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SOLIDWORKS for Makers Tutorial: Designing and making custom cookie cutters
Halloween is upon us and with my young nephews staying for the weekend I’m looking for any way possible to stop them from wrecking my house. To do so I decided it might be time for us have a dig
... ContinuedIntroduction to Composites
A composite material is a mixture of two or more materials. This is usually a stiff unidirectional fiber combined with a softer matrix element. The goal of such a mixture gets more desirable overall properties that each individual material could
... ContinuedCreating Variable Pattern
Patterning a feature/body is a common practice of designing, to duplicate the geometry without actually creating it from scratch. Many designs rely on pattern feature to create multiple instances of the geometry with same or varying dimensions. Variable pattern is
... ContinuedWinter Challenge: Create a Snowflake Using all of the SOLIDWORKS Patterns!
There’s no better way to end 2017 than with a SOLIDWORKS challenge! I’ve tasked myself to design a snowflake using all of the feature patterns available in SOLIDWORKS. Do you think I can do it? The patterns I will
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Vintage Microphone Tutorial
Vintage Microphone: We are “on the air” with SOLIDWORKS! This multi-body part goes over different pattern and mirroring techniques. It does include a few advanced features including sweeps and a loft. There is an example of a spring created from helix
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Simulation Step-Up Series: Introduction to Nonlinear Analysis
Welcome back to the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Step-Up series! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be discussing all things SOLIDWORKS Simulation. Today, the North America SOLIDWORKS Simulation experts will introduce us to nonlinear analysis. First, we will briefly discuss the differences between linear and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Candy Castle Assembly Tutorial
Candy Castle Assembly: This festive assembly has easy to understand component patterning and mirroring. It has examples of linear, circular and curve-driven patterns. One part has a fill pattern. Assembly level cuts using “Feature Scope” are used to control which components are cut. Part
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