Lesson: Create the Tire Revolve

After completing this lesson, you will have

created the tire solid by revolving a sketch.

Learning Objectives:

• Use Revolve.
• Use Shell.
The completed exercise

1. Continue with the file from the previous

example.

2. Click on Sketch1 then click on it again to change

the name of Sketch1 to “Tire Profile”. Right click
on Tire Profile the choose Edit Sketch. Change
the inside width of the tire profile from 7mm to
6mm.

3. Tweak the rest of the tire profile to your taste.

Dimensions can be added to the spline handles.
Add a dimension of 35 degrees between the
Tire Profile handle and the centerline. Click
STOP SKETCH.

4. Click CREATE> Revolve. For the Profile

selection, choose the inside of the Tire Profile.
For the Axis selection, choose the red X axis.
Select 360 degrees for the Angle field and New
Body for the Operation field. Click OK.

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 5. Using the View Cube, go to a right view. Note
that you can move the tire around the canvas
but it is constrained to the Right plane. Place the
rear tire in the appropriate spot then click
POSITION> Capture Position. This will put a
Capture Position icon in the Timeline. Activate
the Browser’s ME Concept Bicycle top level by
clicking the radio button next to it; you can now
see the Capture Position icon in the Timeline.
Deleting or suppressing this icon will revert the
tire back to the previous position. Delete the
icon by right clicking then selecting Delete.

6. In the Browser, select the radio button next to

Tire:1 to revert the Timeline back to that specific
component.

7. Click MODIFY> Shell and select the inside face

of the tire. Add a dimension of 1mm to Shell the
tire down to a 1mm wall thickness. Click OK.

8. Click INSPECT> Section Analysis then expand

Tire:1’s Origin folder in the Browser. Choose the
XZ plane then click OK. This cross section is
good enough for the concept bicycle you are
making. Production tire cross sections are
obviously much more complex.

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 9. Use the radio button to activate the top level of
the design. Go to a right view, zoom out, and
Save the file. Add Version Description of “Tire
Revolve” then click OK. Expand the Data Panel
then click the version button to reveal the
versions you have created. Not all versions
need a version description but all the major
milestones will get one.

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