Real - Kitchen Knife

 

Almost one year didn't update this blog and train for CAD skill.

Tried with another knife blade.

Same with extrude boss along a direction, extrude cut also could be done at the same way.

While with split line, new faces has been created.

Still not too sure how curve projection work, but somehow it brings a sketch to another sketch at the same plane/level.

Just tried to imitate it with this tutorial.

Real - Insulated Ceramic Cup

At first glance, the cup seems difficult to be modelled, especially the irregular feature on the surface.
Yet, from the tutorial, the steps are relatively simple.
All you need is some patience to arrange to get the desired pattern.

Actually it is from a subtraction between multiple bodies.
First time to know the assembly work can be saved as a part file.
And from the part file, other steps could be continued.

Also, for the decals, it is quite a useful feature to use to give a desired appearance.
For example, the latte art is actually a picture I found on Google.
It can just be placed onto a surface directly.


Really put much effort in arranging the patterns.
Also, due to improper arrangement, I had faced difficulties to give fillets at one go.
Really, patience is gold.

Real - Pot of Gold Money Jar

Another tutorial from the Solidworks blog post.
Quite a few new techniques introduced in this tutorial.

For example, the legs of the pot.
It is first time to know that the extrude boss feature could extrude a sketch not perpendicularly to the plane but to a certain direction as long as the direction is defined.
Also, the solid bodies could be moved or rotated afterwards.

And also for the handle, especially on a curved surface.
Just using simple extrude boss and fillets feature can create a perfect handle.

Finally is the wire, which made from sweep boss feature while tweaking certain options.
And the result of it, multiple of wires are twisting together to form a thick durable wire.

It is quite a challenging piece of work.
Unfortunately the tutorial didn't include the animation shown at the last part of tutorial.

Real - Drop Out Bowl Mold

Recently I found a blog post published on Solidworks website and the posts included some design tutorial for complex parts.
And one of the items is the drop out bowl mold as shown.

In this item, a lot of features is used such as loft extrude, dome, and the combine feature, which add or subtract the two objects into one singular object.
Also, it is a first to know that the fillet command is able to fillet several features together if certain requirements could be fulfilled.

Quite a challenging and beneficial tutorial which allows me to learn multiple feature commands at once.

Detailed steps are as shown in the blog post.

Real - Coil

The main part is the coil in the middle, consisting of Helix Sketching and Sweep Boss Extrude.And finally Image Rendering for giving a realistic look.

This is the tutorial videos link for Part 1 and Part 2.