Problem designing a wheel in Solidworks 1

[jpwbn8]

I am new to solidworks, never used it before, and this problem is probably easy but please bear with me. I'm creating a wheel for a design project in Solidworks 2001. I have basically got a rim with a solid disk in the middle. I don't know how to create spokes for example. Any helpful tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[MadMango]

Select a Plane or Face that is parallel to your solid disk, create a sketch of the cut-out area you are looking for, then do an Extrude-Cut. Then select that feature and apply a Circuler Pattern to it. This should get you something like a mag wheel. If you are looking for true spokes, that will be more difficult.

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[jpwbn8]

ok, so i sketched my wheel design in a parallel plane but when I go to extrude it says there is more than one open contour. I have the sketch fully defined, so i'm not sure what the problem is.

 

[Yogibear]

If you get that message then where 2 lines come together they don't exactly touch or may pass each other.
You could also have a really short piece of a line segment out there.
The easiest way I can tell you to find it is edit the sketch, without selecting a command draw a box around part of the geometry. If you see a grip that seems out of place that is probably your problem.

 

[SBaugh]

"Open Contour" means the sketch is "open". Before you can extrude it you have to have a closed contour.

You can use Tools\Sketch Tools\"Check sketch for feature" this will let you know what is wrong with your sketch.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

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[Theophilus]

I'd recommend spending the time on each tutorial provided before going much further. Also, get familiar with the Help index in SolidWorks--excellent resource for such a broad program--very useful for looking up answers to problems in a quick way.




Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC

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