2013 Life Saver

In this exercise you will use the Sweep command to create

a life saver. The Sweep command is used to create three
dimensional shapes using two perpendicular planes each
with their own intersecting sketches one is called the Path
and the other the Profile. You will also use the Geometry
Text option two create text that curves around a circle.
The mathematical term for this shape is a torus which comes from the Latin word
for bull The torus looks like the kind of ring typically used a bulls nose ring.
Shown here in red is the location of the Sweep command on the 3D Model tab
located between Revolve and Emboss.

Shown here is the Geometry Text tool shown in red which is a pull down option
on the Text tool, below the Polygon Tool.
1. Create a new standard part in inches
2. Create a new 2D sketch in the X-Y plane
3. Draw a circle with a diameter of 2.000 inches centered at the Origin (yellow
dot) on the X-Y plane, Open the Origin folder in the Model Browser and
make the XY Plane
visible by right
clicking on it and
selecting visible.







4. In the Origin folder in the Model Browser window make the XZ plane visible
by right clicking on it and selecting visible. Create a new 2D Sketch on that
plane and draw a circle with a diameter of 0.500 inches that is 1.000 inch
away from the origin. It should be intersecting the larger circle on the XY
plane. (It is not shown in this picture.) Click on Finish Sketch.
5. In the Ribbon Select the
Sweep command. The Profile
is the smaller circle and the
Path is the larger circle, click
on them with the arrow tool
in the Sweep dialog box and
click OK






6. The completed sweep will
look like the doughnut
shown here.






7. To create the Geometric Text (circular lettering) you will have to first create
an offset plane to draw the
lettering and then emboss the
text on to the shape.
On the 3D Model tab select the
Plane Icon and type in -0.250
inches. (The negative sign changes
the direction of the offset plane
from the top to te bottom of the
life saver.
8. On the workplane you just made create a new 2D Sketch. Draw a circle with
a diameter of 2.250 inches centered at the origin. Pull down the down arrow
on the Text tool and select Geometric Text. Select the circle you just created
for the text to loop around. In the dialogue box set the Direction to forward
and set the Position to on the inside of the circle. Type in your First and last
name period and Life Saver. Click OK to close the dialog box and then click
on
Finish
Sketch.









9. On the 3D Model tab
select Emboss and set the
depth to 0.05 inches and
click OK.



10. Remember to remove the workplanes by right clicking inside the Model
browser window and unchecking the visibility for each plane, before taking a
3D view jpg (pictures) of your file for your portfolio.

11. Remember to save your file according to the class convention. So that
your name is Jennifer Lopez and you are in 3
rd
period you would save the file
as:
3 Lopez Jennifer Life Saver.ipt