Video 201. Online SolidWorks - 25 - Hammer Head – Lofted Boss/Base & Lofted Cut Tour with Options. In this video we will look at all of the ins and outs of the Lofted Boss/Base feature - exploring the various options and what they do. This videos covers a bunch of advance options. For the class - only the first 15 minutes or so may be of the most use for now. But remember the rest of the video for potential future needs. EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU CREATE THIS PART - 20pts (as a reward for reading and performing the exercises on the website). Back to the top - Video 202. Online SolidWorks - 26 - Hammer Handle – Lofted Boss/Base and Lofted Cut Features with Options. In this video we will discuss the application of the Lofted Boss/Base Feature using various profile and Guide Curves to drive our design. We will also explore offsetting planes for profiles, the Ellipse Sketch Entity, the Style Spline for our Guide Curve and the Extrude Cut Feature – using the Draft option - and cutting to the outside. Back to the top -- Video 203. Online SolidWorks - 27 - Sweep and Loft Features - How to Model a Fender, or Similar Form. In this video we will set up the Swept Boss/Base feature by working on some complex sketches for the path and profile then sweeping it down our path to complete our Wheel Guard. We’ll then set up our Guide Curves and our Loft Profiles for our Lofted Boss/Base Feature to finish things off. Back to the top - Video 206. Online SolidWorks - 30 - Part Configurations – Short Tour – Sarrus Hinge Plate - Part in a Part. Its like a Part Within a Part. In this video you will see how to create different SolidWorks part configurations using your Sarrus Mechanism Hinge Plate part model. With a lot of shared geometry, there is no need to create different parts. Instead, with hinge elements on all 4 sides of the part we will cut portions of those elements from the model then suppress or unsuppress these features for each configuration we create. Back to the top - Video 223. Online SolidWorks Extras - 47 - Swept Features – Swept Boss/Base, Swept Cut – Design a Cabinet Door. In this video we start with the Door Base Feature using the Extrude Boss/Base to the back. Then we create a Master Sketch to provide the profiles for the two Swept Cut Features on the Door Base Feature. The edge profile, using Convert Entities from the Master Sketch creates a form like a router bit, following the path along the outside edge of the door in one Swept Cut feature. The second Swept Cut feature provides the center design on the front of the door. We also discuss whether we need to have the profile line up with the path? When then create the Bumper grove using the Swept Cut feature. Because of the symmetry involved we use both the Sketch Mirror and the Feature Mirror to finish this feature. Using a simple revolved feature we finish the end of the grove with a simple Revolve cut feature to emulate the end of a round router bit. We then explain the Center of Mass and how it relates to the SolidWorks Triad. The last feature is the Back Bumper using the Swept Boss/Base feature creating a new Solid Body. We give this Solid Body a different appearance from the part wood selection and also use the mapping function to orient the door’s wood grain. Back to the top - - Video 249. SolidWorks Q&A - 2 - SolidWorks Crashed! Finding the Auto-Recovery Folder in the CAD Lab. This video will show you where to find the Auto-Recovery folder in SolidWorks which will save versions of your work peridically while you are working. Hopefully up to the minute before SolidWorks crashed. Back to the top - - Video 250. SolidWorks Q&A - 3 - Student Help on the Sarrus Wheel Guard - Sweep Profile Wrong Direction. This video will show you how to correct the direction of a sweep feature and how organize your profile and path sketches to help. Back to the top - - Video 247. Online SolidWorks Extras - 70 - SolidWorks, How To Apply a Sketch Relation to Existing Model Geometry – Tangent Sketch Relation - Sarrus Wheel Guard. This video will show you how to go back into the sketch of your model and make modifications to it so you can add sketch relations (the tangent relation in this example) and to modify dimensions too. Back to the top - - Video 251. SolidWorks Q&A - 4 - How To Correct a Dangling Error - Sketch Relation - When Suppressing a Feature - Hinge Plate Configurations. In this video we will change our model then suppress a feature which will result in a sketch relation that will show an error and “Dangle” because some model geometry that used to be there… is no more. We will then show you how to recognize this error and then reestablish the intended restraint using different model geometry. Back to the top - - Video 252. SolidWorks Q&A - 5 - How To Fix an Overdefined Sketch That has the Correct Dimensions and Relations - Sarrus Wheel Guard. In this video a student shared their model that appeared to have all the dimensions and sketch relations… but still blew up in what SolidWorks geeks call a forest fire – nothing but red and yellow lines. The problem is that the student dimensioned to a point. DON’T do this – it makes the model unstable as the dimension could quite readily rotate around that point – which means it may appear fully defined at first then when you work on the model it becomes unstable and becomes over-defiled. Dimension to sketch lines and arcs instead! Back to the top - - Video 253. SolidWorks Q&A - 6 - Week 4 - Student Help on Sarrus Wheel, Revolved Boss/Base - Getting the Correct Mass Properties. In this video we will look at a model that does not have the correct mass properties – which we use in class to determine if the object is modeled correctly. We go through the model step by step looking for errors and potentially better ways to model – using best practices. The problem in this model was the value used for the feature fillet – off by a bit – making the mass properties off by a bit too. Back to the top - - Video 254. SolidWorks Q&A - 7 - Student Help on Sarrus Wheel Guard, Fixing a Non-Tangent Loft Feature. In this video we will look at a loft that has non-tangent continuity to it instead of a smooth transition from the previous feature through the loft, that we are trying to create. Lofts can be solved in a variety of ways, guide curves help but in this situation we are going to use the loop selection dialog box and can select either the: closed loop, open loop, select group, select region or standard selection. 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