SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Sheet Metal Part 4 Tutorial
Complex Sheet Metal Part 4: This feature distinguishes that this is sheet metal part. It specifies the bend radius, wall thickness and K factor. Sheet metal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat
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Seymour: The body was created by sketching a circle and using the Extrude command along with a draft. A logo was attached to the front of the body with the decal appearance tool. A plane was created to use to sketch
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Stand: This Split Line uses overlapping contours within the sketch to create two faces which will be used as profiles in the ‘Pod’ Loft. When unsuppressed, this Shell demonstrates a serious Shell error. If Verification on Rebuild is active, the
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Complex Machine Part 6: This is a machined part that has extruded features, some revolved features, and some special cuts that include swept cuts and a boundary cut. Offset entities are used which allows for the cut wall geometry to
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Gasket: Note the use of relations within the sketch. It’s fully defined and with limited dimensions.Also, all model dimensions, notes, and reference dimensions were added into the part for use with the drawings. Spending some more time on the model dimensions
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Complex Surface Part 4: This model was created using only surface body features and then is turned into a solid body using a thicken command. The first feature is a revolved surface with an open sketch using an arc. This
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Moderate Machine Part 6: This is a machined part that has mostly extruded features with a few revolved features and one lofted cut. This part is symmetric mostly symmetric about the Front and Right Planes with exception of the side
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Simple Sheet Metal Part 3: The sheetmetal featue in SOLIDWORKS determines the thickness and bend radius; 12 gauge steel is used for this model. L shape sketch creates one bend in the base feature.This Sheet metal part is centered on the
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Self Centering Ring: The sketch for this shutoff cut predicts the fillets used to finish off the hole. You will need to ensure that the shutoff hole is large enough so these fillets don’t create undercuts. Download: Self Centering Ring Complexity:
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SonicWeld Housing: The real trick to the outer shape of this housing is the use of layout sketches to figure out how to bow the front but maintain the visual ‘straightness’ of the sides when viewed straight on. This requires
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