Create Wind Tunnel Simulation in SolidWorks
Inlet
Part 2- Nozzle
- On the front plane, sketch a 200 x 200 mm square
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Draw a plane 20 cm from the Front Plane
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Sketch a 9x9 cm square on the new plane
- Use
Lofted Boss/Base
on Sketch1 and Sketch2
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Right click the small square on Loft1 and start a sketch
- do the same on the other side
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Click
Offset Entities
, 0.5, checkReversed
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Use
Lofted Cut
- Drag the blue bar above
Cut-Loft1
in the feature panel- start a new sketch on the smaller square
- Click
Offset Entities
, 0.5
- Extrude the top and bottom squares
- Move the blue bar back down, then hide Plane1
Part 3- Test Section
- On the front plane, create a 9x9 cm square and extrude it
- Use shell tool on either side
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Start a sketch on one of the sides, draw a 5x10 rectangle
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Click the rectangle center and the the midpoint along the length of the bigger rectangle and add vertical relation
- Do similar for horizontal relation
- Use
Extruded Cut
on the smaller rectangle
- Click Box-Etrude1, click
Convert Entities
, then click on the outer edge, then clickOffset Entities
, 0.5cm - Reverse extrude 0.5cm
- Do the same on other side
Part 4- Diffuser
- Draw a 9x9mm square on the front plane
- Use Reference → plane to add a plane 50cm from the front plane, then sketch a 12.5x12.5cm square on that
- Use
Lofted Boss/Base
to extrude between the squares
- Use
Shell
feature, 0.5cm
- Create a sketch on the smaller square, convert entities,
- Reverse Boss extrude,, 0.5cm
- Do the same thing on the other side
- Click edit features and add outer edge to selected contours, then merge result
Part 5- Exit
- Sketch 12.5x12.5mm square on front plane
- Boss extrude 20cm
Part 6- Comb
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Sketch a 20x20mm square on front plane
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Boss extrude 1cm
- Create a sketch on one face
- Use polygon tool to create a hexagon, 0.3cm and make top line horizontal
- Use extruded cut tool on
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- Use
Linear Pattern
→Fill Pattern