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Customer TrainingStudent Kit

C200TA

Professional Development by CoCreate Software2006 / V14

OneSpace Designer

Beginner’s ModelingCourse

OneSpace Designer Modeling Training

OneSpace Designer Modeling

Beginner Training

© 2006 CoCreate GmbH & Co. KG


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Course Goals At the end of this course, you will be able to

Understand the principles of solid modeling.

Manage and view Designer Modeling components quickly and effectively.

Make design decisions that use an optimized design process to produce the required model functionality.

Create, modify, and manipulate analytic models to meet day-to-day engineering re-quirements.

Use a model as the master control for design revisions.

Customize the Designer Modeling user interface.

OneSpace Designer Modeling Beginner Training Table of Contents

Contents - 1

Table of Contents

Legal Notices ii

Course Goals iii

MODULE 1: 3D MODELING WITH ONESPACE DESIGNER MODELING 1-1

The modeling process 1-2

The Designer Modeling user interface 1-3

Change the UI appearance 1-4

Work with the task panel 1-5

Work with dialogs 1-6

Enter data 1-7

Enter text 1-8

Work with the mouse 1-9

View options 1-10

Preselect an item 1-11

Fly-by highlighting and preselection of parts 1-12

Work in 3D space 1-13

UI tools — the CoPilots 1-14

The UI settings menu 1-15

The system settings menu 1-16

Using help 1-17

Online help 1-18

Context-sensitive help 1-19

CoCreate on the Web 1-20

CoCreate website and eSupportMarketplace 1-21

Module 1: 3D modeling review 1-22


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MODULE 2: WORKPLANES 2-1

What is a workplane? 2-2

Create a workplane 2-3

Create a workplane with a 3D model 2-4

Copy a workplane 2-5

Copy a partial workplane 2-6

Share a workplane 2-7

Modify a workplane 2-8

Module 2: Workplane review 2-9

MODULE 3: CREATING 2D PROFILES 3-1

The modeling process 3-2

Types of 2D geometry 3-3

2D geometry menus 3-4

Construction geometry 3-5

Catch 3-6

Complete your construction lines 3-8

The 2D CoPilot 3-9

Profile geometry 3-10

Modify and convert construction geometry 3-11

The contour menu 3-12

Add tangent 3-13

Draw a profile 3-14

Draw a profile: step-by-step 3-15

Module 3: Creating 2D profiles review 3-17

MODULE 4: MACHINING PARTS 4-1


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Machining profiles to create a solid model 4-2

Add material 4-3

Standard 3D CoPilot 4-4

Remove material 4-5

Use 2D CoPilot to modify a model 4-6

Punch your model 4-7

Machine settings 4-8

Build the muffler 4-9

Build the muffler: step-by-step 4-10

Add fins to the muffler 4-12

Add the mounting flange 4-14

Add the mounting flange: step-by-step 4-15

Module 4: Machining parts review 4-17

MODULE 5: FILE HANDLING 5-1

Saving and loading files 5-2

Save a file with Model Manager 5-3

Load a file from Model Manager 5-4

The Model Manager load window 5-5

Save a 3D file in Designer Modeling: Package and 3D Data files 5-6

Save a package file 5-7

Project directories 5-8

3D Data files 5-9

3D Data file types: instance and contents 5-10

3D Data file suffixes 5-11

Shared, unshared, and copied objects 5-12


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Save 3D Data and 3D Modified files 5-13

Load 3D Data files 5-14

2D data files 5-15

Module 5: File handling review 5-16

MODULE 6: FEATURES 6-1

System-recognized features 6-2

The Select menu 6-4

Rib features and slot features 6-5

Identify types of features 6-6

User-defined features 6-7

Create a user-defined feature 6-8

Part group features 6-9

Defined features in the Structure Browser 6-10

Cut faces and features 6-11

Copy faces and recognized features 6-12

Paste faces and recognized features 6-13

Two additional features: custom process and machining 6-14

Module 6: Features review 6-15

MODULE 7: MODIFYING PARTS – PART 1 7-1

Modify 3D 7-2

Dynamic interaction with the 3D CoPilot 7-3

Select 3D elements 7-4

Blend edges 7-5

Blend edges — the rolling ball 7-6

Variable blends 7-7


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Blend: Create versus insert, multiple edges 7-9

Create a blend and insert a blend 7-10

Modify, recognize, and remove blends 7-11

Chamfer edges 7-12

Tips for blend — rollover 7-13

Tips for blend — global topology change 7-14

Tips for blend — radius size 7-15

Create blends for convex and concave edge intersections 7-16

Create blends for convex and concave edge intersections: step-by-step 7-17

Module 7: Modifying parts review 7-18

MODULE 8: MODIFYING PARTS – PART 2 8-1

Modify parts 8-2

Taper faces 8-3

Taper a face part 8-5

Copy and paste a face part 8-6

Advanced taper 8-7

Limitations on taper 8-8

Preserve tangency conditions 8-9

Move faces and features 8-10

Lift faces 8-11

Move versus Lift 8-12

Offset faces and features 8-13

Align faces 8-14

Change the radius of a radial face 8-15

Mirror parts 8-16


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Module 8: Modifying parts review 8-17

MODULE 9: PARTS & ASSEMBLIES 9-1

Parts and assemblies 9-2

View parts and assemblies 9-3

View and change part properties 9-4

Copy parts and assemblies 9-5

Share parts and assemblies 9-6

Selective instances 9-7

Create a new configuration 9-8

Measure parts 9-9

Part and assembly analysis: Clash check 9-10

Clash analysis 9-11

Part and assembly analysis: Clearance analysis 9-13

Part and assembly analysis: Check parts 9-14

Part and assembly analysis: Draft analysis 9-15

Share and align the backplate and crankcase 9-16

Module 9: Parts & assemblies review 9-20

MODULE 10: VIEWING PARTS 10-1

Rotate a model 10-2

The Viewport and its functions 10-3

Use the Viewport menu 10-4

Use the Show menu 10-5

The Structure Browser 10-6

Search and Filter in the Structure Browser 10-7

Use the Drawlist 10-8


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Options in the Structure Browser 10-10

Keyboard and mouse actions in the Structure Browser 10-11

Create a realistic view 10-12

Facets 10-13

Assign material properties 10-14

Clipping planes 10-17

Perspective viewing 10-18

Generate a hard copy 10-19

Module 10: Viewing parts review 10-20

MODULE 11: CUSTOMIZE THE USER INTERFACE 11-1

Customize the user interface 11-2

Command button properties 11-3

Commands tab – context menus 11-4

Create and modify commands 11-5

Create new menus 11-6

Record a macro 11-7

Modify and create toolbars 11-10

Toolbars 11-11

Customize preselection menus 11-12

Define keyboard shortcuts 11-13

Specify abbreviations 11-14

Other customizing options 11-15

Module 11: Customize the user interface review 11-16

OVERVIEW: ADDITIONAL DESIGNER FUNCTIONALITY 1

Model Manager 2


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Advanced Design module 3

Surfacing module 4

Sheet metal module 5

Finite Element Analysis module 6

Mold Base module 7

3D Library module 8

Data Adapters 9

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