Design
SOLIDWORKS for Makers: Design and Create a Remote Control Car Part 1
While attending 3DEXPERIENCE World in Dallas I had the pleasure of being involved with the Makers Zone within the playground. I worked with some great Makers to design a simple and easy remote control car which attendees could have a go
... ContinuedPumpkin Tealight Holder: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial Part 2
Moving onto the making side of this tutorial, I put my SOLIDWORKS mold test model to use from Part 1 of this tutorial. I will walk you through the making of the mold from start to finish, I have included a
... ContinuedPumpkin Tealight Holder: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial Part 1
For this tutorial, I wanted to use some of my ceramics knowledge to design a make a Pumpkin shaped tealight holder. To do this, I’ve split my tutorial into two parts. Part 1 will demonstrate how to design and model
... ContinuedToy Toaster Motion Study: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
To begin, I have the part assembled toaster, it is just missing the mechanism parts. You can download the files for the assembly here. When I open the initial assembly, all of the parts are fixed, apart from the toaster dial, this
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS for Makers Tutorial Part 2: How I designed and built an acrylic pressure casting vessel
Welcome to Part 2 of this design and make project. If you’ve not seen or read part 1, I suggest you start here. When we concluded Part 1, we had completed the design on our acrylic pressure pot, this section
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Drawing Tutorial: Baby Swaddle Part 2
For this SOLIDWORKS drawing tutorial, I decided to take the baby swaddle I designed in this tutorial, and show you how I would create the drawing sheet for production. I demonstrate a range of features in this tutorial, including inserting drawing views,
... ContinuedBalloon Arch: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
Yes, modeling a balloon arch in SOLIDWORKS for my son’s birthday may be a little extreme for some people, but I am a planner! and it has its uses, so let’s dive in! As a guide for my balloon arch,
... Continued3D Printed Love Keyring Set: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I designed these heartfelt themed keyrings for myself and my husband, he will keep the key and I will have the heart, I had them printed by 3D Print UK, in an SLS Nylon, the heart was dyed red and
... ContinuedBaby Sensory Animation Part 2: SOLIDWORKS and xShape Tutorial
Moving into part 2 of this tutorial, it’s time to animate the star! Before you do this, if you’re using the SOLIDWORKS Connected version, the SOLIDWORKS Visualize add-in is not available just yet, so to retain the motion study information,
... ContinuedWooden Toy Clock Motion Study Animation: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial I designed this wooden toy clock, if you want to follow along, the assembly for this tutorial is available to download here. You can watch the result of the animation from the beginning through the end of
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