Sandcastle Tutorial

Sandcastle Tutorial

This is a SOLIDWORKS Tutorial on how to design and model a Sandcastle. The bucket mold for a sandcastle must be drafted so that there are no undercuts. Undercut analysis is demonstrated in this tutorial to create the perfect castle. The Spade and Bucket Handle seen in this tutorial are available to download from the blog description.

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Intelligent Communication

Intelligent Communication

Communicating design information is a key part of any workflow, and the SOLIDWORKS suite of products has three specialized tools to enable Intelligent Communication: SOLIDWORKS Composer for technical illustrations. SOLIDWORKS MBD for product manufacturing information, and SOLIDWORKS Visualize for photo

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Drop Out Bowl Mould

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.

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Pot of Gold Money Jar Tutorial

Pot 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.

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