Class 12 Machine Block Engineering Graphics CollabCAD

Download .mup .muz Plot Configurator files

Steps to create your own files:

4.1 Open a new part using menu File –>New.

4.2 Set the Design Mode as “Part Design”, Unit as “mm”, Drafting Standard as “IS” and enter Part Name as “Example4”. CollabCAD window pops up on the screen and press F to fit into screen so that XY plane is displayed.

4.3 Create a rectangle using menu Basic –>Rectangle –>Diagonal Coordinates and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following inputs.

View :Front
Start XT1 : 0
Start YT1 : 0
Start XT2 : 90
End YT2 : 40
Depth : 0

A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Close the rectangle creation dialog box after creation. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.

4.4 Change the view to Isometric using menu View –>Isometric or Press Ctrl+ \ key. Press “F” to fit into screen. XY plane is set as per view direction. ( Figure:1 )

4.5 Create a slab using menu Solids –>Slab and select rectangle profile displayed on the screen and press enter. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following inputs Slab type :One Direction (Select from the combo box) Thickness 1:70 Draft angle :0 and press ok. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.

4.6 Shade the part by Pressing “S” or by menu View –>Shade. Press “R” for wireframe display. By default the display mode will be Facets Display .This display mode can be changed according to user requirement.

4.7 To change the display mode option goto menu Tools–>Options–>Sessions and select Shading tab. Set the following options from combo box.

Method : Gouraud
Transparency : Proportional
Display : Hidden Line Removal
Quality : Refined (set the slide bar to left most corner for better display quality)

4.8 Now shade the part by pressing “ S “ to see the change in display mode. Now the solid will be displayed with Hidden Line Removal. ( Figure:2 )

4.9 Blank the Solid using menu Edit –>Blank –>Type select “Solids” by clicking the check box. Now the solid is hidden temporarily.

4.10 Set the view to Top using menu View –>Top or Press Ctrl + T. Nothing will be displayed on the screen.

4.11 Create a rectangle using menu Basic –>Rectangle –>Diagonal Coordinates and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.

View : Top
Start XT1 : 0
Start YT1 : 0
Start XT2 : 30
End YT2 : 30
Depth : 0

A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.

4.12 Create a rectangle using menu Basic –>Rectangle –>Diagonal Coordinates and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.

View : Top
Start XT1 : 60
Start YT1 : 0
Start XT2 : 90
End YT2 : 30
Depth : 0

A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Close the rectangle creation dialog box after creation. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.

4.13 UnBlank the Solid using menu Edit –>UnBlank –>Type select “Solids” by clicking the check box. The hidden solid slab is displayed.

4.14 Change the view to Isometric using menu View –>Isometric or Press Ctrl+ \ key. Press “F” to fit into screen.

4.15 Create a slab using menu Solids –>Slab and select one of the rectangle profile displayed on the screen. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following inputs

Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 50
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
and press ok.

If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending upon view normal display. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.

4.16 Create another slab using menu Solids –>Slab and select the remaining rectangle profile displayed on the screen. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following inputs

Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 50
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
and press ok.

If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending upon view normal display. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.

4.17 Create a Solid object by Boolean operation by menu Solids –>Difference. First select the solid slab (90x40x70) created in step 4.5 as base solid and select the slab created in step 4.15 & 4.16 as transform solids using mouse and press Enter key. A solid object is created. Shade the part by Pressing “S” or by menu View –>Shade. Press “R” for wireframe display.

4.18 Again Set the view to Top using menu View –> Top or Press Ctrl + T.

4.19 Blank the Solid using menu Edit –>Blank –>Type select “Solids” by clicking the check box. Now the solid object is hidden temporarily.

4.20Create a rectangle using menu Basic –>Rectangle –>Diagonal Coordinates and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.

View : Top
Start XT1 : 30
Start YT1 : 0
Start XT2 : 60
End YT2 : 30
Depth : 40

A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.

4.21Create another rectangle using menu Basic –>Rectangle –>Diagonal Coordinates and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.

View : Top
Start XT1 : 0
Start YT1 : 30
Start XT2 : 30
End YT2 : 50
Depth : 40

A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed.

4.22Create another rectangle using menu Basic –>Rectangle –>Diagonal Coordinates and rectangle creation dialog box pops up & enter following details.

