surfacing
Taking to the Woods with a SOLIDWORKS-Designed Ultralight Tent
Warning: DO NOT TAKE UNTESTED GEAR INTO THE WOODS. Especially if said gear would be essential to survival in a worst-case scenario. With that preface, here we go… Living in Greenville, SC, Pisgah National Forest is an outdoors enthusiast’s playground
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Flash Mask Tutorial – Part 3
Hey there SOLIDWORKS Community! We’re excited to bring you this 3-part series where we are honoring one of the founding members of the Justice League of America, The Flash, by modeling his iconic mask in SOLIDWORKS. The Flash mask has
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Flash Mask Tutorial – Part 2
Hey there SOLIDWORKS Community! We’re excited to bring you this 3-part series where we are honoring one of the founding members of the Justice League of America, The Flash, by modeling his iconic mask in SOLIDWORKS. The Flash mask has
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Flash Mask Tutorial – Part 1
Hey there SOLIDWORKS Community! We’re excited to bring you this 3-part series where we are honoring one of the founding members of the Justice League of America, The Flash, by modeling his iconic mask in SOLIDWORKS. The Flash mask has
... ContinuedPower Surfacing for Automotive Applications
Let’s face it – we all wanted to be car designers from our earliest days, many of us have drawn all manners of cars and imagined all sorts of fantastical vehicles – mainly ugly ones in my case! Designing car bodies
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tech Tip: Surfacing Techniques Made Easy
Many high quality designs are created using Surfacing commands in SOLIDWORKS. These commands can seem daunting to use if you’re not too experienced, however many of them are a lot simpler than you may think! For example, many thin-walled bodies
... ContinuedModelling a Paddle in SOLIDWORKS – Surface Modelling
In this second half of the journey to creating a SUP paddle, Stuart looks at reference geometry and surface modelling to create the paddle & seals. Using surfacing tools and some useful hints and tips you can create complex geometry quickly and
... ContinuedThe Flexible Spring Animation
“That looks ok, but can we see the spring compress?” It is the dreaded question that so many SOLIDWORKS animation users find themselves on the receiving end of. Creating in-context geometry modifications is not always the easiest task in an
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Coffee Pod Holder Tutorial
Coffee Pod Holder: This assembly has just four unique parts but it does provide a practical example of a chain component pattern. This chain component pattern functionality was introduced in SOLIDWORKS last year. There are few surface features used to create
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Coreless Motor Tutorial
Coreless Motor: This multi-body part shows the inner workings of a coreless DC motor. Most of the geometry is made with extrudes and revolves but there are some examples of sweeps and one loft. There are two examples of the new
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