This tutorial is about extruded surface feature in SolidWorks. This tool is similar to extrude feature in part modeling. The main difference between both is that we are going to draw a surface instead of a part / body. Also…
Month: March 2012
Draw a Hex Nut in SolidWorks
In this tutorial we will be drawing N M12x1.75 hex nut. We use the following sketch as reference The dimensions are in mm.
How to Draw a hyperbola
This is curious, case where there is not standard tool in solid works to draw the hyperbola. To get the sketch of hyperbola we create a surface of the cone using revolved surface & a plane surface and create a…
Lofted Cut in SolidWorks
Like loft which fills materials across profiles in different planes, lofted cut is used to remove material across profiles. For starters let create a cylinder of 80mm in dia and 50 mm in length. You have to use extrude to…
Fillet Feature in SolidWorks
Fillet is another basic features used in part modeling. Fillet is similar to chamfer except it is use to round the edges / corners. In engineering fillet is use for avoiding stress concentration or to facilitate smother flow of stress…
Chamfer feature in SolidWorks
This is again one of the basic feature and frequently used feature in creation of parts in solidworks. To demonstrate how to use the chamfer tool in SolidWorks we will extrude a part and them apply chamfer on one of…
Draw a Curved Helix / curved spring
Curver helix / curved spring / swept spring is quite a complex structure to be accomplished by simple helix. We need to use surface modeling & other techniques to achieve this.
Official CSWA Exam Guide for 2009, 2010 & 2011
This is official CSWA exam guide by David C. Planchard (Author) & Marie P. Planchard (Author) I did go through this book and find it covering all topics needed to pass the CSWA exam. It is written with Certified Solidworks…
Fixing the View Orientation–SolidWorks Tutorials
This tutorial is about fixing the view orientation of a model once you already have built it. Here we want to change the present front view to the right view. To do this click on ctrl + 1.
Circular Pattern in SolidWorks
This tutorial shows you how to use the circular pattern feature of SolidWorks to replicate objects around an axes. This is generally used for making holes in circular objects like wheels etc. This feature is similar to linear pattern feature.
SolidWorks Cannot Startup
I have frequently faced this error saying “Solidworks Cannot Startup because the system desktop application resources have been exceeded” when starting solidworks. One way to solve this problem is kill few processes that are using GDI objects in windows.
Solidworks Tutorials in Flash
Once in a while you land on a site and say wow!!. There are few who do an incredible job in story telling. Today while I was checking internet to find topics to write the next tutorial and I found…