Author Archives: SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Chandelier
Chandelier: If you like bling and contemporary decorating you will enjoy this pendent. In this part, modeled in SOLIDWORKS 2020, a helical wrapped oval shape is created by hot dog shaped links. The external shape is created using an oval and
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Candlestick Phone: This model is a multi-body part that uses Sketch Pictures to help guide the creation of several revolved and extruded features. The techniques shown here are the same that can be used to create 3D geometry from a
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SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Using a 360 Camera to Create Custom HDRs
Learn how to use a 360 camera to create custom lighting environments.
... ContinuedVisualize Quick Tips – Sunlight Environments Part 2
Learn how to animate the Sunlight Environment for interesting Sun Studies of your designs.
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Spring Dog: New to SOLIDWORKS 2020 is a unique component that acts “flexible” in an assembly and each instance of the component can take on a different shape. Think of a flexible hose, cable, or spring that the same flexible
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – How a CG Artist Uses Visualize and Photoshop
Learn how a CG artist uses Visualize and Photoshop to produce marketing-ready images.
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This is a wooden beer keg complete with staves, heads, hoops, bung holes and a spigot. The Intersect command is used to help create the barrel shaped using surfaces as the cutting tool. This part implements the use of shared sketches
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Learn how to use the Formation Tool to rapidly arrange several models in a single Visualize project.
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Variable Pattern Rocky Lighthouse: This model is intended to demonstrate the power of the Variable Pattern feature. A rocky landscape is created by patterning a Rock feature. By utilizing Variable Pattern, the dimensions within the Rock sketch are driven by
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