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SolidWorks Part Reviewer: Moderate Sheetmetal Part 2
Moderate Sheetmetal Part 2: Sheetmetal features determine the thickness and bend radius. For this part, we are usinging 10 Gauge Aluminum. We started this sheetmetal part with mid plane extrusion to center about the Front Plane. The sheetmetal features are used
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Figure Skate Assembly
Figure Skate Assembly: A shoe model is created for visual reference. It uses a variety of hybrid surface/solid modeling techniques to rough in a representation of an actual shoe. The Figuring Skating Blade uses multi-bodies to represent the assembly in a
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Saw
Coping Saw: This multi-body solid parts consist of mainly extrudes and revolved features and has one swept cut to create the threads.This is the main geometry for the two blade holder bodies. Note that they are revolved actually above the center-to-center
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Halloween Skull Assembly
Halloween Skull Assembly: This assembly consists of four parts. Three of the four parts are multi-body solids. There are two configurations, one with the tongue and one without. The jaw and tongue do pivot. Skull- The skull is the most complicated, detailed
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Forged Hook Assembly
Forged Hook Assembly: A surface loft forms the main surface of the hook. A loft is used instead of a sweep so that the dimensions from the 4 intermediate sections can be inserted into the drawing. A sweep would not have
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Cartoon Dog Head Tutorial
Cartoon Dog Head: This Part is a multi-body solid which was created using mostly surface bodies with a few solid features added toward the end of the modeling process. There is a two section loft that uses a technique where a
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