· Designing a V-Belt Connection

· Creating a V-belts Drive

· Skills to learn

· Design V-belts driven with two pulleys

· Design a belt

· Set pulley properties

· Set file names and dsplay names

· Insert V-belts connection

· Open VBelts.iam

· Design Accelerator Panel

· Click V-Belts icon (page 2)

· Select belt plane

· Select Belt Mid Plane button

· Click the large plane in xy plane

· Note

· When clicking V-Belts in Design Accelerator panel the Belt Mid Plane button is already selected

· Select edge or corner of plane to select

· When selecting work plane grips are displayed

· Number of grips same as number of pulleys

· V-Belts Generator dialog opens with last valid settings (page 3)

· Select Belt Type

· V-Belts Generator dialog

· Belt section

· Click the down arrow to display available V-belts

· Select V-Belt A ANSI/RMA IP-20 belt

· Note

· In this Autodesk Inventor 2008, V-Belts generator is not connected to Content Center (looks like it is) (page 4)

· Select First Pulley Type

· Pulleys box

· Click down arrow of first pulley Select the Grooved Pulley A,AX ANSI/RMA IP-20

· Note:

· When we start V-Belts Generator

· Two pulleys displayed

· To add other pulleys

· Click the Click to add pulley text (page 5)

· Set First Pulley Position

· Pulleys box

· Click arrow button to display options for geometry placement for the first pulley

· Select Fixed position by selected geometry option

· Pulley preview activates

· Click selection button (with arrow)

· Click cylindrical face to automatically position first pulley

· (page 6)

· Select Second Pulley Type

· Click down arrow next to (...) button

· Select Grooved Pulley A,AX ANSI/RMA IP-20 (page 7)

· Set Second Pulley Position

· Pulleys box

· Click arrow button (or just click button itself) to display options for geometry placement for second pulley

· Select Direction driven sliding position option

· Its icon displays in button image

· Click arrow button (selection button)

· Select sliding work plane for holder (paralled to horizontal, rotate view to select, near second shaft) (page 8)

· Change Pulley Properties

· Click Edit button of second pulley

· Groove Pulley Properties dialog box

· Select Transmission Ratio from Design Guide pull-down list

· Ratio text box (not Power ratio text box, it wont allow input)

· Enter 2

· Click OK or press Enter key (this instruction not in tutorial) (page 9)

· Specify second pulley final position

· In assembly

· Drag center grip and place second pulley to the appropriate position

· Sliding is available along selected sliding work plane

· Final pulley position is determined by

· available belt length

· Note

· For strength analysis switch to Calculation tab (page 10)

· File Name Settings

· V-Belts Generator

· Upper-right corner

· Click File Naming icon

· File Naming dialog box

· Specify Display name of V-Belts connection components and File name settings (not understood)

· File Naming dialog box

· Select the Always prompt for file name box to prompt for newly inserted Design Accelerator component's file name and display name every time you create a new component

· Click OK

· Wait

· Inserts V-belts transmission to assembly (page 11)

· Place Constraints

· Switch to Assembly panel bar

· Click Constraint

· Wait

· Place Constraint dialog

· Constrain second pulley axis to the shaft axis using Mate constraint (page 12)

· Place Constraint dialog

· Assembly tab

· Type: Mate

· Solution: Mate

· Click Apply

· Cancel to close Place Constraint dialog (page 12)

· Summary

· We learned:

· Design V-belts connection with two pulleys

· Design a belt

· Set pulley properties

· Set file names and display names

· Insert V-belts connection

· Must: See Help for further information (page 13)