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SOLIDWORKS Juice Dispenser Tutorial – Part 3
It’s that time of year, the kids have just head back to school and they are growing like weeds! In an effort to teach the kids a bit more independence, we are designing and 3D printing a custom juice dispenser
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Packing Tape Dispenser Tutorial
Packing Tape Dispenser: This familiar tool in your office has been created as a single part to showcase a wide variety of SOLIDWORKS features. We combine sheet metal, plastic and a few surface features to give you several unique examples
... Continued3D Hubs 3D Printing Contest: SOLIDWORKS in Practice
3D Hubs, the world’s largest network of local 3D printing services in partnership with Instructables, is launching the 2016 3D printing contest to find the best 3D printing projects out there. Running until June 27th, contestants get the chance to
... ContinuedNominal Wall Thickness Inside Plastics Simulation
Wall Thickness Wall thickness is a major concern when designing a plastic part. During the injection of the mold the melted plastic flow front will always move in the direction of least resistance. You can think of this similar to
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Toothbrush Tutorial
Toothbrush: This multi-body part shows how to use a Layout Sketch and two Sketch Pictures to help guide and setup downstream features. This part has several patterns including multiple fill patterns used to create the bristles. There are examples of the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Housing Snap Hook Tutorial
Housing Snap Hook: To begin, a Boss Extrude is used as the main body exterior shape. Fillets are used to refine the exterior shape of the model. The Insert Part feature is used to make the Power Prong. Another Boss Extrude
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Plastic Sled Tutorial
Plastic Sled: This sled incorporates some flowing curves along the length of the sled that step downward to create an interesting, cascading side wall. The inside of this sled is modeled from a block and then shelled on the outside of
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Bleach Bottle: In this model, boundary surfaces are between 3 profiles and 2 guide curves. One of the guide curves is the edge of the Helper surface extrude. This insures correct draft angle throughout the surface. A boundary surface builds the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Surface Part 1 Tutorial
Complex Surface Part 1: This part only has one flat face where the LCD screen is located; it is created using only surface body features. The ruled surface acts like a sweep in the case, but you don’t have to sketch
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Surface Part 5 Tutorial
Complex Surface Part 5: This extrusion represents the outside profile of this shelled out part. This model demonstrates Hybrid Modeling (use of both Solid and Surface Bodies to create geometry). When the Trim command knits the surfaces together as part of
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