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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Toolbox Assembly Tutorial
Toolbox Assembly: This assembly was created with several sheet metal components. Almost all the parts are made with sheet metal features and can be flattened out. Several different sheet metal features are used in the individual files including edge and miter flanges,
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Chisel Assembly: Review how the Chisel Assembly was created feature by feature with the part reviewer tool. This Assembly is comprised of two parts, the chisel and the handle. For the handle, instead of adding relations via an assembly, the
... 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: Compost Bin Tutorial
Compost Bin Assembly: This two-bay compost bin shows how to create a library of custom weldment profiles so the SOLIDWORKS weldment environment can be used to quickly design a wood structure. Download the assembly below to get started! Download: Compost Bin Complexity:
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Chip Clip Assembly Tutorial
Chip Clip: This deceptively simple looking chip clip makes use of several features used in innovative ways to quickly create the part’s geometry. A setback fillet easily creates the rounded front corner of the clip; body split is used to create
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Antique Radio Assembly: This assembly consists of 19 components (11 unique) including the case which is a multi-body solid that consist of all the external wood pieces. The dial turns and the AM dial numbers show inside the escutcheon. There is
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Tea Pot Assembly
Teapot Assembly: This assembly consists of eight parts. For the teapot, a surface revolve with a 2 point spline is used to form the main outer surface. Curvature display of the spline is turned on to better evaluate its shape. It
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Bulldozer Assembly
Bulldozer Assembly: This assembly contains 17 unique parts with 34 components total. There are four top level configurations. The Free Range configuration uses a limit mate to correctly restrict the blade’s movement. The other three configurations show lowered, middle and raised
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Scissor Assembly
Scissor Assembly: The scissor blade model is added to the handle model to represent the overmolding process.This inserted part will be used later to correctly remove material from the plastic handle. The parting line of this part is complex, and
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Army Knife Assembly
Army Knife Assembly: This assembly might bring back some good memories of simpler times. This assembly has 10 unique parts(13 total) in this utility knife assembly. The knife has seven different tools and includes a key ring. There are three different
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