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Drop Out Bowl Mould
This is a SOLIDWORKS Tutorial for a drop out bowl mold. The mold is designed to create a slip cast ceramic bowl. The tutorial focuses on the combine tool, and the use of undercut analysis, which evaluates the design of the bowl for possible issues for molding. It is essential to test a model in this way before molding to avoid the model getting trapped in the mold.
... ContinuedCeramic Cup Plaster Mold Tutorial
This SOLIDWORKS Tutorial for a Ceramic Cup Plaster Mold walks you through start to finish of the process of creating a model for a plaster mold and a 3 part cup mold. The tutorial focuses on copying bodies and combing them with each other to finish the tutorial with a 3 piece mold. The final ceramic cup is available to download in the description.
... ContinuedPot of Gold Money Jar Tutorial
This is a SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create a pot of gold money jar. This tutorial demonstrates a range of modelling tools, but also highlights the use of the centreline sketch tool as a guide for sketches, new planes, and axis for pattern or move features. The decals and coin part for this design are available to download in the tutorials blog description.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Region Render
Learn how to use the Region Render tool to only render sections of your Visualize Viewport.
... ContinuedWooden Burger Puzzle Blog
SOLIDWORKS tutorial to make a Wooden Burger Puzzle. You will learn how to insert DXF files, Boss Extrude, Adding Decals, creating an assembly with multiple parts, and how to create a simple exploded view animation. All the DXF and Decal files are available for download in the description.
... ContinuedAfternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy Blog Part 2
This is a two part SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create an Afternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy. In Part 2 of this tutorial you can learn how to assemble parts, and run a motion analysis to create a moving Ferris Wheel. The decals for the design are available to download in the description below. The Afternoon Tea Food Accessories are also available to download to be used in Part 2 of the tutorial.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tech Tip – Using a Transparent Background
Learn how to use a transparent background to add your renders on top of an existing image or background.
... ContinuedAfternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy Blog Part 1
This is a two part SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create an Afternoon Tea Ferris Wheel Toy. In Part 1 of this tutorial you can learn how to draw and create the parts for a moving Ferris Wheel. The decals for the design are available to download in the description below. The Afternoon Tea Food Accessories are also available to download to be used in Part 2 of the tutorial.
... ContinuedWooden Canvas Teepee Tutorial Blog
This SOLIDWORKS tutorial is for a Wooden Canvas Teepee, the tutorial focuses on the use of Circular Patterns of part bodies and the use of 3D sketch for extrusions between guide points, and profile sweeps along a path. This is a fun tutorial that if you follow, you can create you own Teepee model, and apply a range of designs to with decals. The decal swatches seen in the video are available to download in the description below.
... ContinuedMagnetic Penguin Puzzle Blog
This is a SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create a Magnetic Penguin Puzzle. This tutorial focuses on the use of the Split Tool. It also demonstrates how to export the split bodies to parts, and create a simple gravity motion analysis animation with an assembly of the finished puzzle. The decals and DXF file for the design are available to download in the description below.
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