Category: beginners

SolidWorks Document types

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Sweep Feature in solidworks

This is another basic feature in SolidWorks used to model parts. This tool comes in handy when you cannot design the part using either extrude or revolve. Here we sweep a profile along an open /closed path to create the…

Revolve Feature In Solidworks

Revolve is one the basic features used in part modeling in solidworks. The idea here is to revolve a closed profile around an axis which results in a solid. In this tutorial we will create a donut by revolving a…

Extrude Feature in solidworks

Level: Beginners This is one of the most basic features used in creation of parts in solidworks. The idea behind this feature is to create a closed profile and extrude it normal to that profile to create a solid object.…