solid bodies
USA Map Puzzle: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial, I wanted to create an education wooden puzzle, so I decided to look at the United States of America. My puzzle was designed and sketched within a vector software, for complex designs like this puzzle I find
... ContinuedDolls House Furniture Part 1 – Tutorial
This is part 1 of a 2-part SOLIDWORKS tutorial for a wooden doll’s house furniture set. In part 1 of this tutorial we are going to create a dolls house furniture set for the downstairs lounge, this includes a fireplace, coffee table, sofa and plant.
... ContinuedCottage Dolls House Part 3 – Tutorial
This is Part 3 of a 3-Part SOLIDWORKS tutorial series for a Wooden Cottage Dolls House. In this final part of the Dolls House tutorial, we are exporting out the solid bodies as parts to create an assembly.
... ContinuedCottage Dolls House Part 2 – Tutorial
This is Part 2 of a 3-Part SOLIDWORKS tutorial series for a Wooden Cottage Dolls House. In Part 1 we created the main Dolls House structure as a Part file. In Part 2 we will finish with the whole Dolls House as a Part file.
... ContinuedCottage Dolls House Part 1 – Tutorial
This is Part 1 of a 3-Part SOLIDWORKS tutorial series for a Wooden Cottage Dolls House. Part 1 focuses on creating the main Dolls House structure as a Part file. The tutorial series involves creating the whole Dolls house as a part file with multiple separate parts before exporting the solid bodies as grouped or singular part files to create an assembly.
... ContinuedUse the ‘Exclude from Cut List’ Option to Manage SOLIDWORKS Modeled Welds
Author: Chris Briand, CSWE, Javelin Technologies One of the most common practices we run across while discussing weldment functionality with clients is the use of ‘Modeled Welds’ which are additional Solid Bodies that exist in the weldment file to represent the physical
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Cornucopia Tutorial
Cornucopia: This festive model is multi-body part. It has two curve driven patterns to make up most of the cornucopia’s shape. The curve driven patterns use 3D sweeps as construction geometry to control the shape of the patterns. To create the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sunscreen Lotion Bottle Tutorial
Sunscreen Lotion Bottle: Just in time for summer this sunscreen bottle goes over solid and surfaces body features to create the geometry. This model has different examples of patterns with varying geometry including variable patterns that use Pattern Tables to
... ContinuedDid Your Cut List Folder in Your Design Tree Go Missing?
Where is Your Cut List Folder? Here in tech support, we were in communication with a worried customer that thought his master weldment model (which accounted for most of his business) had become corrupted. His highly valued cut list went
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Camshaft Tutorial
Camshaft: This model introduces some of the terminology and concepts of a camshaft. Cam Lift and Cam Lobe separation are discussed and shown in this model without being overwhelming with information overload. There are multiple examples of copying and moving solid bodies
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