How to create a curved speaker mesh in Solidworks
This video covers my exploration of creating a curved mesh. Instead of creating a flat mesh and then deforming that, I created a tool to control the wires, then deformed…
Create a variable pitch pattern using the deform tool in Solidworks
In my previous two videos I had been trying to figure out a reliable and fairly straight forward way of using a sketch 'graph' to control the pitch of a…
Solidworks Tips for Industrial Designers
I've been struggling to come up with my next Solidworks tutorial, so instead I sat down with a notebook and had a brain dump…some Solidworks tips, which this video briefly…
747-121 N7470 Rendering and Modelling
Boeing 747-121 CAD Sculpting and Rendering Exercise
This is a personal project, completed both as a modelling challenge and also as a nod to one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed. The 747-121 N7470 was the…
Solidworks: Modelling a Proctor Model 1481 Toaster
I created this model after being given the challenge by a viewer of my Solidworks videos. This is not a tutorial as such, as I wanted to keep the video…
Solidworks Tutorial: Modelling a spoon
This tutorial shows one of the many ways to model a spoon. In the tutorial I cover using boundary surfaces, creating offset surfaces and also variable offset surfaces between thickness…
Solidworks Tutorial: Modelling a lozenge shaped button
This tutorial covers ways to model a lozenge button or form while avoiding the obvious tangent breaks that are present when modelling a lozenge with only lines and arcs. https://youtu.be/RnyPih8xAfQ
Solidworks Tutorial: Modelling the Eames Fibreglass Rocking Armchair Shell
This tutorial covers creating a single main surface for a seat shell, instead of using several smaller surfaces to create the same form. The second part of this tutorial covers trimming the overbuilt surface to an ideal boundary before adding the rolled edge.
Solidworks Zebra Stripe Alternative Image
A quick tutorial on using an alternative image for the zebra stripe analysis, instead of using the default stripes, which have a blurry edge. Using an image with sharp edges…
CAD Sculpting Exercise in Rhino 5
Kartell ‘Dr Yes’ Chair CAD Sculpting Exercise
For the 6th week of 'lock down' in New Zealand, I selected the Dr Yes Chair by Philippe Starck as the subject of my CAD sculpting exercise. This is the…