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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Bicycle Brake Assembly Tutorial
Bicycle Brake Assembly: This is a seven part assembly of a bicycle brake. Circular Pattern is used to make the socket set screws and Linear Pattern for the socket button head cap screw. Split Line adds new edges and faces to
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Necklace Tutorial
Necklace: This is a model of a diamond necklace. Revolve-Thin was used to create the choker-like design of the necklace. The diamond was created using an multi-directional Boss-Extrude function. Be sure to check back this weekend for the second part to this Women in
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Fish Tutorial
Fish: Create a fish model with organic surface shapes and forms. Other features in this model include a Mirror and the Knit and Thicken command. Download the part below to learn more. Download: Fish Complexity: Moderate Features: Lofted surfaces from spline curves View all the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Water Bottle Cage Tutorial
Water Bottle Cage: This Water Bottle Cage demonstrates using “Spline on Surface” to get the outline of the wireform used to hold a water bottle on a bike. It also demonstrates the setting for guiding a sweep along an adjacent
... ContinuedConfiguring SOLIDWORKS for new Templates
Once Templates have been created, SOLIDWORKS has to be set up so they work correctly. The first thing to do is choose a location where you want these to be stored. It is advisable to choose a location which all
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Weldment Part 2 Tutorial
Complex Weldment Part 2: A weldment is an object made up of several parts welded together. This model is represented as a multibody solid, not as an assembly. This structural member uses square tube for its “profile”. Get started now by
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Toolbox Assembly Tutorial
Toolbox Assembly: This assembly was created with several sheet metal components. Almost all the parts are made with sheet metal features and can be flattened out. Several different sheet metal features are used in the individual files including edge and miter flanges,
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Chisel Assembly Tutorial
Chisel Assembly: Review how the Chisel Assembly was created feature by feature with the part reviewer tool. This Assembly is comprised of two parts, the chisel and the handle. For the handle, instead of adding relations via an assembly, the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Tomato Tutorial
Tomato: However you say tomato, this is a fun part to review how it was built. This part has some surface features including Boundary Surface, Thicken and a Mutual Trim. Download the free part below to get started! Download: TOMATO Complexity: Moderate
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Grill Tongs Tutorial
Grill Tongs: The tongs use a layout sketch to control the major dimension and shape of the part. This allows the designer to easily make changes to the model without any major rebuild errors. The tongs are modeled as a multi-body part
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