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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Safety Glasses Tutorial
Safety Glasses: These safety goggles use surface modeling to generate their swoopy shape. Sweeps, lofts and trims create the initial surfaces that are then Thickened to form the glasses. The rarely used Mid-Surface feature is used to easily define a complicated
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Pastry Blender Tutorial
Pastry Blender: Modeled the way it is manufactured, the blades of this pastry cutter are cut in the flat pattern then folded to create the final shape. This creates smoother edges than other possible modeling methods. Sketched Bend forms all 5
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Card Box Assembly Tutorial
Card Box: This assembly has five unique components in it. There are examples of external refs and derived sketches. There are examples of several plastic fastening features including Mounting Bosses and Lip and Grooves. Download this file to learn about fastening features,
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Battery Hold Down: This assembly is used to lock an automotive battery in place. It has six unique components in it. There is one example of external references in the hold down part. The hold down bar includes a FEA static
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: 3 Leg Chair Base Tutorial
3 Leg Chair Base: This lounge chair base features advanced surfacing techniques used to model shapes that cannot be created accurately with solid features and the fillet tool. Surface features will be used to blend the foot into the leg and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Weldment Part 5 Tutorial
Complex Weldment Part 5: All weldments need a 2D or 3D sketch which “acts” like the path of sweep. The profile is selected from a list and does not need to be sketched every time. This weldment is an object made
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Complex Weldment Part 4: The first three structural members could have also been created as one group because they are disconnected but parallel to each other. This weldment is an object made up of several parts welded together. It is represented as
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Complex Weldment Part 3: The outside perimeter was created by using a rectangular profile. The “sweep profile” was partially created from two derived sketches, derived from Sketch1. This weldment is an object made up of several parts welded together. It
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Complex Weldment Part 2: A weldment is an object made up of several parts welded together. This model is represented as a multibody solid, not as an assembly. This structural member uses square tube for its “profile”. Get started now by
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Whisk: This cooking utensil is an example of multi-body part using multiple sweeps to create the wire loops. A 3D sketch is used to create the eight sweep loops in one sketch. The 3D sketch uses multiple reference Planes to make it easier to create
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