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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Surfboard Tutorial
Surfboard: This Shark Week featured model is a surfboard with a shark bite taken out of it. A simple Boss-Extrude is used to make the board. Cut-Extrude and Curve Driven Pattern create the shark bite into the board. A logo is
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Folding Chair – Picnic Table Tutorial
Folding Chair – Picnic Table: This is a functional design of a folding chair – picnic table to create for your front or backyard porches or patios. There are two configurations: one as a chair with a backrest and one as
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Bracelet Tutorial
Bracelet: This is the second part to the Women in Engineering feature this week. This model is a bracelet that uses Revolve-Thin to create the bangles. A letter or shape can personalize this bracelet with this tutorial using a letter C.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: 3 Leg Chair Base Tutorial
3 Leg Chair Base: This lounge chair base features advanced surfacing techniques used to model shapes that cannot be created accurately with solid features and the fillet tool. Surface features will be used to blend the foot into the leg and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Weldment Part 3 Tutorial
Complex Weldment Part 3: The outside perimeter was created by using a rectangular profile. The “sweep profile” was partially created from two derived sketches, derived from Sketch1. This weldment is an object made up of several parts welded together. It
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Whisk
Whisk: This cooking utensil is an example of multi-body part using multiple sweeps to create the wire loops. A 3D sketch is used to create the eight sweep loops in one sketch. The 3D sketch uses multiple reference Planes to make it easier to create
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Thumb Splint Tutorial
Thumb Splint: Ever break a finger? I know I have several times in my youth and I always wondered how the splints were made. Take a look at this thumb splint and see how they are created in SOLIDWORKS! A
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Moderate Machine Part 3 Tutorial
Moderate Machine Part 3: This part uses the rect layout sketch which is shared between multiple features. Download the part below to learn the techniques needed to create this part. This is part three in a six part series. Take a look
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Z-Chair Tutorial
Z-Chair Tutorial: Pay attention to detail and don’t be chair-less when you reverse engineering your work. This chair is a good part for users who are curious about how surface commands are used on non-swoopy shapes. It’s a good example
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Grill Spatula Tutorial
Grill Spatula: Because of the complex bends that are added to strengthen the sheet metal, the spatula is modeled as a surface body and then thickened. This is a multi-body part consisting of all the parts that will be assembled
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