A tutorial showing how to make planes in Solidworks. Why do you need to understand plane creation? You’ll find that 90% of the time sketches can be created by simply starting a new sketch and selecting the part’s face that you wish to sketch on. However, what happens when you need ...
In this tutorial, I will show youhow to make threads in SolidWorkswhile creating ahexagonal bolt. By following this tutorial, you will also learn about the basic menus in SolidWorks, how to draw polygons, how to use the CHAMFER command, and finally, how to add cosmetic threads to your de...
Creating a Sheet metal cone in SOLIDWORKS can seem like a complex task, but I’m here to alleviate your worries and provide you with the correct workflow. I typically like to start my first sketch on the Top Plane. Using mysheet metal open sketch technique, we can draw an arc and its ...
When you create a surface from a parametric model, you may not be able to correctly preserve the original design intent, which can make it difficult to update the model in the future. Surface modeling from a parametric model is slow: Parametric models in Solidworks require frequent rebuilding...
Open the SolidWorks and select “New”. From the appearing dialogue box, you have to select the “Part” and click “OK”. It direct to part graphics interface, where you can create solid machine components for assembly. Select anydefault planesuch as Top, front or right plane. Here, sele...
Objective:In this session, we’ll revise all of our previously learned commands (+ the useful wrap), to make sure we know how to properly use all of them. Session 5’s goals include: Revising some of the previously learned commands, including loft, revolve, sweep, plane creations, patterns...
Inserting assets works just the same as inserting normal components in normal assemblies. The cabinet model from the previous blog will be inserted here. It automatically attaches to the (active) ground plane of the assembly. Two more mates will be added manually to make the cabinet coincident ...
1. Click New , Click Part and OK. 2. Click on Top Plane and click Sketch. 3. Click Rectangle , sketch a rectangle start from origin. 4. Click Smart Dimension , click side edge and click top edge to dimension […]
1. ClickNew, Part andOK. 2. Click onRight Planeand clickSketch. 3. Sketch a center aerofoil profile at this plane. ClickLine, sketch a horizontal line, clickSmart Dimension and dimension the line as6in. 4. To create top curve of aerofoil, clickSpline, ...
I've spent 3+ hours working on this tutorial just to show you how to design this model in SolidWorks 2016:Steering Knuckle (2D to 3D Request) Note: The Unit system we'll use is mm. Step 1: Revolve1 Make a Revolved Base from this sketch (on the Front plane) ...