Many of us SOLIDWORKS users would be considered “gear heads”, or high-tech enthusiasts, but some of us take our \u201cgear headed-ness\u201d to such a high level that our enthusiasm for all things mechanical just pours from our heart. This tutorial series is for you, the SOLIDWORKS user that says \u201cNay, I am not just a gear head, I\u2019m a gear heart!\u201d In this four-part series we\u2019ll be building a functional geared heart pendant using mostly essential SOLIDWORKS features, with a few unique part and assembly features sprinkled in.<\/p>\n
In part 3 of our 4-part series on building this functional geared heart pendant in SOLIDWORKS. Up to this point we have built the gear functionality into the design and we\u2019ve created a little window into the inner workings of our heart. \u00a0In this part of the series we will build some functionality into the back side of the parts to make this a unique reversible design. Along the way we will provide some best practices for pulling back on the history tree to make \u201clast minute edits\u201d to the design and we\u2019ll walk through using the text sketch tool with a downloaded font.<\/p>\n