Pump Action Bottle

Modeling the pump action bottle was quite interesting, as I got to learn how this mechanism works. Unfortunately i couldn’t pull it all apart as it had been stuck together. Using a torch with Dan, and Phil we figured out how it works.

Modeling the bottle was fairly simple as it was a basic shape; however modeling the pump action part was a different story. The revolves weren’t working; I quickly figured the problems out using the check sketch tool which directed me to the problem (the sketches were unclosed, and there were a few overhanging lines) after fixing all these problems the revolve worked perfectly. I also had another problem, I forgot to half the dimensions as I was doing a revolve; this cause the pump action part not to fit in the hole of the bottle. After using the vernier calipers and getting all the dimensions I managed to fix the part

The Part:

Another part which I had major problems with was the cap of the bottle. The lofts weren’t working with the lines. I could get half the cap to loft but after I selected the third guide curve the loft would disappear. After many attempts on trying to fix the part I gave up. After youtubing many videos I found out that the boundary boss/bass tool has a lot less constraints and has the same features of the loft tool. IT WORKED! After getting the lid to loft properly the next step was to do the engineering drawings.

Final Product

The engineering drawings were a simple task, however I wasn’t sure on what the deliverables were, so I did 5 drawings

1)      The pump action part

2)      The bottle (by itself)

3)      Exploded View of the pump action part

a.       With a BOM and assembly instructions

4)      An Exploded view of the pump action bottle

a.       With a BOM and assembly instructions

5)      The bottle with all the parts (no exploded view)