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3D Sculptor xShape Chess Set – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
In this 3D Experience, xShape tutorial for a chess set, I’ll show you how I modeled the pawn, rook, and knight chess pieces from my set. I’ll be focusing on the use of the crease tool, subdivision extrude and inserting loops.
... Continued3D Sculptor xShape Piggy Bank: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial I used a variety of subdivision shapes including the quad ball, cone, cylinder and torus, or as I like to call the torus a donut. The quad ball is a nice shape to work with as its
... ContinuedFestive Lights Animation: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I wanted to design a festive tutorial for a light themed animation. To follow this tutorial, you will need to download the lights model and VISUALIZE files here. So, taking a string of lights I designed roughly in SOLIDWORKS I
... ContinuedGingerbread House Cookie Cutter: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this festive SOLIDWORKS tutorial see how easy it is to create a Gingerbread House cookie cutter for 3D printing. To follow you will need to download the house DXF file from the SOLIDWORKS blog below, I have also provided my original gingerbread house model for download if you would like this as a starting point to design your own.
... 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
... ContinuedApplying Custom Decals to Toy Grocery Set: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
In this tutorial I wanted to demonstrate how I take my custom designed decals and apply them to parts using 3 mapping options; Label, Projection and Cylindrical. I decided to create a simple wooden toy grocery set to apply the
... ContinuedBook Storage Options using Configurations: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
When I’m designing for a client, I am usually given a brief to work towards, from the brief I like to create varied options within the brief guidelines to give the client choices, The choices can involve subtle changes within
... 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
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