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Milk for Santa: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
To get myself into the festive mood, I decided to model some treats for Santa, and in the process, demonstrate some uses for the thread, intersect and sweep features. The decal used on the milk bottle is available to download
... ContinuedWooden Toy Tea Set: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial I have designed a wooden toy tea set. In the tutorial I demonstrate how to create the teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and tea cup parts. The saucer and spoon parts can be downloaded here. I also
... ContinuedZombie Bat- SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
Welcome to this SOLIDWORKS tutorial for a zombie bat, to begin this assembly, I start by creating a baseball bats profile for revolving. One tip for this part, I advise adding any fillets after you have revolved the part, this makes
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Record Player Tutorial
Record Player: The first record players are over 140 years old and are still unbelievably in use, in one form or another, today. This model is a little flashback of some old school music history. This is a multi-body solid created
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Martini Glass Tutorial
Martini Glass: This festive multi-body part shows a few alternate methods for creating geometry. A spiral is projected onto the glass using a split line curve to create the etching. There is a cool example of the indent command removing material,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Bowling Pin Tutorial
Bowling Pin: This model shows how to use split line curves. It also has newer SOLIDWORKS functionality using circular profile sweeps. The circular profile sweep eliminates the need for an additional sketch with a circle on it to create the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Chariot Tutorial
Chariot: This small but feature packed assembly consists of a few multi-body parts. The wheel and wheel boss are multi-body parts and have several examples of circular patterns. The chariot part is another multibody part made of extrusions and revolves features and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Nail Clippers Tutorial
Nail Clippers: This assembly has two parts. One part is used to help create an animation. The nail clippers model is a multi-body part with a very unique combination of sheet metal features with some basic surfacing features sprinkled in. There
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Road Bike Wheel Tutorial
Road Bike Wheel: This multi-body part models a road bike wheel. The wheel does includes the inner tube and the tire. The spokes and adjustment nipples are created as separate bodies and then patterned to complete the wheel. Techniques to move and
... ContinuedCreating a Custom Engagement Ring- Part 1
Though rings are often associated with marriage, this isn’t always the case. Rings are versatile in meaning, and have held symbolic value in humanity for centuries. From personal expression to granting invisibility to physical declarations of love, rings really have
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