SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Tomato Tutorial
Tomato: However you say tomato, this is a fun part to review how it was built. This part has some surface features including Boundary Surface, Thicken and a Mutual Trim. Download the free part below to get started! Download: TOMATO Complexity: Moderate
... ContinuedBenefits of using Derived Configurations in SOLIDWORKS
Configurations allow you to create multiple variations of a part/assembly model within a single file. They provide a convenient way to develop and manage families of models with different dimensions, components, or other parameters. Another underused area of configurations is derived configurations. The
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Grill Spatula Tutorial
Grill Spatula: Because of the complex bends that are added to strengthen the sheet metal, the spatula is modeled as a surface body and then thickened. This is a multi-body part consisting of all the parts that will be assembled
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Grill Tongs Tutorial
Grill Tongs: The tongs use a layout sketch to control the major dimension and shape of the part. This allows the designer to easily make changes to the model without any major rebuild errors. The tongs are modeled as a multi-body part
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Machine Part 2 Tutorial
Machine Part 2: This machined part was created by using mostly extruded features, with a few revolved features, three swept cuts, and a boundary cut. Learn the process of creating this machine part by downloading the part below and reviewing with the Part
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Shower Caddy Tutorial
Shower Caddy: To simplify references, all of the individual wires that compose the weldment are created within the same part but their bodies are not merged. Projected Curves are used to construct some of the 3D paths for the swept
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sand Cast Bottle Opener Tutorial
Sand Cast Bottle Opener: This sand cast aluminum bottle opener shows techniques to create surface features that maintain correct draft at the parting line. It also discusses how to add text with draft on non-planar surfaces. Download the free part below
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sand Castle Bucket Part 2 Tutorial
Sand Castle Bucket Part 2: In continuation of our first summer post last Saturday, here is the second Sand castle Bucket in the 2-part series. The sand castle bucket demonstrates the usefulness of a layout sketch to control features. Since the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sand Castle Bucket Part 1 Tutorial
Sand Castle Bucket Part 1: Since today is the first official day of summer, I am celebrating by posting a 2-part sand castle bucket set this week. The sand castle bucket demonstrates the usefulness of a layout sketch to control features.
... ContinuedSearch Path Order for Opening Files in SOLIDWORKS
If you’ve used SOLIDWORKS for more than a week, you’ve most likely come across this message at least once… Chances are you’re seeing this message because you’ve either moved, renamed or even deleted a particular part file and you are trying to
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