Wave Washer 101 |
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The purpose of this exercise
is to demonstrate one way to easily model a wave or spring type of
washer. It is drawn using two offset planes and a 3dSketch of a spline
to create the model. The benefit of modeling a wave washer in this way
is that it is a relatively small file size, and it would be very easy to
generate a design table to create variations of different sizes.
1. Create an eight-sided polygon at your desired size. Exit the sketch.
2. Create an offset plane above the Top plane at the desired height of your washer.
3. Start a Sketch on the new plane and convert the entities of the first sketch into the current sketch. Exit the Sketch.
4. Repeat Steps 2 & 3, below the first Sketch. At this point you model should look like this.
5. Start a 3DSketch and create a Spline through the following points. Exit the Sketch.
6. Create a plane Normal to Curve. Selecting the Spline and Point 1
7. Start a Sketch on the new plane and draw your profile. Exit the Sketch.
8. Create a Sweep selecting your Profile Sketch and you Spline Sketch as a Path.
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