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 Toy Car

Well turn this pile of building

blocks into a Toy Car!
You wont be alone; Ill help you by
showing how to assemble the
different pieces. Have Fun!

Work plan:
Follow the instructions on the left
side of the tutorial and always check
the examples on the right side.
Read carefully and nothing can go
wrong.
Good luck!
1 Start SolidWorks:

To do so, double-click the icon shortcut icon on the desktop.

If its not on your desktop, ask your teacher for help!
2 If all goes well, the drawing application will open. It will look as in the illustration
below.

3 You are now going to open the assembly environment and will build your first model.
To do so, click the first button on the toolbar: New.

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4 When the menu is

displayed, double click:
Assembly.
Assembly is a synonym
of to build or to
construct.

5 If all has gone well

again, the screen will look as
displayed opposite.
Thats where we will build our
Toy Car.
Well start with the bottom.
Its already built, but it is still in
the warehouse.
To have a look in the warehouse,
click Browse.

6 Locate the file: chassis.sldasm.

Double-click the icon.

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7 The chassis will now

be displayed on
screen, but it still
sticks to your mouse!
So youll have to
release it.
Click OK.

8 Once youve done that, the chassis is positioned exactly in the middle of the screen.
We can now continue our construction (assembly).
Were going back to the warehouse to retrieve the new parts.

9 Click Insert
Components.

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10 To have a look in the warehouse click Browse...

11 Double-click: Level2.sldasm.
Which is this combination!

12 Position the part as

illustrated and click
the left mouse
button.

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13 Well now rotate the part

such that its almost
aligned.
Click the arrow below
Move Component.

14 Click Rotate Component. This command allows us to

rotate the part!

Click the nose to select it (it will turn blue)!

Press and hold the left mouse button.
You can now rotate the part.

15 Rotate and move the

mouse until the part is
positioned as illustrated.
Once youre finished, click
OK.
Thats the green check
mark .

16 We will now attach the two

parts together!

Click Mate . The icon looks

like a paperclip.
This command allows you to
connect building blocks.

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17 Click the front of

the nose and with
will turn blue.
Click the front of
the chassis and it
1
will turn blue as
well.
There fronts will
now lie flush.
To confirm this, 2
click OK . 3

Tip: If you dont see things clearly. Use the scroll wheel to zoom in or out.
18 Click on the side of the upper
part, it will turn blue again.
Click on the side of the
chassis, it will become blue
as well. 1
These fronts will now lie
flush.
To confirm this, click OK . 2
3

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19 Click on the top of the

lower part, it will turn
blue again.
Press and hold the
mouses scroll wheel,
and move the mouse.
Try to put everything
upside down!

20 You may accidently turn the scroll wheel too much

and possibly lose sight of everything.
If you do lose sight of it, click: Zoom to Fit.

21 Now click the bottom of

the upper part. It will turn
blue again and both parts 2, 3
will immediately connect
together.
Click OK twice. 1

22 Lets save our data for the

sake of safety!
Click Save and name the file Toy
Car.

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23 Well go back again to the warehouse, to find front wheels.

Click Insert Components and then click Browse to return to the
warehouse.
Lets search!

Find the left wheel mount.sldasm.

Double-click on this wheel.

24 Click to place the wheel as illustrated.

25 Well return to the warehouse to find the other front wheel.

Click Insert Components and then click Browse to return to the
warehouse.
Lets search!
Find the right wheel mount.sldasm.
Double-click this wheel as well.

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26 Click to place the

wheel as
illustrated.
Notice that the
right front wheel is
not correctly
positioned.
Well have to turn
it again, as we did
before.
Click Rotate
Component.

27 This command allows us to rotate the part!

Click somewhere on the holder to make it blue!
Press and hold the left mouse button.
You can now rotate the part.

28 Rotate and move the mouse until the part is

positioned as illustrated.
Once youre finished click OK.
Thats the green check mark!

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29 Click Mate again.

We now return to the construction environment
30 Click the side of the hole, it will
turn blue.

31 Click the side of the hole in the

lower holder, it will turn blue again.
Youll now see that the cylindrical faces of the parts are
now concentric .
This means that the center lines of these parts are
aligned. 1
To confirm this, click OK .
2

3
32 Click on the top the lower part, it will turn blue again.
Press and hold the mouses scroll wheel, and move the
mouse.
Try to put everything upside down.

