Practice Exercise - 4 Cylinder Crankshaft

Analyzing Assemblies, Essentials for Parts and Assemblies

Summary:

In this exercise you'll use Interference Detection and Collision Detection to identify issues in an

assembly. Using this information you'll edit the components in the assembly to eliminate the

interference and collision.

Reference Lessons:

Interference Detection

Collision Detection

SOLID

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Instructions:

1. Download and unzip the components here.

2. Open the "4 Cylinder Crankshaft.SLDASM" assembly in SOLIDWORKS./n3. Use Interference and Collision Detection to identify components that need to be edited in

order to finalize the assembly./nPractice Exercise - 4 Cylinder Crankshaft

Analyzing Assemblies, Essentials for Parts and Assemblies

SOLID

Professor

4. Open the Rod component and

a. Edit the teeth of the rod so the overall width of the teeth is equal to 37.5mm.

b. Reduce the length dimension of the rod from 150mm to 125 mm.

Final Result:

If you completed the exercise successfully, your result should look like the image shown below: