Race Car Short Tutorial

Racing Car Design using Solid Edge – A Short Tutorial In the next few minutes, students and/or teachers will model a simple racecar using Solid TMEdge . With a little more practice, far more complicated race winning designs can be achieved. Here we will use Solid Edge Part to create a 3D Solid that is then ready to be manufactured! This document assumes knowledge of Microsoft Windows ® and have gone through the online tutorials found under the help menu, even better if you have received training from F1 in Schools. Copy the template file F1 In Schools to :\program files\solid edge V11\templates Step 1. Start Solid Edge, Start>programs>Solid Edge>Part. Start a new file Choose F1 In Schools.par. In the new file, there is a solid in the middle, which represents the balsa wood template found in the kit. There are also a few sketches shown in purple, we will use these throughout the design to remove and add material. Step 2. Choose the cutout command from the left hand ribbon bar and select the ‘from sketch option on the smart step ribbon bar. Select the side profile highlighted and either click the green tick on smart step or hit enter on the keyboard. For the next step we need to show which side of the line to remove material, move the mouse curser above the line Choose the ‘Through next’ option on smart step Move the mouse curser over the line and when it is about half way over the line, notice the arrows ...