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•Go to File Save Management.
•Select the Lesson_6 Magnet ASY.CATProduct and select [Save As...].
•Navigate to a New folder and rename to "Lesson7" that will be easily accessible later.
•Click [Propagate Directory] to save a copy of the CATPart files to the new folder.
•In the Save As dialog, rename the Product to "Lesson_7 Magnet ASY.CATProduct" and click [Save].
•In the Save Management dialog select [OK] to save the CATIA Product under its new name. The model is not saved until you click OK.
•Go to [File] [Save As].
•In the Save a Copy dialog, enter "Lesson_6 Magnet ASY." for the File Name, make sure the Type is set to Assembly (*.asm), then click [OK].
•In the Assembly Save a Copy dialog, click [Save Copy and Open] to save the assembly under its new name, and open the newly saved assembly.
•Close the 3DCS Model Navigator and Creo window for Lesson_5 Magnet ASY.
•Click Update Model in the new window for Lesson_6 Magnet ASY.
•Go to [File] [Save As].
•In the Save As dialog, enter "Lesson_6 Magnet ASY" as the new File name and make sure the type is set to Part Files (*.prt).
•Click [OK] in the Save As dialog.
•Click Update Model.
•Go to [File] → [Save As].
•In the Save as dialog, enter "Lesson_6 Magnet ASY" for the File Name, and make sure the Type is set to Assembly (*.asm).
•In the Assembly Save as dialog, click [Save Copy and Open] in the bottom left of the dialog to save the assembly under its new name, and open the newly saved assembly.
•Click Update Model in the new window for Lesson_6 Magnet ASY.
•Click the Application Button then select Save As.
•Change the File Name to "Lesson_7 Manual Gear Shifter Asm"and make sure the Type is set to WTX DATA(*.wtx)
•Click [Save] in the Save As dialog.
Datum Creation Procedure:
•From the Model Creation Toolbar, select GD&T icon, click on the Frame part.
•The GD&T list dialog will open for Frame.
•Click [Add] Datum Feature, you'll see the dialog shown below.
•Change the name to "Datum A".
•Under the Datum feature tab, Click [Add] and Select Highlighted Features,
•Select [OK] to finish and save the Datum A GD&T dialog.
•The Completed dialog should look like the image below,
•Similarly Create " Datum B "
•Select Size from the GD&T List dialog and click [Add]
•This opens the GD&T dialog for Size
•Rename to "Size on Datum B".
•Click [Add] and select the Datum B Hole Features.
•Uncheck the Symmetric Lower box and type the upper limit to be 0.2 and the lower limit to zero.
•The Completed dialog should look like the image below,
•Click the plus button under the size frame to create the Position GD&T for the same Features.
•From the newly created Frame Select Position from the type drop down List.
•Rename the GD&T as "Position on Datum B"
•Enter the Tolerance value to be 1, leave the Material condition to be M
•Now we have to link the Position to the Datum Reference Frames.
•Select the Edit DRFs button to open the Edit DRFs in Frame dialog,
•The Datums created will be displayed under Datum Features section.
•To create a DRF click the first Field under Add/Modify DRF and select Datum A from the Datum Features list.
•This will add Datum A in the selected Field.
•Now click Add, to add the DRF under Datum Reference Frames section.
•Similarly add Datum Reference Frame AlB.
•Click Ok to close the Dialog.
•Now hit the drop down in the Frame where it says "No DRF" and select A.
•Click Ok to close the GD&T dialog.
Next need to create a Size and composite Position GD&T on the 4 mounting Block locating Holes on Frame.
•Select size from the GD&T List dialog and click [Add] to open the Size GD&T Dialog
•Rename to "Size on Block Locating Holes"
•Click [Add] and select the highlighted features.
•Uncheck the Symmetric Lower box and type Upper Limit to be 0.1 and Lower Limit Zero.
•Click the + button to add another Frame for the selected Feature.
•Rename to "Position on Block Locating Holes"
•Select GD&T Type to be Position from the drop down List.
•Type the Tolerance value to be 0.5.
• Select the DRF to be AlB.
•Click the drop down next to the Name field to see both size and Position GD&T.
Selecting a GD&T name here will move the marker arrow to hightlight the corresponding Frame
Similarly create the remaining GD&T for Frame and GD&T for the remaining Parts referring the Drawings.
•If the mesh is off, click on Show Mesh to turn the mesh on.
•Click on the Deviate button to show the variation of the tolerances.
•Click Nominal Build.
• Again Deviate to see the model deviating for the applied Tolerances and Moves.
•Save the Model.