View : Top
Start XT1 : 60
Start YT1 : 30
Start XT2 : 90
End YT2 : 50
Depth : 40

A rectangle profile is created with dimensions. Press “F” to fit into screen if needed. 4.23 Change the view to Isometric using menu View –>Isometric or Press Ctrl+ \ key. Press “F” to fit into screen.

4.24 Goto Edit –>UnBlank –>Type and select “Solids”. The hidden solid object is also displayed along with slab.

4.25 Create a slab using menu Solids –>Slab and select the rectangle profile created in step 4.20. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following inputs

Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 20
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
and press ok.

If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending upon view normal display. A solid slab will be displayed on the screen.

4.26 Create a slab using menu Solids –>Slab and select the rectangle profile created in step 4.21. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following inputs

Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 20
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
and press ok.

If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending upon view normal.

4.27 Create a slab using menu Solids –>Slab and select the rectangle profile created in step 4.22. Slab creation dialog box will appear and enter the following inputs

Slab type : Two Direction (Select from the combo box)
Thickness 1 : 20
Thickness 2 : 5
Draft angle : 0
and press ok.

If needed select Reverse Direction check box depending upon view normal.

4.28 Create a Solid object by Boolean operation by menu Solids –>Difference. First specify the solid object created in step 4.17 as base solid and select the slab created in step 4.25 ,4.26 and 4.27 as transform solid using mouse & press Enter key. A solid object is created and Shade the part by Pressing “S” or by menu View –>Shade. Press “R” for wireframe display. Figure: 5 shows shaded view.

Rotate Work Space to get desired orientation

4.29 Goto View –>Define Work Space –>Rotate and workspace creation dialog box pop up.
Set the following details
Select Workspace : Isometric
Rotation about : Y-Axis
Rotation angle : 90
and press ok.
Specify the workspace origin using mouse right click and enter Isometric1 as new work space name. The final part will look like the following image.

4.30 Save the part as Example4.muz using menu File–>Save As. A File Chooser dialog box will appear that shows the files in the default path. If You prefer, you can save the part in different folder . Creating 2D Projection Views using Plot Config:

4.31 Goto menu File–>Plot Configurator and the 2D plot config application window is displayed on the screen.

4.32 Close the Symbol Pallet.

4.33 Before creating 2D projection views make the following settings.

4.34 Goto File–>Page Setup and a dialog box will pop up. Select Paper Size as “A4” & Orientation as “Landscape” and Paper Width & Height are set automatically.

4.35 Goto Tools–>Options and plot options dialog box will pop up. Select display Type as “Hidden Line Removal”, Scale as “1:2” and click View Border under general tab. If needed user can set filters by blocking the type of entities like point, curve etc in plot config.

4.36 Maximize plot config application to full screen by dragging along the top or bottom corner. .

4.37 Goto View–>Standard Select layout dialog box will pop up. Select “First Angle 4 Views” projection from combo box and four projection views right side, front, left side and top view are displayed on the screen.

4.38 For getting isometric1 view Goto View–>Select, view dialog box will pop up. Select the Isometric1 view from combo box and drag on the plot config screen in empty space.

4.39 View border can be increased by dragging along horizontally or vertically. Goto View–>Modify and place the mouse near to view border and the cursor position will change to drag arrow symbol automatically.

Or

Goto View–>Scale and a dialog box will pop up. Specify the Rect Width & Rect Height as per requirement so that view borders of all views are modified uniformly.

4.40 The individual views can be moved within its view border. Goto View– >Modify & press Ctrl key and drag the desired view within the view border. The unnecessary views can be deleted by using menu View–>Delete and selecting the particular view.

4.41 First try to create the dimensions of Front View say “90”, ”40” and “20” mm. Goto menu Dimensions –>Horizontal –>Standard and select the start point of the bottom line as first dimension reference and end point of the line as second dimension reference. Click on the screen to place the dimension and “90” mm dimension is created.

4.42 Goto menu Dimensions –>Vertical –>Standard and select the start point of the right most line as first dimension reference and end point of the line as second dimension reference. Click on the screen to place the dimension and “40” mm vertical dimension is created. Similarly try to create the other vertical dimension of “20” mm using the above procedure. 4.43 Similarly create other dimensions for Top View also using above procedure and the final 2D plot.

4.44 Save the plot as Example4.mup using menu File–>Save As. A File Chooser dialog box will appear that shows the files in the default path. If user prefers , he can save the plot in different folder.