Solidworks Blends/Transitions
I've been putting together a series of videos on Youtube that cover different form blending and transition scenarios and some ways to solve them. The most recent is the headtube…
Modelling the Apple Magic Mouse form in Solidworks
A while back I modelled the Magic Mouse in Rhino as a learning exercise. I decided it'd be a good exercise to also model the main form in Solidworks and…
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: 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 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…
Solidworks Tutorial: A master model methodology using ‘Insert Part”
Using a master model to control derived parts means parts that share boundaries, surfaces, split lines etc, can be driven from a single part. This allows the modeller to modify…
Noho by Formway Design
Noho pre launch
I'd like to share a project that I have helped with over the last few years. Noho will be launching soon; designed by Formway Design; made in NZ furniture that…
Solidworks Tutorial: Surface modelling a three arm junction/n sided surface.
A tutorial covering one way to create a blend tangent to three other surfaces. This is done by creating two 4 sided surfaces, one of which is trimmed. This technique…