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Caterpillar Abacus featuring Patterns: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial I thought I’d show you how I designed and modeled this Caterpillar Abacus in SOLIDWORKS. I have used simple features in this tutorial, from linear pattern, a circular sweep, the flex feature and the combine tool. If you want to follow along the whole tutorial, I have made the decals available to download from the SOLIDWORKS blog below.
... ContinuedChristmas Tree Bell Run: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
This tutorial was inspired by a recent 3DExperience Challenge. The challenge was to create a model inspired by the Fibonacci sequence in SOLIDWORKS and then render a high-quality 2D image with the help of 3DEXCITE’s xStudio rendering software. You can see my entry rendering below.
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Tutorial: Educational Fractions Wooden Puzzle
For this tutorial, I designed a 21-piece educational wooden fractions puzzle which includes a knife. Through exploratory play, children will recognize that fractions are equal parts that make up a whole, they can learn about fractions in a way that
... ContinuedToy Toaster Motion Study: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
To begin, I have the part assembled toaster, it is just missing the mechanism parts. You can download the files for the assembly here. When I open the initial assembly, all of the parts are fixed, apart from the toaster dial, this
... ContinuedWooden Toy Clock Motion Study Animation: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial I designed this wooden toy clock, if you want to follow along, the assembly for this tutorial is available to download here. You can watch the result of the animation from the beginning through the end of
... ContinuedSpring Wooden Toy: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this SOLIDWORKS tutorial, I wanted to design a wooden toy that involved the use of springs. The springs would be added within a motion study and would cause the flowers to pop out of the plant pot base when
... ContinuedS’mores Toy Tips & Tricks: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial, I designed a s’mores themed wooden toy. In this tutorial I will feature some of the tools I used to create the 3 parts of the s’more; the cracker, chocolate bar and marshmallow. At the end of
... ContinuedUSA Map Puzzle: SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tutorial, I wanted to create an education wooden puzzle, so I decided to look at the United States of America. My puzzle was designed and sketched within a vector software, for complex designs like this puzzle I find
... ContinuedWooden Biscuit Cogs Toy – SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
For this tasty biscuit themed tutorial, I wanted to play around with modeling custom cogs for a wooden toy design. If you are following this tutorial, you will need to download the files here There are two different sized cogs
... ContinuedRendering a Toy – SOLIDWORKS Visualize Tutorial
In this tutorial I take you through the steps I take within SOLIDWORKS Visualize to create more professional renderings. This includes editing backgrounds, appearances and decals, camera settings and model placement. You can see below a side-by-side rendering of my wooden toy
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