Linkage
SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Walking Mechanism
In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to make walking mechanisms by connecting bars, wheels, and motors. Get ready to strut your stuff with the Mech It app! Check out our blog throughout the summer for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Spiral Art
With Mech It, you can use colors and mechanisms to create fun patterns, and change the patterns with small, simple adjustments. What kinds of patterns will you make? Check out our blog throughout the spring for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Create the Mechanics of a Finger
Some of the coolest mechanisms look like real life objects. Today we’re going to learn how to create shapes that connect together and move just like a finger! Check out our blog throughout the spring for more SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Smiley Face and Saturn
In SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids, you can create mechanisms that can draw picture for you! Today we’re going to learn about using markers in Mech It to create a smiley face and the planet Saturn–what other drawings will you make?
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: 4 Bar Linkage
Now that we’ve seen how all the components of Mech It work, it’s time to put them all together! Today we’ll learn how to make a 4 bar linkage, a great starting point for amazing creations!
... ContinuedMechanical Rocking Chair in SolidWorks
Form takes a bit of a backseat to function today as we explore a practical application of linkage design. This linkage-operated (and motor-driven) rocking chair allows people with physical disabilities to experience the healing and comforting motion of a traditional
... ContinuedKinematics Tutorial: Finding Linkage Cognates with SolidWorks
Lately, I have been thoroughly enjoying learning about linkages, their motion, and their synthesis. Anyone who has tried to find the cognates of a four-bar linkage may have noticed that the process is time-consuming and a bit tedious. SolidWorks to
... 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.
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