solidworks

SOLIDWORKS is used by millions of designers and engineers at hundreds of thousands of companies. It’s one of the most popular design and engineering software on the market. Known for its range of features and high functionality, SOLIDWORKS is used across multiple professions and industries around the world. SOLIDWORKS uses parametric design, which is why it’s such an effective tool for designers and engineers. This means that the designer can see how changes will affect its neighboring components, or even the overall solution. For example, if the size of a single component is increased, this would affect the joint or hole it’s attached to. This allows designers to spot and correct issues quickly and easily.

Introduction to solidworks

Pressure Plate

Objectives

- Creating base, boss, and cut features from sketches
- Adding fillets to smooth edges
- Creating a circular pattern
- Adding drawing views
- Adding centerlines, center marks, and dimensions to the drawing

This is a pressure plate we made in solid works. For this we were tasked with following along with a tutorial to complete the design and drawing.

Pressure Plate part 2

Tis is the first cylinder I created. I then used this one to create the rest of the cylinders.

This is what the bottom looks like after I used the circular sketch pattern to insert the rest of the cylinders around.

This is another pressure plate however we were tasked with using a different shape and to create it without a tutorial in order to test our knowledge.

Lesson 1

Part 1

There are 3 parts to part 1. For this lesson we once again had a tutorial to follow. However we did not have as much detail as the pressure plate. For the first piece we made it was pretty simple as it is a rectangle with a circle through the center. We also used a feature called shell to hollow the back half out.

Part 2

For part 2 we added another new piece. This one is a rectangle with matching dimensions as the one from part 1. This is designed so that they can slide together

part 3

for part 3 We created the drawing and we set the pieces up where we could combine them together.

7 piece puzzle

For this assignment I was given a miniature puzzle cube and a metric slide caliber. Iwas tasked with measuring the pieces of the cube and recreating them to make my own 3d cube.

PIECE 1

This is piece 1 it is similar to the shape of an L.

How I made it

To build this piece I made a rectangle and then used the smart dimension tool to create the long section you see. I then used another rectangle and went off off the previous rectangle to make the hook off section you see. I then used the smart dimension tool again to get the dimensions I measured with the caliper. I then used a tool to removes the lines in between the two shapes and combine them then extruded the whole shape to the depth I measured.

PIECE 2

This is the bottom of the piece

This is the top of the piece

For piece 2 there is two levels. The bottom is similar to an L but not as long a piece 1. The part of it is a cube positioned towards the center of the bottom.

How I made it

For the bottom I created two rectangles that were connect by removing the lines in between them while also using the smart dimension tool to get the dimensions I measured on the sides. I then extruded to the depth needed for the bottom layer. I then began making the cube on the top by making a square in the area I needed. I knew the dimensions were correct but I checked them with the smart dimension tool. I then finished the piece by extruding the cube to the height I had measured.

PIECE 3

This is piece 3

How I made it

To create this piece I stated with a rectangle then used the smart dimension tool. This allowed me to set the sides to the create dimensions. Then I made the square by lining it up with the middle of the side. I then used the smart dimension tool to put the correct dimensions in the square. The last part I did was extrude the whole sketch to the right height.

PIECE 4

Top of piece 4

Bottom of piece 4

Piece 4 is made of 2 rectangles that are connected but going in different directions.

How I made it

I started with a rectangle I then used smart dimension and extruding to apply the dimensions that I measured with the caliper. I then did the same process off of the top of the bottom rectangle.

PIECE 5

This is the top

This is the bottom

This piece looks very similar to piece 4 because it is the same thing. For the cube it requires two of the same piece. I made it the same way as the previous one.

PIECE 6

This piece is similar to the bottom of piece 2.

How I made it

This one was created the same way as the bottom of piece 2. I took two rectangles and combined them together. Then I made sure the measurements were exact to what I took. Then I finally extruded the whole thing to get the depth I measured.

PIECE 7

This is piece 7

How I made it

I took two rectangles and combined them to create this shape. I started with one then entered the dimensions and extruded it. I then positioned the other rectangle on top of the other one and repeated what I did with the first one.

FINAL 8

This is the final product

How I made it

I went into assembly mode and put all the pieces together. I did this by using the feature mates. As you can see the pieces did not line up perfectly as this was my first time using a slide caliper to measure objects with.

Fillets:Knob

Part 1-3

This is the first section of the knob i made.

For the second piece i made a new section that I put onto the left side of the first.

In this image you can see the filets I added to make them look better.

Final

This is what my final looks like after I mirrored both pieces over the right plane.

Product Filets

For the first step I made a simple square.

For the second step I mirrored it over and then fileted all the sides.

For the final part i cut 3 holes that went through and put a circle cut on each side.

Final

This is what my final ended up looking like once I finished all of the steps.

Revolve: Candle holder

In Part 1 I made out the base of the candle hold

In part 2 I added the handle that attacked towards the bottom of the base of the candle holder.

Final

This is the final product after the base and holder were put together I added the hole down the middle.

Product Revolve

For the first step I made a circle and extruded it to get the size i wanted.

For the second step I added the handle to the mug and used filets to make it look nicer.

For the third step I used the shell feature to hollow out the mug.

Final

For the final step I used filets again to make the mug look nicer.

This is the final product.

Patterns

For the first step i dimensionsed my shapes extruded them and got the desired shape above.

For the second step i added the notch at the top of the shape.

For the third step I did a extruded cut to make a hole through the shape.

Final

For the last step I added 4 holes onto the side and then used circular array to make another 3 more around the shape.

This is my final product.

product

For the first step I dimensioned two circles and extruded one and and cut the other in order to create the center of this circle.

For the second part I created another circle that covered the circle and extruded but made it less thick then m y previous extrusion.

For the third Step I did another cut to put the whole in the center back.

For the fourth step I used circular array to put 5 small holes on the center circle i extruded and cut them all the way through.

Final

For the final step I I used a construction arc and added circles to it then used circular array again to make a total of twelve rows that each have 4 holes. After I finshed making all the circles around it I used extruted cut again to cut them into holes.

This is my final product.

Loft: Hammer head

For the first step I made 3 planes and put shapes on each one and dimensioned them specifically to make sure they worked together. After I used the Loft feature in order to make them all connect.

For the second step I created a fourth plane and made a small rectangle that I used connected to the other piece of the hammer head using the loft feature.

Final

for the final step I used the flex tool to add the bend to the back of the hamer.

This is my final product.

Product Vase

For the first few steps I created two additional planes off of the top plane and used two hexagons and a circle on the middle plane. I then used the loft tool in order to connect them together and get the shape I wanted.

For the next step I used the shell tool and hollowed out the inside so that there was somewhere to put the flowers.

Final

The last step I did was fileting the inside edges so that they were smooth and looked better.

This is what my final looked like.

Mouse Gestures

For mouse gesturers it was a short and easy tutorial. This is what my final looked like the process I did was just extruding a rectangle with a hole inside of it.

Challenge Cube

For the first step I made a all around 95 mm cube.

For the second part I added two circles that are extruded 20 mm and have a diameter of 44mm.

For the third part I added 4 squares that are 40 by 40's and extruded them by 20mm.

Final

For the final step I used filets to filet all around to make it look better.

This is what my final product looks like.

3D Sketch Process - Rack

For the first part I made the side bars and the end bar.

For the second step I added one iff the cylinder bars that go on top.

For the third step I used the pattern feature to duplicate the cylinder bar to make a total of 6.

Final

For the final step I mirrored the half of the rack I made to create 1 whole one.

Avanced Design - Hinge

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