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SolidWorks Part Reviewer: Golf ball
Golf Ball: The location of the dimples on the golf ball will be based on a icosahedron: a polyhedron with 20 triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices. The insert part feature is used to bring a completed icosahedron model into
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Varying Dimension Patterns
2013 Feature, Varying Dimension Patterns: This single body part is used to show multiple examples of Varying Dimension Patterns. This new functionality is available starting in SolidWorks 2013. Vary Dimension Patterns are available for both Extruded and Revolved Boss and
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Extrude Thins
2013 Feature, Extrude Thins: This is an example of a “Y” intersection Thin Feature with an arc on the outside. Y and T type intersections were not allowed to be extruded as Thin features before SolidWorks 2013. Highlight the “Selected
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Intersect Slice
2013 Feature, Intersect Slice: This new SolidWorks 2013 “Intersect” Command can cut a Solid Body into several different pieces using Planes to cut the bodies similar to the “Split” Command. Unlike the “Split” Command, “Intersect” can also leave adjacent bodies separated(unmerged)
... ContinuedSolidWorks Part Reviewer: Intersect Reverse
2013 Feature, Intersect Reverse: The “Intersect” Command was introduced in SolidWorks 2013 and has the ability to reverse engineer a model from cavity and core mold tooling. Two Imported Solid Bodies are used to show the new “Intersect” command functionality. This
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