Author Archives: Ian Jutras
Snow Shovel
In the spirit of winter I decided to make something that is familiar to everyone who has experienced snow; a shovel. This is your classic shovel with a plastic handle and bucket and a wooden shaft. For the handle, I
... ContinuedFire Sprinkler
For this post I made a fire sprinkler thanks to the suggestion of one of my friends who is studying fire protection. The base sprinkler head was made using some boss extrudes. The threads were made by using a helix
... ContinuedThanksgiving Dinner
This is part two of Dave and my joint project. We finally put dinner on the table for Thanksgiving. We had a few challenges to overcome when designing the food. This was due to the difficulty of designing natural shapes.
... ContinuedDining Room in SolidWorks
For this post, Dave and I decided to do a joint project. With the American holiday of Thanksgiving fast approaching, we thought it might be fun to create a Thanksgiving dinner in SolidWorks. This is the first of two
... ContinuedCarved Pumpkins
For this post I carved a number of different pumpkins that I based off the model that I made for my last post. To create the pumpkin eating the other pumpkin I used the scale feature to reduce the size
... ContinuedPumpkin 3D CAD Model in SolidWorks
For this post I decided in the spirit of Halloween to make a pumpkin. My thought is that you can download this model and carve your own virtual Jack-O-Lantern for Halloween. For my next post I will show what I
... ContinuedGolf Equipment in SolidWorks
For this post I made some golf equipment. It started when I wanted to make a golf ball. It seemed like a simple task to put some dimples in a sphere but once I started on it, I
... ContinuedSolidWorks Turtle with Flow Simulation
For this post I decided to model a turtle. I sort of modeled it after a sea turtle. I used the boundary feature to create the shell, and then used a series of chamfers and fillets to smooth
... ContinuedPipe Valve with SolidWorks Flow Xpress
For this post I decided to make a pipe valve. One of the reasons for doing this was because I wanted to use FloExpress through the pipe. You can see the results in the video above or
... ContinuedCan Opener
For this post I decided to make something that we all have used at least once; a can opener. There is a gear mate on the gears but if you want to have the handle move you will need
... ContinuedSpiral Staircase
For this post I decided to design a spiral staircase. At first it seemed like an easy concept, but there were difficulties. Trying to make the treads was a lot harder than I thought. The problem was getting the treads
... ContinuedReel Mower
This is a reel mower that I made. Take a look at the gearing on the wheels. The gear ratio is 1:3 which means that for every one rotation of the wheel the blades spins three times. I used a
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Light Bulb in SolidWorks
I was wondering what to make when I had a bright idea. Why don’t I make something that helps everyone see every day? Sooo, I decided to make a light bulb. The hardest thing to make was the filament because
... ContinuedNot An Ordinary Tire
A little while ago I was asked by a fellow student about the best way to make a tire in SolidWorks, so I gave her some ideas on how to do it and went on with my day. Later
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