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33 Now click the bottom of the upper part. It

will turn blue again and both parts will
immediately connect together.

34 Click OK to confirm .

35 Repeat steps 29 to 34 for the

left wheel.
36 Click Save .

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37 Click Mate:
Well now put both holder
arms in the same position.
Click the left holder arm.
Click the right holder arm.

38 Click Parallel .
This command puts both 3
holder arms in the same
position.
Click OK twice to
close the Mate function.

2
1

39 We now return to the warehouse, for new parts.

Click Insert Components.

Click Browse...

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40 Find and insert one of each of the

following parts.

41 Click Mate.
Click on the middle of the bottom edge
of the part shown.

42 Click on the middle of the top

edge of the nose.
Click OK.
Tip: Were still working within
the environment of the
Mate function, so well
simply continue.

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43 You can see that both parts are

now connected.
1 Click the first side surface.

2 Click the second side surface.

3 Click OK.

3 2

44 Click the hole in the end of the

part shown.

45 Click the hole in the middle of

the steering axle.

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46 Youll now see that

both holes are aligned.
Click OK .

Tip: Were still in the Mate environment, so well simply continue.

47 We now repeat the previous
command for the left side.
Click OK .

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48 Well fix the part to

the chassis.
Click the Chassis
and check that its
color changed.

49 Press and hold the

mouses scroll wheel
and move the mouse.
Try to put everything
upside down!
Click the bottom surface
of the part.
Click OK .

50 Well now make flush

both upper parts.
2
1 Click the upper side of the
block.
2 Click the upper side of the
control stick.
3 Click OK .
1

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Tip: As were still in the Mate environment, we can simply continue.

51 Well now continue to
build the nose.

52 Click:

3
1

Click:

2
Click OK .

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53 Click:
1

Click:

Click OK .
2
3

54 Click:

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55 Press and hold the mouses scroll

wheel and move the mouse.
Try to put everything upside down!
Click the bottom surface of the
part.
Click OK .

56 Click:

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57 Click:

Click OK .

58 Click:

Click the middle of the upper

edge.
2

Click OK .
3

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59 Click:

60 Press an hold the mouses

scroll wheel and move the
mouse.
Try to put everything upside
down!
Click the bottom surface of
the part.

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61 Click OK .
Close the Mate function. 2
Click OK .
Lets save our data once again
for the sake of safety!
Click Save .

62 We now return to the

warehouse for new
parts.
Click Insert
Components.
Click Browse...

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63 Were looking for:

Double-click it.
Do this twice.
Position both parts as illustrated
opposite!

64 If all went well, your screen now

displays the frame and both new parts,
as illustrated opposite.
But we also see both parts are
positioned wrong. Well rotate both
parts, as we did before.
1 Click Rotate Component.

2 Click the part and hold the left

mouse button.
You can now rotate the part.

65 Well now shift the parts!

1 Click Move Component.

2 Click the part and press and

hold the left mouse button.
You can now shift the parts.

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66 Were going to build

again!
Click Mate .
1 Click: 3

2 Click:
1
2

3 Click OK .

67 Were still in the Mate

environment, so well
simply continue!
1 Click:

2 Click:

2
3 Click OK . 1

68 Press and hold the

mouses scroll wheel
and move the mouse.
Try to put everything
upside down!
Click the bottom
surface of the part.

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69 Press and hold the mouses

scroll wheel and move the
mouse.
Make sure everything is
positioned normally again!
Click the upper surface of
the part.

Click OK .

70 Click OK to
close the Mate
function.
Lets save our
data once again
for the sake of
safety!
Click Save.

71 Press the scroll wheel and rotate the

model.
See the example opposite!

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72 Click Mate :
Continue using what you just
learned in the previous steps
and mate this part the same
way.
Click the right places!
Click OK after each mate.
Try to make everything as
illustrated opposite, then close
the Mate function.

73 We now return to the warehouse for new parts.

Click Insert Components.

Click Browse...

74 Were looking for:

Position the parts as illustrated

opposite!

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75 Click Mate.
Click:

Click:

76 Click OK .

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77 Click:

Click:

Click OK .

78 Click:

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