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3D Sculptor xShape Piggy Bank: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial I used a variety of subdivision shapes including the quad ball, cone, cylinder and torus, or as I like to call the torus a donut. The quad ball is a nice shape to work with as its
... ContinuedLayered Ceramic Bubble Vase – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
While studying Design at the University, I really wanted to push the boundaries of ceramics, and use the technologies available to me. I was always interested in the use of plaster mold making and slip casting as a means to
... 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
... 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
... 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 Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis Tutorial – Part 3
On May 20th and 21st, 1927 Charles Lindbergh, aka “Lucky Lindy”, made history by completing the first solo, nonstop, transatlantic flight; piloting his monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. To celebrate the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Split Part Shell Tutorial
Split Part Shell: To begin, the lip is modeled first to control the outer dimensions and establish the parting line for the part. The Surface Extrude establishes the various strata in the floor of the tool pocket. Storage pockets are added
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