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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: CNC Wooden Dinosaur Puzzle Tutorial
CNC Wooden Dinosaur Puzzle: This fun multi-body part shows some basic but powerful and efficient surfacing techniques. This part was designed for use in a CNC Cutter (e.g. Laser Cutter) using a material such as Wood, Plastic, Cardboard, etc. The main
... ContinuedWeld Stress in SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Written by: Shaun Bentley, Application Engineer, DASI Solutions How do you simulate welds in SOLIDWORKS Simulation? Many times when people ask this, they want to try to determine stresses. This is a complicated subject since there are a many approaches,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Pillow Shape Tutorial
Pillow Shape: A curvature continuous fillet is based on a spline, not an arc, which results in a more cosmetic pleasing round that better reflects light. A revolved surface is created to act as the very top of the pillow
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Simple Surface Part 5 Tutorial
Simple Surface Part Five: This door handle is an example of a part created without using any solid body features.A few of the initial features could have been created using standard solid features such as an Extruded or Revolved Boss/Bases.The Boundary
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Sheet Metal Part 4 Tutorial
Complex Sheet Metal Part 4: This feature distinguishes that this is sheet metal part. It specifies the bend radius, wall thickness and K factor. Sheet metal features are used so that the part can be flattened out to create a flat
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Seymour Tutorial
Seymour: The body was created by sketching a circle and using the Extrude command along with a draft. A logo was attached to the front of the body with the decal appearance tool. A plane was created to use to sketch
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Stand Tutorial
Stand: This Split Line uses overlapping contours within the sketch to create two faces which will be used as profiles in the ‘Pod’ Loft. When unsuppressed, this Shell demonstrates a serious Shell error. If Verification on Rebuild is active, the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Machine Part 6 Tutorial
Complex Machine Part 6: This is a machined part that has extruded features, some revolved features, and some special cuts that include swept cuts and a boundary cut. Offset entities are used which allows for the cut wall geometry to
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Gasket Tutorial
Gasket: Note the use of relations within the sketch. It’s fully defined and with limited dimensions.Also, all model dimensions, notes, and reference dimensions were added into the part for use with the drawings. Spending some more time on the model dimensions
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Surface Part 4 Tutorial
Complex Surface Part 4: This model was created using only surface body features and then is turned into a solid body using a thicken command. The first feature is a revolved surface with an open sketch using an arc. This
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