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Gift Wrapped with SOLIDWORKS Visualize
It’s that time of year again and people are putting up decorations. So that means fairy lights and baubles. Baubles come in all sorts of colours and with Visualize we can explore these in depth. But not everything is a
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Wooden Ornament Tutorial
Wooden Ornament: This wooden ornament is made of multiple bodies patterned and slightly rotated to give a checkerboard appearance. A circular pattern creates the first layer or level. A linear pattern is then used to stack up the layers before they
... ContinuedTMS SOLIDWORKS Christmas Special
It’s that time of year again! Time to realize that those Christmas fairy lights which worked perfectly last year show no signs of life this year! Using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, lets investigate one scenario why this could be the case.
... 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: Holiday Ornament
Holiday Ornament: This part showcases how to create a part that parametrically updates however the text is changed. It also uses the new in SolidWorks 2013 Center of Mass feature to parametrically determine the appropriate hanging hook location when the text
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Nutcracker
Nutcracker: This nutcracker showcases multi-body modeling to create a simple assembly. Revolve and extrude features create the main shapes of the nutcracker. Positions of the handle are represented with configurations and Move Body. Split Lines are used to divide faces of
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Spiral Ornament
Spiral Ornament: This is a blow molded ornament with spiral stripes. This model shows a clever way to generate a spiral that conforms to a bulbous shape. Another interesting modeling technique is the washout of the spiral profiles at the top
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