Tutorial on Modeling of Tennis Ball in SolidEdge ST4.
Model for this tutorial is here(Tennis Ball)
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Step 1:
Start SolidEdge in ISO Part Mode.
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Step 2:
Select Circle tool.
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Step 3:
Hover the mouse on Front plane.
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Step 4:
Press F3 to lock the plane.
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Step 5:
Keep the mouse on the origin while the axis are selected.
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Step 6:
Make a circle of 60mm diameter on origin.
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Step 7:
Select Line tool.
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Step 8:
Select the upper point along Z-axis.
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Step 9:
Select the lower point
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Step 10:
Select Trim tool.
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Step 11:
Trim away the circle.
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Step 12:
Click Select tool.
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Step 13:
Select the region.
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Step 14:
Select Revolve.
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Step 15:
Change the revolution type to 360.
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Step 16:
Click the revolution axis.
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Step 17:
Select the line along Z-axis.
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Step 18:
Now we have created the ball body.
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Step 19:
Select line tool.
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Step 20:
Select Front Plane by keeping mouse pointer on it.
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Step 21:
Press F3.
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Step 22:
Press Ctrl+F for Front view.
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Step 23:
Click along X-axis.
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Step 24:
Height of line is 16 and angle is 90.00º.
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Step 25:
Draw it till the z-axis.
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Step 26:
Select the circle tool.
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Step 27:
Select origin.
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Step 28:
Draw a circle coincident to the end point.
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Step 29:
Again Line tool.
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Step 30:
Click the circle point about Z axis.
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Step 31:
Draw the line with the same length.
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Step 32:
Delete the vertical line.
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Step 33:
Select the trim tool.
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Step 34:
Trim the inner circle.
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Step 35:
Under surfacing tab select Extruded.
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Step 36:
Select the sketch.
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Step 37:
Click Accept.
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Step 38:
Extrude it symmetrically such that it passes through the ball body.
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Step 39:
Click Finish.
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Step 40:
Select Intersection.
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Step 41:
Select Both Surfaces.
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Step 42:
Click Finish.
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Step 43:
Select the Extrude1 in Path finder and then Hide it by unchecking it.
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Step 44:
Now we have the curve.
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Step 45:
Select circle tool and then hover the mouse over front plane.
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Step 46:
Press F3 to lock it.
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Step 47:
Ctrl+F to Front view.
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Step 48:
Draw a circle of 2.84mm diameter coincident to the cicular surface and the curve.
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Step 49:
Select Swept cutout under cut feature.
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Step 50:
Click OK.
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Step 51:
Select the curve.
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Step 52:
Now Select the circle as the profile.
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Step 53:
Click Finish.
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Step 54:
Select Round tool.
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Step 55:
Round both these edges by 0.50mm.
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Step 56:
Right click to accept. Now click Select tool.
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Step 57:
Now the ball is ready.