SolidWorks 2010, Beginner
SolidWorks Class 101: coffee maker – video 00 of 16 from Adam OHern on Vimeo. SolidWorks has become one of the most ubiquitous CAD packages in the consumer product design industry. Its primary competitor is ProEngineer, though it belongs to an entire class of 3D packages called “parametric solid modelers”. Though great strides have been made in recent years, most parametric...
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SolidWorks Class 101: coffee maker – video 01 of 16 from Adam OHern on Vimeo. This post is a part of an extended video series covering the basics of SolidWorks. If you are new to this series, start here. Part 1: Getting Started Video 01: User Interface Tour Video 02: the Carafe Revolve Video 03: the Pour Spout Video 04: the Carafe assembly component Our goal for part 1 of our three part...
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This post is a part of an extended video series covering the basics of SolidWorks. If you are new to this series, start here. Part 2: Building the Parts Video 05: other Master Form surfaces Video 06: the Handle component Video 07: other assembly components Video 08: plunger bottom plate Video 09: plunger top plate Video 10: other plunger parts Video 11: the basic lid In part 2 of our three...
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This post is a part of an extended video series covering the basics of SolidWorks. If you are new to this series, start here. Part 3: Details and Export Video 12: coil spring Video 13: lid details Video 14: embossed logo from illustrator Video 15: assembly constraints and animation Video 16: export to modo, setup basics Finally, in part 3 of our three part SolidWorks class we’ll look at...
Read MoreBasic SolidWorks, Wk 04
This is the third installment in my basic SolidWorks series, which mirrors a basic Rhino series taught at Otis College of Art & Design in the spring semester of 2010. For the beginning of the SolidWorks series, start here. For the Rhino series, start here. This week we’ll be building the coffee carafe model from week 04 of the Rhino series, using three different methods. I’ll...
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