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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Candlestick Phone
Candlestick Phone: This model is a multi-body part that uses Sketch Pictures to help guide the creation of several revolved and extruded features. The techniques shown here are the same that can be used to create 3D geometry from a
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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Spring Dog
Spring Dog: New to SOLIDWORKS 2020 is a unique component that acts “flexible” in an assembly and each instance of the component can take on a different shape. Think of a flexible hose, cable, or spring that the same flexible
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This is a wooden beer keg complete with staves, heads, hoops, bung holes and a spigot. The Intersect command is used to help create the barrel shaped using surfaces as the cutting tool. This part implements the use of shared sketches
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Variable Pattern Rocky Lighthouse: This model is intended to demonstrate the power of the Variable Pattern feature. A rocky landscape is created by patterning a Rock feature. By utilizing Variable Pattern, the dimensions within the Rock sketch are driven by
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Wooden Truck: This is a simple wooden toy truck utilizing lots of shared contour sketches with extrudes and revolves. “Offset” from Sketch Plane and the “Vertex” offset are used to create multiple pieces by reusing multi-contour sketches. Shared sketches for
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Mannequin: This model is intended to highlight the power of Instant 3D in a part. Enable Instant 3D, highlight the sketch named ‘Skeleton’ and drag the blue handles to articulate the Mannequin. As the body parts move, the graphics update
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Sheet Metal: This part covers all the new features and most of the enhancements to SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal parts from SOLIDWORKS 2017 thru 2019. One other newer option from SOLIDWORKS 2016 is also included where the edge flange can extend past
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Equation Driven Nixie Tube Clock: This model is intended to demonstrate the power of equations and their ability to suppress and unsuppress features based on input from Custom Properties. Simply type in a time, and the clock will respond by
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Variable Pattern Tiki: This model is intended to demonstrate the power of the Variable Pattern feature. The bottom head contains the original Mouth, Teeth, Nose and Eyes features. The other three heads are patterned using Variable Pattern. Each instance
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