Art
Whisk in SolidWorks
A friend of mine suggested that I make a whisk in SolidWorks. The project proved to be fun, and not very difficult. The whisk consists of five metal loops. I only created one, and I used a design table to
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Celtic Knot in SolidWorks
I modeled this knot for a class last month, and it was a challenging problem. The part is based on a boundary feature which is patterned three times about the z-axis. I adjusted the tangent length on the first and
... ContinuedHappy Spring – from SolidWorks Student to SolidWorks Engineer
When mechanical engineer Dawid Fionik from Solidworks Reseller CNS Solutions in Poland sent us this Easter greeting, I thought wow – what an amazing journey has taken place. As a SolidWorks Student, at Bialystok Technical University, Dawid won the CNS design
... ContinuedStapler in SolidWorks
Here we are – the ultimate office supply. This stapler was fun to model. Thanks to my new caliper, the model is exact to the stapler I found in my drawer. The only exception is the springs, which are either
... ContinuedBallpoint Pen in SolidWorks
This pen was a fun assembly to model. For the most part, it was quite an easy job. The only challenging part was the cap, and I was able to complete it using a loft feature, a mirror feature, and plenty of
... ContinuedGingerbread House in SolidWorks
This was quite a fun assembly to make. The gingerbread man was outlined using splines and a sketch picture. The model was decorated with liberal use of linear component patterns. The only difficulty was in creating the candy canes, but
... 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
... 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: CO2 Dragster from Team CudaCountry
SolidWorks Tutorials by master teacher, Pat Haley astound me again with his lastest SolidWorks Tutorial featuring a CO2 dragster. Take a look at the updated CO2 Dragster Car Tutorials at Cudacountry https://www.cudacountry.net/html/sw_co2car.html New in the SolidWorks 2011 tutorials: Mate References
... ContinuedCollapsible Music Stand in SolidWorks
This assembly was a lot of fun to create. I used design tables to vary parameters on the struts and the rivets. This saves time and file size, as the same parts can be used several times in different configurations.
... ContinuedDetergent Bottle in SolidWorks
In learning more about SolidWorks surfacing, I decided to complete a fun, but fairly common project. The bottle is not based on any known design in particular, and I was careful to draw the profile myself, and to use a
... ContinuedSolidWorks Air Boat Model, FEA Results, Video and Presentation
Brad Smith, student at Baker College, created this Air Boat model for Professor Robert Cadwell's class and I am fortunate to share his final project with you. The zip file contains the models, finite element analysis results on a engine
... ContinuedAntique Bicycle Horn in SolidWorks
I thought the bicycle that I posted was missing something, so I decided to add an antique-style bicycle horn. I used a Loft along a centerline as well as the Revolve and Scale features to create the body. I uploaded
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