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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Weldment Tutorial Part 1
Complex Weldment Part 1: Since all the pieces are connected end to end they can be placed into one group, useing round tubing for the profile. All weldments need a 2D or 3D sketch which “acts” like the path of sweep. The
... 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: Curling Stone
Curling Stone: Here is another Winter Olympics part! This covers some advanced surface blends and good surface modeling. A curling stone is made from an injection molded handle mounted to a solid granite stone that has been carefully machined to a precise
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Toy Boat Tutorial
Toy Boat: This toy boat is approximately 1/8 scale. It is a multi-body part that has some surface features used along with solid features to create some of the geometry.There are three decals used for the two flags and for instrument panel. All the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Football Helmet
Football Helmet: While it would be easier to to use the side profile and bottom profile as direction 1 curves, and the middle profile for direction 2, the result would be a 3-sided surface with bad flow of the UV curves (all
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Reverse Engineered Propeller
Reverse Engineered Propeller: This part is modeling differently from most SolidWorks parts. Because the model is a reverse engineer of an existing part using 3D scan data, design intent will not be built into the part. Many sketches will not be
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