Research on 3-D Design Based on Pro/E Software

To carry out 3-D (three dimensions) design for the group of piston crankshaft connecting rod, the top-down method is used. The general model is created in assembly and every part design is finished according to general assembly. The group of piston crankshaft connecting rod is designed and each part is modeled in Pro/E. Pro/E is a solid modeler and this offers considerable advantage for solid model creation. Normally, the geometry is first sketched in 2-D and then extruded in the third direction to generate a 3-D model. In Pro/E, it is important to first create the base geometry. The base geometry is that geometry that captures the design intent of the part to be modeled. This base geometry can be created using either the EXTRUDE or the REVOLVE options. Once this base geometry has been created, additional features like holes, rounds, chamfers, fillets, ribs, etc can be added in the finishing stages of the part creation. The center of the bowl does not coincide with the center of the cylinder due to the presence of valve pockets. The obvious advantage of this configuration is that is gives the true geometry of the piston and the presence of connecting rod means that the connecting rod ports can be accommodated when the piston is at the top dead center. In addition to the crankshaft with connecting rod, fly gear will also be added. Various instances of this configuration will then be created using the ¿Family Table¿ option of Pro/E wildfire in an attempt to optimize the engine performance. The presence of the connecting rod will make the mesh creation process more challenging for the modeler. This means that the numerical computation will be more intensive.