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SOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Moderate Machine Part 3 Tutorial
Moderate Machine Part 3: This part uses the rect layout sketch which is shared between multiple features. Download the part below to learn the techniques needed to create this part. This is part three in a six part series. Take a look
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Light Bulb Tutorial
Light Bulb: This model has some unique features in it to create the bulb geometry. There are two sweep features that include a swept cut to create the lower threads. There is an example of composite curve to create a complex sweep path using easy
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Z-Chair Tutorial
Z-Chair Tutorial: Pay attention to detail and don’t be chair-less when you reverse engineering your work. This chair is a good part for users who are curious about how surface commands are used on non-swoopy shapes. It’s a good example
... 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 Spatula Tutorial
Grill Spatula: Because of the complex bends that are added to strengthen the sheet metal, the spatula is modeled as a surface body and then thickened. This is a multi-body part consisting of all the parts that will be assembled
... 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
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Complex Machine Part 2 Tutorial
Machine Part 2: This machined part was created by using mostly extruded features, with a few revolved features, three swept cuts, and a boundary cut. Learn the process of creating this machine part by downloading the part below and reviewing with the Part
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Shower Caddy Tutorial
Shower Caddy: To simplify references, all of the individual wires that compose the weldment are created within the same part but their bodies are not merged. Projected Curves are used to construct some of the 3D paths for the swept
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sand Cast Bottle Opener Tutorial
Sand Cast Bottle Opener: This sand cast aluminum bottle opener shows techniques to create surface features that maintain correct draft at the parting line. It also discusses how to add text with draft on non-planar surfaces. Download the free part below
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Sand Castle Bucket Part 2 Tutorial
Sand Castle Bucket Part 2: In continuation of our first summer post last Saturday, here is the second Sand castle Bucket in the 2-part series. The sand castle bucket demonstrates the usefulness of a layout sketch to control features. Since the
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