There are three main document types used by solidworks Here is the exhaustive list Design Documents .SLDASM SolidWorks Assembly File Type .SLDDRW SolidWorks Drawing File Type .SLDPRT SolidWorks Part File Type Templates and Formats .asmdot Assembly Template .asmprp Assembly custom…
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Boundary Cut Feature in SolidWorks
This tool cuts a solid mode by removing material between two profiles in two directions. This works similar to boundary base / boss features, just the opposite, instead of filling the materials, it removes it.
Shell Features SolidWorks
Shell feature is used to remove material from an existing feature and create a thin walled structure. This can be useful in creating hollow structures like pipes etc.. To start with lets create a extrude of 30 mm in length…
Boundary Boss / Base Feature in SolidWorks
This is a tool to create complex parts in SolidWorks. Adds materials between profiles in two directions to create a solid feature. In this tutorial we create two profiles in different planes and fill the material using Boundary Boss /…
Rib Feature In SolidWorks
Rib is a special feature in SolidWorks. It works by filling the open / closed contour with material of specific thickness in the specified direction. To see how a rib works let first draw an L bracket with 50 mm…
Swept Surface in SolidWorks
This tutorials shows you how to create a swept surface using the swept surface tool. This tool is similar to the swept boss/base tool in SolidWorks. To create a swept surface you have to create a open / close profile…
Lofted Surface Tutorials in SolidWorks
Lofted surface tool in SolidWorks is used to create a surface between two or more profiles. This is similar to lofted boss / base tool in features menu. Start by creating a circle of 40 mm on top plane.
How to apply materials to bodies in SolidWorks
To apply material to a body / part in SolidWorks, open the part navigate to material option as shown in figure in the left pane and click edit material. You can also select the material directly from the list of…
Mirror Entities in Solidworks
Mirror Entities in solidworks is used to replicate / mirror any features or parts / bodies w.r.t to a plane / face of a part. To demonstrate how to use this feature create a box of 10x10x5 at a distance…
How to Change document Units to Metrics
We might have to change the units of the solidworks part document from one SYSTEM to another. To do this go to options
Pressure Plate In SolidWorks
This is more of an exercise. We are going to design a pressure plate in SolidWorks.
Revolve Surface in SolidWorks
This tool is similar to revolved boss / base tool in SolidWorks. here we revolve a open / closed profile w.r.t an axis. To demonstrate how to to use this, create a line of 10mm in length and 20 mm…
Extruded Surface in SolidWorks
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…
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.