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TopSolid 7 is a revolutionary product  to meet the needs of manufacturing companies, big and small.

TopSolid 7 software includes many modules. This article will cover TopSolid Design.

To better understand TopSolid'Design, let's learn some basic commands in Designing the Base Support to design a simple part.

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Creating an Assembly Document

To create assembly documentation, you need to do the following steps:

- Right-click on the Assemblies folder.

- Select the Assembly command.

- Rename the assembly document Vice.

You can rename this assembly as often as you like without affecting any of the associativity. This is because the PDM keeps everything managed and up-to-date for you.

Inserting a part document using drag-and-drop

Once the new assembly document is created, all you need to do is drag the parts you want to use in this document.

- From the Project tree, select the Base part document and

hold down the left mouse button.

- Drag this document into the Vice assembly's graphics

area.

Note: To make sure you have selected the correct section, in TopSolid 7 a preview of the items will be displayed section at the bottom of the Project tree.

- From the Project tree, open the Finished folder to show the rest of the parts that will be used in this sample.

Applying assembly constraints

- Select the Thread Rod part document.

- Hold down the left mouse button and then drag the document into the assembly's graphics area.

The Thread Rod appears purple in the graphics area because the part is not fully constrained. TopSolid 7 is the only software to give users a visual feedback regarding constrained parts within assemblies.

Note: The Constraint command is automatically launched. The Constraint positioning command is a dynamic command that automatically selects the correct assembly constraint for the user based on the source and destination geometries that have been selected.

- Click on the cylindrical face of the Thread Rod part as shown below.

Once you have selected the face, the Thread Rod part follows your cursor around the screen.

- Click on the tapped hole on the Base part as shown below.

This creates an axis-on-axis constraint automatically.

- Select the front planar face of the Thread Rod part as shown here.

- Select the front planar face of the Base part as shown

here.

This creates a plane-on-plane constraint automatically.

You are now going to apply an offset to the plane-on-plane constraint.

- Move the cursor to the bottom of the Plane on Plane 1 constraint label where you see the field, then double-click on it.

- Adjust the value to 25 and click on to confirm the operation.

- Close the Constraint dialog box.

Note: This procedure has allowed you to quickly and easily offset the flat front face of the Thread rod part away from the flat front face of the Base part. You did not need to find an additional "special" command to allow an offset.

Including and constraining the wheel

- From the Project tree, select the Wheel part document.

- Drag and drop it into the assembly's graphical area.

Note: That you do not need to close the constraint positioning

dialog box to add an additional component. TopSolid will do

this automatically for you.

In this next example, you will be positioning the Wheel onto the Thread Rod, and then applying the following constraints. You can use the Constraint command like before, or you can use each specific type of constraint.

(1) Axis on axis

(2) Plane on plane

(3) Plane on plane

When finished, your assembly should look like the image below.

Using dynamic assembly motion

- Confirm the positioning by clicking the Positioning button at the top center of the screen.

At this point, you can check the degree of freedom that the wheel has left.

- Using the left mouse button, click and hold down the wheel and move your mouse. You should notice that the assembly is dynamically updating so that you can test it.

Including and constraining the sliding jaw

You will now position the Sliding Jaw part into the Vice assembly. You can use the Constraint command like before or you can use the constraint specific commands.

- Select the part document Sliding Jaw.

- Drag and drop it into the assembly's graphical area.

- Apply the following constraints:

1.   Axis on axis

2.   Orientation

Note: For the orientation constraint, select the underside of the sliding jaw near the edge as shown below. Make sure that the arrows are pointing in the correct directions.

- Once the constraints are applied, confirm the positioning by clicking on the Positioning button.

When finished, your vice should now look like the image shown here. Note that you can move the Sliding Jaw part by selecting it with your mouse.

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