Before you Start

Here is the data required to perform the scenario. They are all delivered with the Knowledge Advisor product but can be rebuilt from the information given below.

See the Infrastructure User's Guide for how to specify the material library settings (you must use the Tools>Options...>Infrastructure>Material Library command from the standard menu bar).

The Initial Document

The initial document is the KwrBallBearing1.CATPart document.

The bearing rings are coaxial shafts created from the Sketch.1 and Sketch.2 features. The balls are shafts created from the Sketch.3 feature.

The Outer Ring

The outer ring is a shaft generated by rotating the Sketch.1 highlighted in figure below around an axis coaxial to V. Note that you must create this axis as a construction element, otherwise CATIA won't let you create the Shaft. The lower part of the sketch is the symmetry of the upper part with respect to the H axis.

Here are the constraints defined on this sketch:

d1 2.1 mm ring width
L1 3 mm half height of the non - hollowed inner surface
B1 5 mm half height of the outer surface
R1 2.759 mm groove radius
b1 0 mm ordinate of the groove center
D1 13 mm external diameter

The Inner Ring

The inner ring is a shaft generated by rotating the Sketch.2 highlighted in figure below around an axis coaxial to V.

Here are the constraints defined on this sketch:

d2 2.1 mm ring width
L2 3 mm half height of the non - hollowed inner surface
B2 5 mm half height of the outer surface
R2 2.759 mm groove radius
b2 0 mm ordinate of the groove center
D2 7.1 mm internal diameter

The Balls

A ball is a shaft created by rotating half a circle (sketch.3)  around the H axis. The circle must be closed before being rotated. 

The parameters of the circular pattern which is created to build the set of balls are constrained by the formulas below:

  • BallNumber = int(3* D3 / BallRadius)

  • AngStep = 3.6deg / BallNumber

D3 being the abscissa of the ball center.

The Import File

In the scenario, you have to import the text file below which is delivered under the KwrBallBearingImport.txt name.

Temperature	100Kdeg		Maximum temperature allowed
Pressure	190N_m2	Maximum pressure allowed
LubricantVolume	0mm3	              L1*D3*B1*0.005	required lubricant volume

If you modify this file, pay attention to the column format, use the Tab key to skip from one column to the other.

The Excel Table which Controls the Bearing Design

You must download the KwrBearingDesignTable.xls Excel table in your environment.

The CATScript Macro

The KwrBearing.CATScript macro creates a circular pad. You can record this macro on your own in the Part Design workbench or use the one supplied with the KnowledgeAdvisor samples.

When creating Rule.2 in your own environment, replace the pathname given as the argument of the LaunchMacroFromFile function with the pathname corresponding to the file where the macro has been downloaded.