Written by Khalid Alzuhair

This document is a tutorial that is aimed to give an introduction to SOLIDWORKS by designing an Odroid mount for the UAV in the RISC “Boot Camp.” Note that the dimensions used in this tutorial might change as you will most likely be using a different UAV frame from the one that is used here. Below you will find specific instructions for making the Odroid mount design.

1. Open the SOLIDWORKS application.

2. Click on File, and then start the design for a new Part.

The dimensions of the Odroid are 88 mm x 63 mm. We will subtract a millimeter from the length and half a millimeter from the width to have a tight fit.

3. Click on the top plane, then choose the sketch button the corner rectangle tool to draw a rectangle of 87 mm x 62.5 mm.

4. Use the Sketch Fill tool highlighted below to curve the corners of the rectangle with a fillet parameter of 5mm.

5. Exit the Sketch from the top left corner.

6. Click on the Top Plane and then start a new sketch.

We will use the Offset entities tools to make two offset copies of Sketch 1. The first one is with 0.00 mm offset (exact copy) and the second is with an offset of 3 mm.

7. Click on the offset entities tool. From the drop-down menu click on Sketch 1, and choose the parameter to be 0.00 mm.

8. Click on the offset entities tool. From the drop-down menu click on Sketch 1, and choose the parameter to be 3.00 mm.

9. Exit the current sketch.

10. Click on Sketch 1, and then click on the Extruded Boss/Base option. Use the appropriate direction as shown in the image below, and use D1 = 2.00 mm.

11. Click on Sketch 2, and then click on the Extruded Boss/Base option. Use the appropriate direction as shown in the image below, and use D1 = 5.00 mm.

12. Click on the Top plane and start a new sketch.

13. Use the center line tool to draw horizontal and vertical lines to divide the surface of the plane (Note: the center line tool does not draw a real line. This line is just a tool to help in using other sketching tools.)

14. Use the center rectangle tool (shown below) to draw a rectangle at the center of the inner sketch of dimensions (77 mm x 52.5).

15. Exit the Sketch.

16. Click on Sketch 3 (the last inner rectangle), and from the Features tab find extruded cut option and use it to cut out the rectangle (make sure to cut in the right direction as shown in the image below.

17. You should now have an Odroid mount SOLIDWORKS design.

Written by Khalid Alzuhair