Author Archives: Jade Wilson
Pot of Gold Money Jar Tutorial
This is a SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create a pot of gold money jar. This tutorial demonstrates a range of modelling tools, but also highlights the use of the centreline sketch tool as a guide for sketches, new planes, and axis for pattern or move features. The decals and coin part for this design are available to download in the tutorials blog description.
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This SOLIDWORKS Tutorial for a Insulated ceramic coffee cup focuses on the combine tool, and uses an assembly to create the layout of the final design before saving back into a part, and turned in to a functional coffee cup. Decals for the tutorial are available to download in the description.
... ContinuedWooden Burger Puzzle Blog
SOLIDWORKS tutorial to make a Wooden Burger Puzzle. You will learn how to insert DXF files, Boss Extrude, Adding Decals, creating an assembly with multiple parts, and how to create a simple exploded view animation. All the DXF and Decal files are available for download in the description.
... ContinuedAfternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy Blog Part 2
This is a two part SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create an Afternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy. In Part 2 of this tutorial you can learn how to assemble parts, and run a motion analysis to create a moving Ferris Wheel. The decals for the design are available to download in the description below. The Afternoon Tea Food Accessories are also available to download to be used in Part 2 of the tutorial.
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This is a two part SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create an Afternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy. In Part 1 of this tutorial you can learn how to draw and create the parts for a moving Ferris Wheel. The decals for the design are available to download in the description below. The Afternoon Tea Food Accessories are also available to download to be used in Part 2 of the tutorial.
... ContinuedWooden Canvas Teepee Tutorial Blog
This SOLIDWORKS tutorial is for a Wooden Canvas Teepee, the tutorial focuses on the use of Circular Patterns of part bodies and the use of 3D sketch for extrusions between guide points, and profile sweeps along a path. This is a fun tutorial that if you follow, you can create you own Teepee model, and apply a range of designs to with decals. The decal swatches seen in the video are available to download in the description below.
... ContinuedMagnetic Penguin Puzzle Blog
This is a SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create a Magnetic Penguin Puzzle. This tutorial focuses on the use of the Split Tool. It also demonstrates how to export the split bodies to parts, and create a simple gravity motion analysis animation with an assembly of the finished puzzle. The decals and DXF file for the design are available to download in the description below.
... ContinuedGingerbread Train Set Tutorial – Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part SOLIDWORKS tutorial for a Gingerbread Train Set. This tutorial demonstrates the use of path mates, to create a motion analysis of a train set that moves through the application of path motors to create a simulation of a toy train set. You will need to have watched part 1 of this tutorial if you want to see how to add reference points to parts ready for a motion analysis.
The accessories, tracks and carriages for this tutorial are available available to download from the description.
Gingerbread Train Set Tutorial – Part 1
This is a two part SOLIDWORKS tutorial for a Gingerbread Train Set. Part 1 of this tutorial will demonstrate how to create a simple wooden train model in preparation for a motion analysis which is used to create an animation. In Part 1 you will create two parts, a Train and a set of wheels. The tutorial focuses on basic modelling features, but also shows you how to export decals ready to bring in to SOLIDWORKS and how to apply them to the train. The decals for this tutorial are available to download from the description.
... ContinuedWooden Toy Pram Blog – Part 2
2 part tutorial to make a Wooden Toy Pram. In part 2 appearances and decals will be applied to the pram model. All the DXF, Decal and Part files are available for download in the description.
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