Modeling Plastic Water Bottle using autocad

This illustrated step by step tutorial provides instructions on creating a plastic water bottle. Follow the below steps for details.

1) Open Inventor as shown in step one to nine in the following link - Core Rod Extension - and draw a sketch as shown in Figure 1.


Figure 1.

2) Now let us revolve the sketch. Click on in "Part Features" panel. When "Revolve" dialog box appears select "Join" option and "Full" from "Extents" panel and then select the axis as shown in Figure 2.


Figure 2.

3) Now let us create shell on the part. Click on button in "Part Features" panel. When "Shell" dialog box appears click on "Shell" tab and then select "Inside" and then specify thickness as 1.30 mm. You have to select the face that has to removed as shown in Figure 3.


Figure 3.

4) Now let us add material to the part. Select "Blue Clear" from color style editor as shown in
Figure 4.


Figure 4.

5) Now let us add "Metal-Steel (Knurled)" face color by right click on the face whose color we want to change and selecting "Properties" from the drop down list and then selecting the required color as shown in Figure 5.


Figure 5.

6) Now let us add thread neck of the bottle. Click on button in "Part Features" panel. When "Thread" enter the parameters of the thread as shown in Figure 6.


Figure 6.

7) We have finished modeling the plastic water bottle, the resultant water bottle would be as shown in Figure 7.


Figure 7.