How would I convert this radiator into a porous material or perforated plate? I would like to simulate airflow going through this but meshing this properly is going to be difficult for my computer.

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Always satisfying to model in realistic wires

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Help with my shitty wires

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Hey everyone! Working on a personal project here. Trying to CNC (two-axis) the pic below. Imported it to Solidworks, but sketching with the Spline tool isn't quite working. Any other methods or different software you recommend for a more natural vibe? Appreciate any tips. Thanks a bunch!

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Is there a way to get the actual length of a hose I modeled which has multiple curves?

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Any idea about, how to model this one? Suggestions please.

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With two models in split screen can I make it so that they both move when I pan and rotate? I.e. when I rotate one, the other rotates as well so I am always looking at them in a like for like way? (they both use the same origin)

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Just passed my CSWA with a perfect score in less than 2 hours! Onwards to my CSWP!

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This turned into quite a project the last couple of weeks. At least I learned some surfacing skills along the way.

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Is it possible to do this kind of bending in solidworks? The end has almost no bend reliefs

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Weld symbol too big. How can I fix this? I tried googling it, but it didn't fix it.

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CSWP Passed with full marks 🙌 - obligatory humble brag.

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How does one create a hole pattern like this? Following the splitline. Thanks!

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OK

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Solidwork continuous surface

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Need help in 3-d modeling

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Why can't I put a decal onto the top surface of this thing?

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Can't save as an .stl for 3dprinting Ankle cast prototype please help

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ISS 1:100 for 3D print

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Practice opportunity. Part is symmetrical - so be sure to mirror. Probably doable in 5 features or less.

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Seems about right...

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How would I get these little dimples in solidworks? Any good tutorials for something like this?

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How to repeat this rectangle on the rest of the Hexagon faces ?

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How to invert solid and empty space?

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3D model of my soon to be built rc airplane (everything designed in the way to be easily cut on cnc hotwire) sides will be covered with thin foam, so there wont be any holes on the sides

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New Challenge - An interesting shape I found which took me longer than anticipated to model. Would love to see a Solids-Only solution.

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Just a product of my boredom. What do you think about it?

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Life is hard sometimes

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Can you make objects with lots of curves like this on solidworks?

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Sheet metal plasma or water jet

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How would you start modelling this more effectively?

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You've seen them everywhere in recent years - but how do they mass produce them cheaply? Surely all those holes must make molding difficult/expensive?

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I actually remember that the very first thing I did on my introduction to 3D modelling course back in 1997 was to follow instructions to make a (significantly simpler) cassette. That was pro/e on a Silicon Graphics Workstation.

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SOLIDWORKS Sketch Ghosting Graphical Issue

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An Automatic Beer Sealer (First machine design)(Engineering Student)

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I recently upgraded to Solidworks 2022 and I notice faces randomly become transparent. What am I doing wrong?

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The Biggest Game Changer of the 2021 Update - Equations in Properties!

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Petition to change upvotes and downvotes to warnings and errors

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Assembly Challenge - trickier than it looks. Extra-Bonus-Points if you can create this arrangement inside a part file only, without creating an assembly file [note: not sure if that is actually possible]

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Any tips on modelling an old ships hull, especially this complex rear shape?

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Thread not showing on assembly drawing, only on part drawing.

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how do I do this?

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How would I create this kind of cavity?

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Can anybody recommend any good Solidworks plastics courses/tutorials?

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How to make a flat surface using this 3d sketch?

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I want this fillet to the opposite direction, any help ? 🙂

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Why it keeps extruding the outer part of the shape ? I want to extrude the inner one

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Any way to hide the horizontal lines caused by sketch points being revolved?

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I can't be the only one who ALWAYS presses the wrong one. It's the software equivalent of plugging in a USB!

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Took Over an Hour Just to Load the Assembly at Work

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Anyone have any idea why I can't split this body?

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Any idea on how to hollow out the engine?

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Can’t figure out why it won’t offset

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Beating a dead horse here but our instructor just crashed solidworks on the third day of a beginner course.

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Most convenient way of cutting this honeycomb structure?

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Looking for advice on how to do this single inner cut

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Can I buy Student Edition without going to school? I wanted to learn how to use the program with some online courses

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Somebody here can help me ?

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Yes or No

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Is there a way to do this in SolidWorks? I only know how to do the PM symbol.

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Designing the chassis for a buggy prototype

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Koenigsegg JESKO modeled in SOLIDWORKS 2019 rendered with Visualize

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Snipping tool, people. Learn it. Know it. live it.

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Live SPEED MODELING challenges!! – Today at 2 PM (east coast USA)

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Incorrect thickness dimension on rings

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New To Solidworks

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Follow up question: Lofting of the nightmare sketch... Errors and issues.

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Trying to make a cut to rest your thumb in. What type of cut should I use for this?

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How can I accurately reproduce those fillets ?

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Slightly off-topic, but y'all helped me model it :)

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Is this laptop going to be able to run solidworks?

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4 hours of learning = 6 second GIF

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How is My Model Guys ??

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She ain't pretty, but we can't all be superstars.

