Another higher-level challenge for you all. I'm calling it 'The Un-Shrink-Wrap Challenge' - Enjoy :)1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Anyone else miss those old-school, hand-made technical drawings? . . . A lost art.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A challenging shape I stumbled upon a few days ago. More difficult than it looks. Make using solids only - no surfaces.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A Quick Surfacing Challenge (or solids only?) Should also satisfy the 'Low Feature Fanboys' :)1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
New Practice Model - All dims needed are in this one image - Extra details in comment2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Quick Practice Puzzle - make it any way you want (lots of options) - post screenshot when finished2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A Quick Modelling Challenge - with a few things to trip you up and one slightly awkward cut (low-feature-challenge if you prefer)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A Quick Little Challenge - Truchet Tiles? Ever heard of them? I made a 3D version from a single image I found. Interesting stuff; impossible to connect them in the wrong way.1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Basic practice with an added puzzle - Can this model really be made using only two features? - My feature tree shared in comment.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A new Puzzle/Challenge I found. A bit more advanced this one. All the way from Japan. Enjoy :)1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Another Quick Challenge, with target mass supplied. One or two things in there to trip you up. Enjoy.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Another Practice Model - The Lower Half of a Garlic Press - A couple of details, and my suggested final volume in comment2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Practice time again - A few tricky bits in this one, hope I have the gram weight correct. Helper video in comment (if you need it)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
An quick intermediate modelling exercise or a low-feature-challenge (whichever you prefer)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Colander Challenge - re-create this colander shape - bonus points for four features or less (recommend no more than @500 holes unless you have a powerful computer)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
The Fifth Sphere - I've only been able to 'eyeball' a solution to this so far - not sure if it's possible1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Practice opportunity. Part is symmetrical - so be sure to mirror. Probably doable in 5 features or less.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
New Challenge - An interesting shape I found which took me longer than anticipated to model. Would love to see a Solids-Only solution.1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
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?2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
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]2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Reverse Engineering Challenge - I found this task to be fairly tricky, but I learned a lot in the process1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
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 mass2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Practice Model 3 - Single image contains all needed dims - Stress-tested, I made it twice - screenshot with target volume in comment2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
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.1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A quick practice model with an added rule to make it more difficult - No surfaces allowed, solid modelling only.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A bit of Assembly Practice - a geodesic dome, only two parts needed, both parts supplied via link in comment (also as parasolids for backwards compatibility)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Quick 2D Puzzle - Both rectangles have the same dimensions and are constrained to a semicircle as shown. What is the angle at 'A'? . . . Only answers with a screenshot are valid.1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A bit of Surfacing Practice this time - pretty sure this can only be done using surfaces, feel free to prove me wrong. All must be knitted into a single solid at the end to get the mass.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Quick Practice Challenge, with target mass supplied (lowest-feature-contest if you prefer)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Looking for a quick way to convert this imported Parasolid surface into a sketch [more info and link to file in comment]2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Quick bit of practice - A few 'tricky' cuts. All faces planar. Apologies for my earlier incorrect screen-capture.2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
The 'History Folder' in the FeatureManager Design Tree. Do you use it? Does anyone use it? Is it in any way useful? So many questions.1yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A Scan to CAD Exercise - experimenting with a new modeling challenge format [link to file needed in comment]2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
When joining two 'points' together specifically, the 'Merge' and 'Coincident' sketch relations do exactly the same thing? Right? Ever any reason to choose one over the other?11mo ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Colander Challenge 2 - Revenge of the Hole Wizard. No fill pattern/wrap this time, just hole wizard (and some other steps that I can't figure out)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
New Challenge/Exercise - Adapted from an old hand-drawn exercise I found online2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
A Question of Balance - How well can you use the 'Move/Copy Body' feature? Read carefully the instructions in the yellow box. below2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
Guess what I'm working on . . . (clue - it's something to do with temperature)2yr ⋅ CADNurd ⋅ r/SolidWorks
