01 propeller tutorial

About the Author
Hi, my name is Jan-Willem Zuyderduyn but most people call me Jan. I am the founder and owner of
LearnSolidWorks.com and YachtTutorial.com and I’m living in the Netherlands. I’ve been working since 1999
with 3D CAD software. It took me many years to learn everything about SolidWorks.
I am currently working as a Lead Product Designer for a Dutch design studio. I have been asked many times
how to model and render products using SolidWorks. The last few years I’ve developed many videos, books
and tutorials about SolidWorks. One of them is the Product Design Formula. In this video training course I will
take you by the hand and show you exactly how to hand sketch a Chopper, how to model this Chopper in
SolidWorks and how to render this chopper in PhotoView 360 or SolidWorks Visualize. My goal is to help as
many SolidWorkers as possible. That’s why I’ve also created the SolidWorks blog www.LearnSolidWorks.com.
The last years I was looking for a successor of the Product Design Formula. I always wanted to model a luxury
superyacht in SolidWorks. So I did and when it was finished I couldn’t resist writing a brand new SolidWorks
course about it. It took me many years but it’s finally here!
I am very proud to introduce the SolidWorks Yacht tutorial. In this practical SolidWorks tutorial package I
will teach you exactly how to model the exterior of the Sunseeker Predator 108 in SolidWorks. This is an
existing yacht of Sunseeker (I am a huge Sunseeker fan) so the credits for the design will fully go to Sunseeker
International.
Despite the fact that it’s a sophisticated model it doesn’t need to be too difficult with the instructions of this
tutorial. Today I will show you how to model part #1 of your yacht in SolidWorks.
Each tutorial starts with a line drawing of the Yacht you will make. You can find the line drawing on the next
page. I’ve highlighted the treated part of each tutorial in blue. As you can see we start with the propeller of
the yacht. Your yacht has 3 of them but I’ll show you just one. :)
Hope you like it!
Jan

I also want to share an animation and some renderings / wallpapers of the yacht I have made for you.
Click here for an animation of the SolidWorks yacht | Click here to download the free wallpapers

Disclaimer:
Although this eBook shows you how to model an amazing propeller in SolidWorks,
it’s not a “real” propeller. In real life there is a bit more ‘science’ involved to making
the right blade form to ensure proper performance in water. :)
The goal of this tutorial package is to learn SolidWorks in an efficient and practical way,
not to build a real yacht. With that being said, let’s start!
Open SolidWorks
Go to: Start > Programs > SolidWorks
Create a new part
Open a new part with model units set to millimeters.
Go to: File > New > Part
Select the three planes in the feature tree (hold down
the Control key) and make them visible by clicking on the glasses.

Create a new sketch on the Right Plane
Select the Right Plane in the Feature Manager
Click on the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch
Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model to normal to the selected Plane.
Draw the three straight lines as shown in the picture. The 350mm line should be placed on the middle axis of the Right Plane.
Change the dimensions of the lines

Draw the spline as shown in the picture
Add a tangency relation on the transition between the horizontal line and the spline
Select the horizontal line, hold down the Control key and select the spline. Click on the Tangency icon
in the Add Relations bar to add a tangency relation between the line and the spline.
Click OK

Create a Revolve
Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Revolve or click on the revolve icon
Axis of revolution : Select the blue line as shown in the picture
Click OK

Create a new sketch on the Top Plane
Select the Top Plane in the Feature Manager
Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model
normal to the selected Plane.
NOTE: You can also use the arrow keys of your
Keyboard to rotate your model
Create a 3 Point Corner Rectangle
Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > 3 Point Corner Rectangle
or click on the 3 Point Corner Rectangle icon
Draw the rectangle as shown in the picture
Change the dimensions of the rectangle
Close the sketch

Create a New Plane
Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane or click on the New Plane icon
First Reference : Select the Top Plane
Change the Offset Distance to: 360 mm
Click OK

Create a new sketch on the new Plane 1
Select the new Plane1 in the Feature Manager
Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model
normal to the selected Plane.
Draw the 3 Point Corner Rectangle as shown in the picture
Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > 3 Point Corner Rectangle
or click on the 3 Point Corner Rectangle icon
Draw the rectangle as shown in the picture
Change the dimensions of the rectangle
Close the sketch

Create a Solid Loft
Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Loft or click on the Loft icon
Click in the Profiles box
Select Sketch2 and Sketch3 as shown in the picture
Make sure that the green balls are both in the same rectangle
corner as shown in the picture and blue circle details
If not, click and drag one ball to the another corner of the rectangle
Click OK

Create two Fillets on the edges of the loft
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon
Select the two edges as shown in the picture
Select Full preview for a preview of the fillet
Change the Radius to 135 mm
Click OK

Create a new sketch on the blue surface of the axle
Draw the circle as shown in the picture
Change the size of the circle by
clicking on the dimension button

Create an Extruded Cut
Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click on the Extruded Cut icon
Change to 210 mm
Make sure that the Extruded Cut direction is pointed inwards.
If not click on the Reverse icon
Click OK

Create a fillet on the edge of the blade
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the fillet icon
Select the front edge of the loft as shown in the picture
Click OK

Create a fillet on the edge of the axle and blade
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the fillet icon
Select the two edges as shown in the picture
Click OK

Create a Circular Pattern
Go to: Insert > Pattern/Mirror > Circular Pattern
or click on the Circular Pattern icon
Pattern Axis : Select the blue surface as
shown in the picture.
Total Angle : 360 deg
Number of instances : 6
Select the “Equal Spacing” option.
Features to Pattern : Loft1, Fillet1, Fillet2, Fillet3
Select the “Geometry Pattern” option.
Select the “Propagate Visual Properties” option.
Click OK

Change the color of the propeller:
Click on the Propeller model
Click on the appearances button
Click on the Body option
Change the color to a custom brown
by changing the RGB numbers to 71, 45, 0
Click OK

Hide all planes and sketches
Save the file with the following name: Propeller
Congratulations, you’ve just finished your Propeller in SolidWorks!
P.S. Did you know that this yacht is used in the James Bond film
Casino Royale? This yacht was owned by the villain “Le Chiffre.”
Check this link for more information: http://bit.ly/1qT4zMo
Here’s also an amazing video of the yacht: https://www.youtube.com/embed/gkprkRPbmb4

In the next tutorial you will discover how to model the Radar of your
yacht in SolidWorks.

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