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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Housing with Complex Filleting Tutorial
Housing with Complex Filleting: The housing is modeled in half with the intention to mirror the body to create the other half at the end. The side face is deleted as the first step in modeling the ‘swoosh’ detail in the
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Moderate Machine Part 5 Tutorial
Moderate Machine Part 5: This is a machined part that has mostly extruded features with a few revolved features and one lofted cut. Start with either a boss extrude or the revolve feature. The “Merge Results” option is turned on to
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Cover: This feature uses the lower left hand corner as a common origin with all components within the entire assembly. Alignment features are mounted. Outside edge Fillets are used as well as mounting fillets for the outside edges. The
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Armored Mask Tutorial
Armored Mask: This multi-body solid part uses solid and surfaces body features to create the geometry. This fun but challenging model has several different examples of surface features including surface boundaries, surface trim, offset surface, knit surface, filled surface, thicken and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Magazine Pocket Tutorial
Magazine Pocket: This part features the creation of a magazine pocket. The model is split into two bodies and is completed using the Fillet tool and then delete face. The shells are then combined back into a single body and are
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Machine Part 5 Tutorial
Complex Machine Part 5: This is a machined part that has extruded features, some revolved features, and some special cuts that include swept cuts and a boundary cut. The part will be cut into two pieces about this edge. Split
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Moderate Sheet Metal Part 4 Tutorial
Moderate Sheet Metal Part 4: Sheet metal features determines the thickness and bend radius.12 Gauge Steel is used for this model. This is a Sheet metal part symmetric with respect to the Right Plane (minus the Large Cutout). Sheet metal features are used so that
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Stamping Tutorial
Stamping:This part demonstrates how to take advantage of equations, the“Vary sketch” option in a linear pattern, and ”Move Face” to pattern ribs to fit a circular surface. Download: Stamping Complexity: Basic Features: Linear Pattern with “Vary sketch”, Move Face Learn
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Complex Surface Part 3: The front surface is not flat on this part. There are five degrees of draft on outside surfaces. The two edge Boundary surfaces are used to created chamfered corners around the curved edges. The thicken command
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Harp Tutorial
Harp: This multi-body part shows how to use a Layout Sketch and two Sketch Pictures to help guide and setup downstream features. This model has several different examples of patterns including sketch driven patterns. Other features in the part include
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