Design
SolidWorks Part Reviewer: Electric Guitar Assembly
Electric Guitar: This assembly showcases models using several techniques for modeling complex shapes in SolidWorks. Techniques shown in the models are using the table driven pattern, Filleting tricks, and hybrid surface-solid part modeling. Download: Electric Guitar Assembly Complexity: Complex Features used: Boundary Surface,
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Imported Sheet Metal
Sheet Metal: The imported sheetmetal model was mostly valid . After using Insert>Sheet Metal>Bends, the part would *mostly* unfold if received in STEP or Parasolid. There was nothing we could do to make it, or even a section of it, unfold
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Hammer: An extrude is used instead of a revolve to form the head of the hammer as proper draft for forging can be built into the extrude sketch but not the sketch for a revolve. A cut is used to shape the
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Golf Ball: The location of the dimples on the golf ball will be based on a icosahedron: a polyhedron with 20 triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices. The insert part feature is used to bring a completed icosahedron model into
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2013 Feature, Varying Dimension Patterns: This single body part is used to show multiple examples of Varying Dimension Patterns. This new functionality is available starting in SolidWorks 2013. Vary Dimension Patterns are available for both Extruded and Revolved Boss and
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