Author Archives: SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS Football Kicker’s Tee Part 1
We are deep into one of the best seasons in sports – football season! So, this month we’re bringing you a 3-part tutorial series on designing a kicker’s tee using a combination of surfacing and essential modeling features. Plus, we’ll
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: Rocket Surgery
Do you know how to utilise multiple solid bodies within a single part file? This example uses the first and second stage of a rocket to look at volume ratios between the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen and the
... ContinuedSketching in xDesign – Part 4
Defining Dimensions in xDesign As we’ve seen, one way to define the size and relationships between sketch objects is through constraints, which allows them to be adjusted in specific ways, depending on how the geometry is updated. Adding dimensions is
... Continued3D Printing a Mechanical Water Droplet
Designing and 3D printing a mechanical water droplet with the help of Solidworks Assemblies
... ContinuedSketching in xDesign – Part 3
Sketch Entity Relations in xDesign Here, we have a sketch in xDesign that doesn’t have any dimensions added. This sketch is intended to create a mount for a vertical rod, which would be revolved around the left edge to create
... ContinuedSketching in xDesign – Part 2
The four main sketch entity types used in sketches are shown on the action bar, which are lines, rectangles, arcs, and circles. We’ll go through each of these in this order.
... ContinuedSketching in xDesign – Part 1
Many features require sketches as part of the base geometry, including the most fundamental features such as an “Extrude”, a “Revolve”, a “Sweep”, or a “Loft”. This makes it extremely important to know how to use a variety of sketch commands and relate them together properly.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Wishbone
Download Wishbone: This festive model demonstrates hybrid modeling. It is modeled with mostly solid body features, with the center intersection created with a handful of surface features. The clavicle is created with a “center line” loft which acts like a loft
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