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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Armored Mask Tutorial
Armored Mask: This multi-body solid part uses solid and surfaces body features to create the geometry. This fun but challenging model has several different examples of surface features including surface boundaries, surface trim, offset surface, knit surface, filled surface, thicken and
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Complex Machine Part 5: This is a machined part that has extruded features, some revolved features, and some special cuts that include swept cuts and a boundary cut. The part will be cut into two pieces about this edge. Split
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Complex Surface Part 3: The front surface is not flat on this part. There are five degrees of draft on outside surfaces. The two edge Boundary surfaces are used to created chamfered corners around the curved edges. The thicken command
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Complex Surface Part 2: This part uses almost all surface body features. Almost all surfaces are curved surfaces even the front surface is not flat. The only flat surfaces are the side profiles and inside slider opening. Side trims are
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Complex C2 Scoop: The surface is created with two sketches in direction 1, and one sketch in direction 2. The sketches in direction 1 are pierced to the sketch on the right plane that becomes direction 2. The outside sketch
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Complex Sheet Metal Part 2: This sheet metal part is symmetric vertically with respect to the right plane. The sheet metal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat pattern. The base flange/tab feature
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Complex Cast: To begin, an extrude forms the main cylinder of the part. A new plane is constructed tangent to the top of the cylinder and parallel to the top plane to be used to build the hook anchor portion of
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Complex Machine Part 4: This is a machined part that has extruded features, some revolved features, and some special cuts that include boundary and sweep cuts. This part is an example of a multibody solid. It has 14 different bodies which could
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Hood Bird Ornament: This 50’s style hood ornament is a challenging part that has only a handful of flat surfaces.It was constructed mostly using surface features. There are only four extruded bosses in the entire part and three of those are
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Complex Drafted Ribs: The base block is created from a Boss Extrude. The side walls are drafted and the corners are rounded. The walls are shelled and the surface is cut in half to be mirrored. The split line divides the
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