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2021 Equations in Properties
SOLIDWORKS 2021 now includes the ability to use equations in properties. By having equations to use to calculate physical aspects of your designs will greatly enhance communications to downstream stakeholders. It will also enhance the accuracy of the annotations and
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Part Reviewer: Cubic Trefoil Knot
Cubic Trefoil Knot: This model demonstrates a different technique for creating a weldment without using a 3D sketch or a collection of 2D sketches. This multi-body part is called a Cubic Trefoil Knot. It is a 3D-golygon (knotted golygon). Instead
... ContinuedCreating 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.
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