Ribbing Technique Using Combine in Solidworks
I stumbled upon this technique a number of years ago, when I was working on a chair development. Some of the parts had thick sections and needed to be cored…
Lozenge/Pill Form Exercises in Solidworks
A series of video explorations, building different lozenge forms.In this video I explore building a lozenge or pill shaped slider, using G3 constraints where possible. I roll forwards through the…
Using a Sketch Graph to Vary Dimensions in Solidworks
A sketch can be used as a graph, to control a number of dimensions at once and vary those dimensions based on the shape of a curve. In this video…
G3 Extruded Corners in Solidworks
I have been following a few conversations online about whether Apple products use a true squircle. I have a new Apple TV at hand, so thought I'd investigate and as…
Rowenta EK-55 Hair Dryer Modelled in Solidworks
Renderings of the Rowenta EK-55 Hair Dryer, Modelled in Solidworks
I decided it'd be a shame not to create some renderings of the Rowenta hair dryer... these have been set up/textured in Lightwave, lit with HDR Light Studio and rendered…
Variable Offset Surface Tutorial in Solidworks
This tutorial covers creating a 4 sided variable offset surface in Solidworks using 3D sketches, face curves, offset surfaces, boundary surfaces and global variables. Both exercises in this video cover…
G3 Surfacing Exercise in Solidworks 2023 Sp1
I have recently installed Solidworks 2023 and thought I better have another look at the G3 constraint in sketcher. The subject matter is a bubble letter P, with a focus…
Solidworks Workaround: Surface Alterations on a Solid Body
This video outlines a way to patch surface alterations onto a solid body, which can sometimes be problematic if the replacement surface is tangent to the solid surface that needs…
Solidworks: Rundown on the Boundary Surface Feature
In this video I cover using the following functions and options within the boundary surface feature: Single direction, two direction, tangent influence, normal to profile, direction vector, connectors, surface analysis…
Solidworks Workaround: Using Converted Entities in Boundary Surfaces
Sometimes when working on heavy models in Solidworks, it can be extremely slow using the selection manager to select a chain of edges when editing a boundary surface. A workaround…