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Assemble a Toy Donut Shop – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial, I wanted to take you through the assembly of a toy I designed in SOLIDWORKS, this includes mating fixed and moving parts and applying smart fasteners to hole wizard features. If you would like to play
... Continued3D Mother’s Day Card : SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I have designed many cards in SOLIDWORKS before, creating a 3D image to render and print flat onto a card, for this Mother’s Day card, I wanted to try something a little different and create the finished card in SOLIDWORKS.
... ContinuedHow to Open (Large) Assemblies Even Faster
Most engineers have to deal with it: opening, editing and saving assemblies in SOLIDWORKS. The process of opening an assembly can easily take minutes. Frustrating when it comes to a small change or when you only need to check something
... ContinuedPerpetual Flip Calendar: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
To celebrate the New Year I wanted to create a 3d perpetual calendar to make a countdown animation. Before starting this tutorial, download the parts here. The calendar is made up of a case that hold the two induvial day dials, the months
... ContinuedSliding Board Book: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I created this tutorial after reading countless sliding nursery rhyme books for my 10-month-old, I can’t help wondering how would I model this in SOLIDWORKS whenever I play with something that has moving parts. So, for this tutorial I did
... ContinuedCreate a Cactus: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial you will need to download the cactus pot and cactus spike parts from the SOLIDWORKS blog below. In this tutorial I am going to demonstrate the use of loft using normal to profile constraints. I will also show you how to use component patterns within an assembly to add the spike onto the cactus.
... ContinuedToy Ironing Board Animation- SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I have designed ironing boards in the past as a toy designer, and something I would have to test for is how the toy would open/close, and at what height it would be for a child to play with the
... ContinuedLayered Ceramic Bubble Vase – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
While studying Design at the University, I really wanted to push the boundaries of ceramics, and use the technologies available to me. I was always interested in the use of plaster mold making and slip casting as a means to
... ContinuedWooden Toy Tea Set: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial I have designed a wooden toy tea set. In the tutorial I demonstrate how to create the teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and tea cup parts. The saucer and spoon parts can be downloaded here. I also
... ContinuedZombie Bat- SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
Welcome to this SOLIDWORKS tutorial for a zombie bat, to begin this assembly, I start by creating a baseball bats profile for revolving. One tip for this part, I advise adding any fillets after you have revolved the part, this makes
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