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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Cast Part Tutorial
Complex Cast: To begin, an extrude forms the main cylinder of the part. A new plane is constructed tangent to the top of the cylinder and parallel to the top plane to be used to build the hook anchor portion of
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Moderate Machine Part 4
Moderate Machine Part 4: This is a machine part that has mostly extruded features and few revolved bosses and cuts. The “Merged Results” is used to merge the bodies together into one body. A centerline is used to create diameter dimensions.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Wave Washer Tutorial
Wave Washer: To begin, the planes are created as simple offset planes. The sketches are created using a Derived Sketch that is an exact copy of the parent sketch. Curves are added using a 3D Sketch and a Spline. The profile
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sheet Metal Tetrapod Leg Tutorial
Sheet Metal Tetrapod Leg: The leg is revolved coincident to the origin. The 3D sketch calculates the required angle to revolve the legs and calculate the intersection between the bodies. The remaining legs do not need to be patterned at the
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Complex Machine Part 4: This is a machined part that has extruded features, some revolved features, and some special cuts that include boundary and sweep cuts. This part is an example of a multibody solid. It has 14 different bodies which could
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Housing Snap Hook Tutorial
Housing Snap Hook: To begin, a Boss Extrude is used as the main body exterior shape. Fillets are used to refine the exterior shape of the model. The Insert Part feature is used to make the Power Prong. Another Boss Extrude
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Simple Machine Part 4: This part is made using extruded features with some hole wizard holes. Cutout fillets are used to add materials instead of removing the material. The Mirror tool is used to save time by creating one half of
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Nutcracker Tutorial
Nutcracker: This nutcracker showcases multi-body modeling to create a simple assembly. Revolve and extrude features create the main shapes of the nutcracker. Positions of the handle are represented with configurations and Move Body. Split Lines are used to divide faces of
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Spiral Ornament: This is a blow molded ornament with spiral stripes. This model shows a clever way to generate a spiral that conforms to a bulbous shape. Another interesting modeling technique is the washout of the spiral profiles at the top and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Plastic Sled Tutorial
Plastic Sled: This sled incorporates some flowing curves along the length of the sled that step downward to create an interesting, cascading side wall. The inside of this sled is modeled from a block and then shelled on the outside of
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