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Power 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 Time-Lapse Tutorial: Infinity Mirror
Optical illusions are designed to trick your mind to believing something is there that isn’t really there. Believe it or not, most optical illusions are very simple to achieve. Today we will show you how to make your own simple,
... 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 Harry Potter’s Golden Snitch Tutorial – Part 2
It’s safe to say that Quidditch is Harry Potter’s favorite wizarding pastime. As Hagrid would say, a wizard’s passion for Quidditch is the equivalent to a muggle’s passion for football. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first publication
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis Tutorial – Part 4
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 Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis Tutorial – Part 1
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: Hammer
Hammer: An extrude is used instead of a revolve to form the head of the hammer as proper draft for forging can be built into the extrude sketch but not the sketch for a revolve. A cut is used to shape the
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