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3D Printed Autumn Rolling Pin: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I’m always looking at fun ways of using SOLIDWORKS, 3D printing and baking, plus autumn is one of my favorite seasons, so I decided to design an autumnal themed rolling pin. The rolling pin can be used for rolling out
... ContinuedS’mores Toy Tips & Tricks: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial, I designed a s’mores themed wooden toy. In this tutorial I will feature some of the tools I used to create the 3 parts of the s’more; the cracker, chocolate bar and marshmallow. At the end of
... ContinuedWooden Toy Vehicles: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial, see how I design a wooden toy vehicle in SOLIDWORKS, and export faces as DXF files to create my custom decals to fit my part. You will also see how I add wheels to the vehicle within an assembly using width mates, and I give a basic overview of how I may animate my vehicles in a motion study. To follow this tutorial, you can download the parts and decals file from the blog below.
... ContinuedBubbles Animation: SOLIDWORKS VISUALIZE Tutorial
My son has now discovered the beauty of bubbles, and he also likes to watch my mini Visualize animations. So, I wanted to create something fun for him to watch. To follow this tutorial, you will need to download the SOLIDWORKS
... ContinuedUSA 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
... ContinuedWooden Biscuit Cogs Toy – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tasty biscuit themed tutorial, I wanted to play around with modeling custom cogs for a wooden toy design. If you are following this tutorial, you will need to download the files here There are two different sized cogs
... ContinuedRendering a Toy – SOLIDWORKS Visualize Tutorial
In this tutorial I take you through the steps I take within SOLIDWORKS Visualize to create more professional renderings. This includes editing backgrounds, appearances and decals, camera settings and model placement. You can see below a side-by-side rendering of my wooden toy
... ContinuedAssemble a Toy Donut Shop – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial, I wanted to take you through the assembly of a toy I designed in SOLIDWORKS, this includes mating fixed and moving parts and applying smart fasteners to hole wizard features. If you would like to play
... Continued3D Mother’s Day Card : SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
I have designed many cards in SOLIDWORKS before, creating a 3D image to render and print flat onto a card, for this Mother’s Day card, I wanted to try something a little different and create the finished card in SOLIDWORKS.
... Continued3D Sculptor xShape Chess Set – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
In this 3D Experience, xShape tutorial for a chess set, I’ll show you how I modeled the pawn, rook, and knight chess pieces from my set. I’ll be focusing on the use of the crease tool, subdivision extrude and inserting loops.
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