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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Weldment Tutorial Part 1
Complex Weldment Part 1: Since all the pieces are connected end to end they can be placed into one group, useing round tubing for the profile. All weldments need a 2D or 3D sketch which “acts” like the path of sweep. The
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Simple Sheet Metal Part 1 Tutorial
Simple Sheet Metal Part 1: This sheet metal part has a feature that determines the thickness and bend radius. A 14 Gauge Aluminum was used for this model. The Sheetmetal part is symmetric with respect to the right plane except for the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Moderate Machine Part 2 Tutorial
Moderate Machine Part 2: This is a machined part that has mostly revolved features with some extruded features and a lofted cut. During the design process you will use convert entities. It creates an “On edge” relation that will update correctly
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Antique Radio Assembly Tutorial
Antique Radio Assembly: This assembly consists of 19 components (11 unique) including the case which is a multi-body solid that consist of all the external wood pieces. The dial turns and the AM dial numbers show inside the escutcheon. There is
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Bent tubular seat frame
Bent tubular seat frame: The projected curve was created using the Sketch on Sketch option. Note: This example shows that you may not always be able to get 100% of your desired shape from a single feature. The Projected Curve needed
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Paper Airplane: Lets design a virtual paper airplane! With this part you will learn some of the basics of SOLIDWORKS and how to enhance the final look of the paper airplane to get your desired design. Download the part below to learn
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Tea Pot Assembly
Teapot Assembly: This assembly consists of eight parts. For the teapot, a surface revolve with a 2 point spline is used to form the main outer surface. Curvature display of the spline is turned on to better evaluate its shape. It
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Simple Surface Part 1
Simple Surface Part 1: This part is an example of hybrid modeling techniques where geometry is created using a combination of solid and surface body features. It starts with some solid extrusion and cuts. Then surface features are used to
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Moderate Machine Part 1: The basic shape for this part is an octagon and it was created using a polygon sketch entity with eight sides. This part has mostly extruded features with a few revolved features and one lofted cut. Also
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Wheel
Wheel: Before you start your part, be sure to determine the size and width of the wheel to be created with a base surface extrude and extract its boundaries using Composite Curves. Later you will be able to create a sketch
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