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SolidWorks Best Practice Tips 01

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
39 9 Beginner
This is a collection of "best practices" and "tips" when using SolidWorks. We have compiled them over time. Not all of them are of our authorship, as more experienced users have made huge contributions on this subject. We hope you find this series useful. From time to time we will be posting more tips and advice for a more fruitful and professional use of SolidWorks. Stay tuned!
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MODELING STANDARD SCREW THREADS

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
13 0 Beginner
If you, like me, frequently have to model threaded shafts that comply with Metric or American standards, this tutorial and the information contained in it will be very useful to you.
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Surfacing With SolidWorks 07

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
12 0 Beginner
Chapter 7 of our mini course. SKETCHING FOR SURFACING PART 1. As the saying goes: The better the sketch, the better the surface. Making good sketches for surface modeling is fundamental, so we will produce high quality surfaces on our models. Don't miss part 2!
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Surfacing With SolidWorks 09

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
11 0 Beginner
This is chapter 9 of this Mini Course. Here we discuss more auxiliary tools for surface modeling. After this chapter we will do several modeling exercises to put into practice what we have learned. Don't miss it!
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Surfacing With SolidWorks 08

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
11 0 Beginner
This is chapter 8 of the course. We deal with Curvature and Continuity of Splines. As well as best practices when sketching them. Don't miss the next chapters.
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Surfacing With SolidWorks 05

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
11 0 Beginner
This lesson completes the study of the Boundary Surface command. There are still some points to be covered, but they are more advanced and we will do this in a more advanced stage of this mini course. Stay tuned for the next chapter!
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Easy Container Modeling

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
9 11 Beginner
Learn how to model these types of containers, without having to use the SolidWorks Weldments process. This method is appropriate if you are in a time crunch and need to quickly construct the container. You can download the 3D model here. https://grabcad.com/library/container-to-collect-plastic-containers-1 Thanks to Alex for the support casters The wheels are from: https://grabcad.com/alex-1430 https://grabcad.com/library/2-5-swivel-caster-no-breake-1
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Surfacing With SolidWorks 10

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
7 0 Beginner
CHAPTER 10 Exercise Nr. 2 of the course "Surfacing With SolidWorks". Modeling a Grain Scoop using only surfaces, applying everything learned in the previous chapters. Please download the SLDPTR file for your study accompanying the tutorial: https://grabcad.com/library/grain-scoop-surfacing-with-sw-1
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Ash Tray Modeling

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
7 0 Beginner
This is a tutorial for beginners (white belt!). We will model, step by step, an ashtray. We hope you enjoy it and get motivated to continue modeling in SolidWorks.
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Surfacing With SolidWorks 12

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
6 0 Beginner
Chapter 12 of the course. Here we study the powerful Style Spline tool, incorporated in SW in 2014, which allows us to get smoother and more stable curves and surfaces. Do not miss the next chapters of the course.
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Book Shelf

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
5 0 Beginner
This is a tutorial for beginners, but yellow belt, that is, a little more complicated, but in which you can learn a lot. Enjoy it... and keep practicing. If you want to download the 3D file you can do it from here: https://grabcad.com/library/book-shelf-33
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File Naming Conventions. A Necessity!

Edgar Gidoni
in Other
4 0 Beginner
These are some important practical recommendations, issued by renowned experts and universities, regarding the need to have a fair, useful, practical and effective File Naming Convention (FNC). This is not "data management", like the PDM that SW has. That is another topic to be discussed. FNC applies to any type of file that we use and generate in our applications on the computer. We hope it will be useful.
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Pencil 2HB

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
3 0 Beginner
This is a tutorial for beginners, but yellow belt (a little more advanced). It is about modeling a 2HB drawing pencil in a multibody environment. You will learn several tricks and modify appearances to make them look more realistic. Enjoy! You can download the 3D model file here: https://grabcad.com/library/pencil-2hb-1
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Simple Exercise...

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
2 0 Beginner
Very simple exercise using Lofted Boss...
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Modeling Sonja's Table

Edgar Gidoni
in Modeling
2 0 Beginner
This is a simple tutorial on how to model our "Table Sonja" in 3D. You can find the 3D files here: https://grabcad.com/library/table-sonja-1 We hope you enjoy this tutorial and that you learn a little more about SW modeling.
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