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Reverse Engineering Challenge - I found this task to be fairly tricky, but I learned a lot in the process

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Another bit of practice (got inspired by that 'ellipses' post) - bonus points for making it without any additional planes - will post video tomorrow after agreement on the mass

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New Sheet Metal Challenge posted on youtube today - seems to be stumping people

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How would I go about making a self intersecting sweep

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So, it’s gonna be one of those trees

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For all Playstation fans - Platinum Trophy

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Trying to shell this mushroom so that its hollow with 2 mm walls all around. Getting an error I dont understand. How do I go about fixing this?

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Please tell me i'm using flexible component the wrong way, because that's fucking pathetic.

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Lofting round a helix

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How to create a tangent arc w/ a radius and two circles?

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I think I found a way to make involute gear profile. Can you guess how? The profiles in the tutorials aren't involute, they are using circular arcs.

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I have to model this part and I'm not sure how to measure the helical cut and splines at end. It would be helpful if someone could provide any standard sizes/charts for the profiles of these splines and the helix.

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Bearing

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How can I enclose this surface to create a solid part from it?

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How should I go about modelling a geometric/low poly donkey?

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How to dimension parts better?

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Just started using SolidWorks last week as part of a course, need help with making this fully defined as I'm not sure what is wrong or missing

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How do you do the part in red?

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I still have a ton to learn, but my time has come to present this:

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Need help on how to construct this

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Solid works 3D experience failed

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I've just upgrade to 2021 sp1. i7 9700k. 2080 super. Didn't have this bug in 2020.

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Practice Model 3 - Single image contains all needed dims - Stress-tested, I made it twice - screenshot with target volume in comment

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CSWP finally!! Thank you good folks who shared me their insights and material to clear this, almost got screwed in the second segment but managed to get just enough score to clear it!

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Our Common Nightmare

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SOLIDWORKS Challenge - Make This Part and a Drawing Correctly

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I'm sorry

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Anyone know why there is a triad at my origin and how to make it go away?

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Bicycle wheel made this morning. Following a tutorial, only few weeks learning Solidworks.

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Which command can create this chess-like carving? and in a freeform?

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What happened to my feature bar, and why do I have 2 feature managers?

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Physical body issue...

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Solidworks doing it's thing again. It's 11pm and I was doing some simulations for a rocket project. Should I roll the dice and sleep or leave hours of unsaved work up?

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What is the best way to model this kind of bone like structure?

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What am I missing here? Why won't it let me complete this linear pattern?

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Extraordinarily long time to open a simple assembly.

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Making new sketch flips model... so annoying. any fixes?

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New to solid works! Anyone know why the top and bottom isn’t turning black? Sorry for the mess.

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Idk about this. Am I wayyyy over doing these dimension? This is for my in a mech engineering class.

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How do I combine these 3 dimensions? Into 3 x R0.25?

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Fuck

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Finally Cleared the Exam. Missed Perfect Score though...

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What’s the name of this view ?

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This new production line segment we made looks a bit like a render on this photo

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Obligatory I passed the CSWP Exam! post

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Can anybody help me ? I am trying to do a mold but I cand figure out how to use *split line* on this part.

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What's the most efficient way to cap this open area? 3 pipes coming together, hoping to join them smoothly.

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I'm definetly the best Solidworks surface modeller

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What is the Radius on the right side of the front view of this drawing, and how would I determine it?

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How am I supposed to correctly weld or annotate a weld between two oddly arranged pieces of sheet metal?

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First project for portfolio, first render in keyshot ever. Any critique?

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How do I dimension the distance of a center of a circle to an edge in drawing? I'm a freshman student and a beginner in SolidWorks. I've been facing this issue where I take a lot of tries to dimension a center of a circle to an edge or another center but it almost consistently gives the angle instea

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Top-Down vs Bottom-Up Methodology Flow Chart

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SolidWorks is very buggy, even doing simple rendering it couldn't get it right. It's very frustration. Keep it together SolidWorks, the software isn't cheap. We expect proper software for the price.

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When your tangent mates blow up

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Need Tips/Pointers on where to potentially start drawing this mode. I'm completely new and an amateur to Solid Works.

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Another Challenge with target mass. 'Low feature' if preferred. An improved version of one I posted some time back, but I think a lot of people missed it first time around.

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Finally !!! I'm Certified SolidWorks Expert, now I have 12 Solidworks certifications! I'm Excited to see how else I can expand my SolidWorks knowledge in the future!! Does anyone know how to get CSWE T-shirt?? please Feel Free to ask me any question related to solidworks exam

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PSN Trophies Complete collection - SolidWorks design and Visualize render

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Can I have different appearances on a part in different configurations?

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How to block rotation ?

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Anyone got any idea why this is happening?

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This is a 100x100x2 sheet metal with 4 bends, Can i make SW calculate the material loss that went into the bends and add it to the sheets size so it stays 100mm from side to side? So its ready to be made into DXF with the calculations already done.

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Passed the CSWA today

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'Fully Define Sketch' - Do you use it? Also looking for anecdotes regarding problems caused by its use.

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Why is my loft warped?

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Obligatory Post after passing the CSWA this morning. Chuffed

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Another CSWA Prep question

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How do I extrude this? I’m a student creating a rowing shell as a project, but i’m not sure how to go about.

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Is it possible to convert lots of files at once? in this case sldprt to stl. any help much appreciated!

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[Tutorial link in comment] So i made this fish tail moving mechanism in solidworks . it can be use in underwater and the design is base to copy fish mechanism of swim i hope you guys will like it

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