·
Creating Presentations
·
Introduction
·
We create explosion of simple assembly using Presentation
environment.
·
Skills to learn
·
Creating a presentation view
·
Tweaking components
·
Adding trails
·
Editing tweaks and trails
·
Controlling presentation views
·
Animating presentations
·
Using exploded views in final drawings
·
Getting Started
·
Close open files
·
File > New
·
Metric Tab
·
Standard (mm).ipn
(page 2)
·
What is a presentation file
·
Presentation File
·
Create assembly views
·
Add tweaks and trails to components
·
Create presentation animations
·
Panel has Presentation tools
·
Icon indicates x,y,z
axes (page 3)
·
Overview
·
Add tweaks and trails to your components
·
Edit tweaks and trails
·
Use incremental rotations to examine the positions
of components
·
Animate your presentation (page 4)
·
After Presentation view is ready
·
Start a new drawing file
·
Create an exploded view using the created presentation
·
Add balloons to your components
·
Create a parts list (page 5)
·
Create Presentation View
·
Click Create View tool
·
Click Explore Directories button
·
Open dialog box
·
Double-click final_assy.iam
·
Click Options button
·
Design View Representations list
·
Select All Components Displayed
·
Click OK in Select Assembly dialog to create
view (page 6)
·
Zoom out for better view
·
Navigation tools (covered elsewhere) (page 7)
·
Define Tweak Direction
·
Click Tweak Components tool
·
Direction button on
·
Move cursor over assembly till axes icon has z direction
from knob end to nozzle end positive
·
Click to accept direction (page 8)
·
Components button selected
·
Click nozzle
·
First Tweak
·
Z tool selected
·
Transformations Edit Box
·
Enter 10
·
Display Trails checked
·
Click Apply tool in dialog
·
Nozzle moves 10 cm along Z axis (page 9)
·
Finish nozzle tweaks
·
Click Y button
·
Transformations field
·
Enter 5
·
Click Z button
·
Transformations field
·
Enter 4
·
Click green check mark
·
Click Clear tool in Tweak Component dialog
·
Clears
·
Tweak coordinate icon (?)
·
Component selection (page 10)
·
Add Tweaks to Knob
·
Direction
·
Same orientation as before
·
Z axis active
·
Click valve body cylinder
·
Components
·
Click knob
·
X button = -5
·
Apply tweak with green check mark
·
Y button = 3
·
Apply tweak
·
X button = -6
·
Apply tweak (page 11)
·
Tweak Linkage Direction
·
Same orientation for tweak direction triad as before
·
Components
·
Pause cursor over linkage
·
Right-click
·
Pick Select Other
·
Linkage highlighted
·
Use previous, next arrows to cycle through parts
until linkage highlighted
·
Click Select button on center of Select Other tool
to select linkage
·
Z = 10
·
Clear Display Trails check box
·
Apply tweak (page 12)
·
Save Work Often
·
Click Save tool
·
Name file
·
Assembly.ipn
Next: Redefine existing tweak and learn to modify trails
(page 13)
·
Edit Tweak
·
Two ways
·
Delete and create new tweak
·
Modify offset value
·
Modify offset value
·
Expand Explosion1 in browser
·
Expand final_assy.iam
·
Expand knob.ipt:1
·
Click last tweak (6 cm)
·
Offset field below browser
·
Change to 4 cm
·
Press Enter to make change
·
Knob moves to new position (page 14)
·
Edit Trail
·
Two ways
·
Changing its visibility
·
Drag to new position
·
Pause cursor over endpoint of trail for knob
·
Alt + click and drag trail to left past knob (page
15)
·
Tweaks and Trails Notes
·
Modifying a tweak also changes its trail
·
Deleting tweak removes its trail
·
Dragging trail edits the tweak it represents
·
Deleting trail removes the tweak it represents
·
Trail visibility can be switched on and off
·
Add Trail
·
Turn off visibility of trail
·
Add new trail
·
Right-click knob
·
Select Hide Trails
·
Right-click nozzle
·
Select Add Trail
·
Click near quadrant of nozzle face
·
Right-click
·
Select Done (page 16)
·
New trial is created
·
Precise View Rotation
·
Click Undo to remove new trail
·
Click Precise View Rotation tool
·
Accept default 10 degrees
·
Experiment with Rotate and Roll buttons (page
17)
·
Create Animation
·
Animate the tweaks
·
Click Animate tool
·
Interval edit box
·
Enter 5
·
Click Apply
·
Tweaks cycle through one complete loop
·
Animations
·
Controls in Animation dialog allow
·
Step through your presentation by tweak or by interval,
both forward and backward
·
Play the animation in either direction, or loop any
number of times
·
Reorder the animation sequence. Click the More button
to access a list of tweaks
·
Record your animation to an external .avi file (page 18)
·
Save
·
Click Save tool
·
Next, exploded view in new drawing file (page
19)
·
Open New Drawing File
·
Click New tool
·
New dialog box
·
Click Metric tab
·
Select
·
New drawing opens with title block inserted
·
Ready to create exploded view (page 20)
·
Create Exploded View
·
Click Base View tool
·
Drawing View dialog box
·
Set the following
·
File: assembly.ipn
·
Presentation View: Explosion1
·
Orientation: Iso Top
Right
·
Click the Display Options tab and check Show
·
·
Trails
·
Place view in center of drawing sheet
·
Click center of drawing sheet
·
The view with trials appear (page 21)
·
Add Balloons to Assembly
·
Click Balloon tool
·
Click nozzle
·
Click OK to accept defaults
·
Click to define leader endpoint
·
Right-click
·
Select Continue (page 22)
·
Finish Creating Balloons
·
Select each component
·
Click point to define leader endpoints
·
Right-click
·
Select Continue till done
·
Select Done
·
Next
·
Finish drawing sheet
·
Add parts list (page 23)
· Create Parts List
·
Click Parts List tool
·
Click in exploded view
·
Click in graphics window
·
Move cursor over parts list
·
Drag parts list
·
Till it snaps to lower left corner of title
block (page 24)
·
Summary
·
Create exploded assembly using Presentation environment
·
Add tweaks and trails to assembly components
·
Control views and animate your presentation
·
Use presentation to create exploded view in new drawing
file
· Add balloons and parts list
Creating Adaptive Parts in an Assembly