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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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…
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.
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.
Linear Pattern – Solidworks Tutorial
This tutorial shows how to use linear pattern feature in solidworks. Linear pattern is use to replicate a feature / object for multiple instances in a given direction. First lets start of by creating a cuboid of 40mm x 40mm…
Solidworks tutorial alloy wheel
This tutorial is to show how to draw 17” wheel in solidworks.
Swept Cut Feature in Solidworks
This is one of the basic features used in part modeling in solidworks. You will find its use in modeling threads in nuts and bolts. This feature is similar to swept boss/base tool. To use this tool you have to…
Lofted Boss/Base Feature in Solidworks
It is not always possible to design a given part using extrude and revolve or sweep. Loft Boss/ Base in solidworks is used for creating more complex parts. Level: Beginners We will be designing a Jar using loft in this…
Revolved Cut Feature In Solidworks
Revolved Cut is another basic features used in SolidWorks for part modeling / creation. In this tutorial we show how to use revolve cut to model parts. Level: Beginners First we are going to create a cylinder and then we…
Extruded Cut Feature in Solidworks
This is one of the basic feature used in SolidWorks for part modeling. The purpose of this tool is to remove material from an existing solid object in the shape of the profile / sketch selected. We show how to…
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.…