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cooling system fill

cooling system fill

cooling system fill

(OP)
Perhaps this is a stupid question but I'm having difficulty and a quick search didn't resolve my problem.

Is there a way that I can fill a coolant passage in an assembly with a liquid, I'm looking to get accurate moments of inertia and weights for the assembly but the cooling water will have an effect on this and it isn't accounted for.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

RE: cooling system fill

Depending upon how complex the shape of the volume to be filled, a couple of methods can be used.

If it is a simple shape, extruding solids using the Up to surface option with the inside surfaces may be one method.

Using the Cavity function on more complex shapes might be another.

cheers

RE: cooling system fill

If your cooling lines were generated with sweeps, you could re-use the path geometry to generate new sweeps for the cooling water.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

RE: cooling system fill

As was mentioned above, when you use your method to get the volumes established in solid form, make sure you de-select the Merge Bodies (I think it's called) option when creating the feature.  This will allow you to track your fluid as a different body.  If you have a different density for the fluid, you can assign a material to that body.  (If SW doesn't allow you to assign differing materials to the same body in a part, you can use the Features > Save Bodies option to save each body as a separate part for this use.

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: cooling system fill

(OP)
thanks guys, i'll give some of these a try. I'd never used the mold design stuff, the cavity option sure looks good for the more complex shapes.

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