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Creating a Custom Tool within SOLIDWORKS CAM
Learn how to create a custom tool within either SOLIDWORKS CAM or CAMWORKS. You’ll start with a SOLIDWORKS part with a single revolve feature. Some notes about the sketch used to create this feature: The sketch must be on the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Chandelier
Chandelier: If you like bling and contemporary decorating you will enjoy this pendent. In this part, modeled in SOLIDWORKS 2020, a helical wrapped oval shape is created by hot dog shaped links. The external shape is created using an oval and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Candlestick Phone
Candlestick Phone: This model is a multi-body part that uses Sketch Pictures to help guide the creation of several revolved and extruded features. The techniques shown here are the same that can be used to create 3D geometry from a
... ContinuedBack to the Future with SOLIDWORKS Electrical Snapshots
The 80’s blockbuster Back to the Future has stood the test of time (pun intended). And as the years have passed, it has also had some uncanny predictions, including the Cubs World Series (Why couldn’t Spielberg have predicted MY favorite
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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Spring Dog
Spring Dog: New to SOLIDWORKS 2020 is a unique component that acts “flexible” in an assembly and each instance of the component can take on a different shape. Think of a flexible hose, cable, or spring that the same flexible
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Keg
This is a wooden beer keg complete with staves, heads, hoops, bung holes and a spigot. The Intersect command is used to help create the barrel shaped using surfaces as the cutting tool. This part implements the use of shared sketches
... ContinuedToy Diner Kitchen – Part 1 – Tutorial
Learn how to create a Wooden Toy Diner Kitchen in this two-part SOLIDWORKS Tutorial. Part 1 of this tutorial utilizes a DXF file of the kitchen design, and simple modeling features to create the kitchen structure. The DXF files needed for this tutorial are available in the blog below.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Variable Pattern Rocky Lighthouse
Variable Pattern Rocky Lighthouse: This model is intended to demonstrate the power of the Variable Pattern feature. A rocky landscape is created by patterning a Rock feature. By utilizing Variable Pattern, the dimensions within the Rock sketch are driven by
... ContinuedBeehive Coasters Set
This SOLIDWORKS tutorial to create a Beehive inspired coasters set utilises the fill pattern to create a honeycomb extrude cut design. The tutorial demonstrates a wide range of modelling features to produce a coaster part and a coasters lid with a bee topper handle. The decals for the model are available to download in the description below.
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