Tutorial #15: 17″ wheel

1. Create a skecth as show on Front Plane.

2. Revolve sketch, 360 degree on top sketched line . OK.

3. Create circle skecth, on right plane 4.8in , extrude 2in OK.

4. Insert sketch on edge wheel face, skecth for arm hole , extruded cut , through all, OK.

5. Add fillet R0.5in inner , add fillet 0.2in OK.

6. Click Circular Pattern , click View>Temporary Axes, select center axis as rotation axis. 360 degree and #5 equal spacing . Select Cut-Extrude1, Fillet1 and Fillet2 as a Features to Pattern. OK.

7. Select hub face, click Hole Wizard , select Ansi Inch, Hex Bolt, size 1/2, through all. Position point at diameter 4in and 36 degree . OK.

8. Click Circular Pattern , select center temporary axis, 360 degree and #5 equal spacing. Select CBORE for 1/2 Hex Head Bolt as Features to Pattern. OK.

9. Add chamfer 0.5in to hub side.

10. Click on hub face, insert skecth, sketch circle diameter 2.75in. Extrude Cut to 0.5in deep.

11. Add chamfer 0.5in to inner cut and add chamfer 0.25in to wheel edge , OK. Done.





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21 Responses to “Tutorial #15: 17″ wheel”

  1. alex
    September 15th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    hi, learnt alot from all of your other previous tutorials but seem to be havin g a problem trying to follow your intructions on how to build the allot wheel, once i have got upto the point where im extrude cutting the triangular shape out of the wheel to make the spokes, i cut extrude and its removing the whole wheel around it and leaving the triangle
    thanks
    alex

  2. Zack
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:15 am

    I know why.. you might accidentally check “Flip side to cut”.. just uncheck that box ..it should be ok right now..

  3. Chris
    October 19th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Hi
    The tutorials are awesome, I am having a problem where I try to cut out the triangular section , I draw the sketch and try to do the cut and it gives me a rebuild error, it says the extrude feature cannot be created by the sketch , please check the sketch extends past the body limits,……………..Wrecking my head for two hours now , the preview shows the two straight lines in the preview but not the arc of the wheel rim. What am I doing wrong????…………………………Solidworks newbie!

  4. Spence
    October 28th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    You need to just add an arc between the two end points on the wheel rim to create a closed sketch, this will work then.

  5. andy
    November 6th, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Newbie to solidworks: At step 4, how do u get the intesection point of the 36 degree centerline and the inner edge of the wheel face ?

  6. Eman Laer
    November 8th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Hi, thanks for the tutorials these are great. I think step nine was a little confusing, perhaps it should be before step 8, also it should be extruded 2.25 inches, and not just 2 inches before chamfering. Thanks again!

  7. Eman Laer
    November 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am

    argh perhaps I am confused about the chamfering. i can get to almost be right when i chamfer at step 9 at .25, but if i try .5, I get an error that says could not build chamfer due to geometry conditions. ugh.

  8. Zack
    November 11th, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    I got it, you should do step #9 first, than do the step #8.. :P I will fix it later..

  9. syazwan
    November 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    I eager to learn solidwork but I have many difficulties such as error. Mostly when I want to generate the feature.Regarding to this tutorial,I have problem in step no 4 which is for extrude cut command.After I sketch at desire face,and then I want to use extrude cut command,the error occur.From the message,they notice that,the extrude feature could not be created by this sketch,please check that the sketch past the body limit.What does it mean ?Actually I thought I already understand the solidwork operation but sometime I always face the error problem.For your opinion why does the error occur

  10. Eman Laer
    November 18th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    Hi syazwan, I believe as Spence mentioned above, click on 3 point arc tool, connect the two points of the triangle (where the .50 dimensions are) to make an arc that matches with the bottom rim, this will make a closed shape that you can do an extruded cut through all.

    Question for Zack, are the tutorial books the same as what is posted online or entirely different (different exercises)? I am interested in purchasing.

  11. Zack
    November 18th, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    @ all my reader, I happy to see each reader help each other solving each tutorials, thanks a lot. I quite busy with my work in this few weeks, I will try give a hand when time permit. :)

    @ Eman Laer, in my SolidWorks Tutorials ebook all the tutorials are never been published here. My approach of teaching you Solidworks is the same as in my website. I will show you all the steps and where to click until the end. It a learning through exercise approach.

  12. ryan
    December 30th, 2009 at 2:34 am

    i am running into trouble with the hole/chamfer. the hole forms correctly if i extrude the hub 2in but then it wont let me chamfer .5 in. if i change extrude to 2.5 i can chamfer the .5 but the hole is then cut off. it wont fully form at the edge on the spoke. if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated

  13. John
    January 20th, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Thanks ! ! ! nice job!

  14. Aaron Jones
    February 2nd, 2010 at 4:14 pm

    I must say this is a fantastic tutorial. really simple to follow. Kudos to you!

  15. farid
    March 18th, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    simple but great! whee

  16. bara
    March 20th, 2010 at 2:28 am

    ok I have finish it

  17. Jim
    April 13th, 2010 at 8:18 am

    This is awsome, but it is a little easy so if u have any more advanced ones please help me out and put them on here! thanks

  18. jeff
    July 20th, 2010 at 3:34 am

    This one was pretty cool. The only problem I had was the .50″ chamfer around the hub. The largest chamfer I could do was .249″. I double checked to make sure 4.8″ Dia. extrusion was 2.0″ and it was. I measured from the face of the hub to the lowest/deepest part of the spokes and got .250″. I could be wrong? Also I found it’s better to do the hub chamfer before you do the bolt hole circle. It was no biggie, I just fixed it in the Feature Mngr. Tree. This way I didn’t have to pick 5 edges instead of 1. These are GREAT Tutorials!
    Thanks & Keep ‘Em Coming

  19. jack
    July 30th, 2010 at 9:15 am

    in the end i have just finished . but i didnt complate it. i couldnt just make last section 11.st. thank you good example…

  20. shaun
    August 20th, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    I’m pretty new to solidworks and I’ve done a few of the tutorials on this site. I’m having trouble getting to fillets to work and also getting the pattern to revolve. I finally got the extruded cut in step four using the 3-point arc but I’m stuck after that.

  21. RashD
    October 21st, 2010 at 8:10 am

    in step 3, you a circle at the right plane. what is the reference plane for circle? really need help on this. from the section in the further steps, i can see the circle extrude a bit at the on the front of the wheel, but there is an extrude extending to the back of the wheel. plz help

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