Curso SolidWorks Piezas y Ensamblaje Lección 11 Cuerpo

Detailed Valve Body Design Process

In this section, the detailed process of designing the central part of a valve body is discussed. The focus is on accommodating the stem, ball, and previously created seals using specific materials and tools.

Creating Initial Sketches and Dimensions

• Initiating a sketch in the elevation plane by drawing a rectangle with dimensions of 35 on each side.

• Adding a circle with a diameter of 23 at the center and smaller circles with diameters of 3 at the corners.

• Using an exclusion operation to create protrusions at a distance of 20 from the middle plane.

Drilling Holes and Creating Grooves

• Employing a drilling assistant for M7 metric standard holes concentric to the circles with diameters of 3.

• Sketching grooves for seals by drawing circles with various diameters (35, 31, 25, 23), then excluding protrusions at a distance of 22 from the middle plane.

Finalizing Design Details

• Drawing horizontal lines in an elevation sketch to complete seal groove design.

• Utilizing entity conversion tool for precise measurements between elements in the design.

• Implementing intermediate extrusion at a distance of 38 for further refinement.

Completing Central Body Part

• Starting another sketch to add final details like diameter symbols and additional cuts.

• Concluding the central body design after implementing all necessary features.