Windmill - Parallel Blend Option: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
Windmill - Parallel Blend Option: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0
Figure 1
Step 1:
Create revolve protrusion for the hub as shown in Figure 2 below. Note that the
location of center of the arc is in PRT_CSYS-DEF. Make sure you create a vertical
centerline as axis of revolution, and the diameter of the hub at the bottom is 14
inches.
Figure 2 Revolve section of the hub
Step 2:
Pick the A-2 axis, and while holding down Ctrl key,
pick FRONT datum plane.
Step 3:
Use DTM1 as sketching plane, and TOP datum plane as top reference. Pick the A_2
axis and TOP datum plane as the references.
Sketch the first section as shown in Figure 4. Click icon to continue, and from
Sketch pull-down menu, select Feature Tools -> Toggle section.
Continue with sketching the second section as shown in Figure 5, click icon to
continue, and from Sketch pull-down menu, select Feature Tools -> Toggle
section.
And finally sketch the third section as shown in Figure 6. When you are done,
Select OK button
Figure 4 – Section 1. Note that the arcs dimension is in diameter.
Figure 5 – Second Section shown in red
Figure 6 – The last section shown in red. Note that Section 1 is the largest, and
sketched in DTM1. Section 2 is the second largest and third section is smallest
representing the tip of the blade.
Step 4:
Feature Operations
Group -> Create -> Local Group
Continue with picking DTM1 and the first blade created in Step
3. The easy way to do is to select the features from the Model
Tree.
Enter dimension
increment = 120
[Enter]
Click on the .
Step 6:
Create a hole at the center of the post with the diameter of 2 inches and 8 inches
depth.
Step 8:
Click .
Pick DTM1 as sketching plane, select Top as Reference, and Top Orientation will
be automatically selected.
Click Sketch.
Click .
Click .
Pick .
Click .
Add keyway, rounds and chamfer as shown below – use your own dimensions:
Section for keyway, and depth of the
cut is 2 inches.
Save the model.