Creating a Parametric Multi-Bodied CAD Model in SolidWorks
Throughout these lessons, we'll learn all about SolidWorks' logic for parametric modeling. Software required: SolidWorks 2014.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons, we'll learn all about SolidWorks' logic for parametric modeling. We'll talk about how to create a robust model to allow for downstream adjustments and how to use assemblies to drive geometry and create reference/base parts. Next, we'll discuss the difference between additive and subtractive modeling and where each are appropriate. Lastly we'll learn how to create multipart bodies that are seamlessly aligned as would be needed in co-molded plastic manufacturing. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have learned how to effectively create a parametric multi-body CAD model in SolidWorks. Software required: SolidWorks 2014.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Parts and Assembly 3m
- Creating Offset Surfaces 2m
- Establishing Solid Master Geometry 8m
- Inserting a Base Part 2m
- Implementing Sketch References 7m
- Applying a Master Sketch Layout 8m
- Using an Intersect Cut 6m
- Administering Surface Cut Tools 7m
- Creating a Second Solid Body 6m
- Adjusting the Intersect Scope 8m
- Accommodating New Geometry 6m
- Customizing Boundary Surface Settings 3m
- Utilizing the Cut, Sweep, and Split Commands 10m
- Troubleshooting Radius Failures 3m
- Referencing Absorbed Sketches 5m
- Adding Button Clearances 9m
- Applying Split Lines and Boundary Surface Controls 12m
About the author
Pacific Northwest industrial designer Dennis Veatch, who founded CreatID in 2002, takes on full product development projects and supports clients’ efforts in-house, designing innovative, consumer-conscious products. CreatID offers more than a decade of experience in each step of the product design lifecycle, from branding and scope definition, sketches and CAD renderings to design for manufacture and production documentation and testing. Working with you and their vendor partners, CreatID will a... more