There are over 40 lessons in th e SolidWorks Tutorials. The SolidWorks window is resized and a second window appears next to it with a list of the available tutorials. Accessing the SolidWorks Tutorials To start the SolidWorks Tutorials, click Help, SolidWorks Tutorials. I hope you enjoy this tutorial, and have fun creating your own sandcastle designs. Learning SolidWorks Software use material from the SolidWorks Tutorials. An animation of the final design was created in SOLIDWORKS Visualize which shows the bucket being flipped over and the bucket lifting to reveal the sandcastle.

Moving the casting out of the bucket, and adding a handle to the bucket (which is available to download below) appearances were added top the final design including sand and high gloss plastic. The small brick details were accentuated on the casting, and the filleted details came out smaller. In this case the model was fine, and could be shelled from the inside creating the bucket mold.Īfter applying a new plane on the end face of the bucket, the Intersect feature was used with create internal regions ticked, this created the inner cavity of the mold into a sand casting. If any red faces appear in the analysis this would mean that undercuts were present. this was tested from the top of the design. Once the castle design was finished, Undercut Analysis under the Evaluate tab was used to test the model for any undercuts. The circular pattern was also used to pattern the windows and the castle battlement design. After the first tower was created, circular pattern was used to pattern 3 more towers around the castle.these were all combined as one body. This pattern was alternated as the extrusions got smaller. To create the brick texture on the castle towers, each sketch had circles cut away from the edge in a circular pattern. also layered extrusions had to telescope smaller.

By the end of the tutorial you will have the sandcastle bucket and a sand casting created with the Intersect tool.Īll the extrusions and cuts had to be drafted in this model all drafting up in one direction to avoid undercuts. The tutorial involves designing the castle from the outside, this means creating the bucket mold first. This is a SOLIDWORKS Tutorial on how to create the perfect sandcastle model.

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