step 17. Click Isometric on the Standard Views toolbar. (Ctrl-7) Step 18. Save. Use Ctrl-S. Fig. 28 Fig. 29 SolidWorks orks Assembly CO2 CAR Page 8-6