Model Parts and Assembly of a Drone Using NX 12

Objective

In this project, you will be modeling four parts of a drone using NX, and then assemble them together. These four parts are show below:

These four parts will construct the body frame of a drone. Let’s take a look:

Very cool, right? I hope after this course, you’ll have some fancy CAD designs in your portofolio, which will be attractive when you look for a job. The above awesome 3D visualization is provided by Sketchfab, which is a good place to share your 3D designs on the web, feel free to have a try.

The models in .IGS version are provided for your reference. You can use either NX or Solidworks to open the .IGS file and measure the necessary dimensions.

Or, if you want to measure the parts physically with a caliper, they are waiting in 311 ERL.

If you have issues on importing the .IGS files into NX or Solidworks. I’ve done the importing for you and saved the .prt files which you can directly open in NX 10 or NX 12.

The models created in Solidworks 2017 are also provided. The Solidworks files contain my modeling history, feel free to use it as reference, but remember to be creative, there’s got to be a better way to achieve the same geometry in CAD.

The motor and propeller models (NX 12 .prt files) are provided which you can use for assembly modeling in Task 2. Note that the motor and the propeller are modeled only for assembly purpose, which are highly simplified, they are not functionally modeled.

Let me know if you have any issues on loading the provided models. Issues may happen because of the version conflict.

Notes

This is an NX project, so model the parts in NX.
The unit of the provided model is mm.
It is not required to have exactly the same dimensions with the provided models. But make sure that your model have the similar features.
There’re some crucial dimensions related to mate which you need to keep them consistent for different parts. Make sure that the four parts can be assembled as shown above without interference.

What to submit?

This project consists of two tasks:

Task 1:

Choose any 2 out of the above 4 parts to model and submit the finished 2 part files (.prt) in a .zip file. Due: Sep. 14

Task 2:

Model the the other 2 parts and assemble the drone, then submit the whole 4 part files (.prt) and the assembly file (.prt) in a .zip file. Due: Sep. 21

How to submit?

Submit your project to the corresponding module on Canvas (use your last name to name the file (e.g. Lastname_Project1_Part1). Do not use generic names like project1).