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Tutorial - Modeling Container using Surfacing in SolidWorks?

By Sudhir Gill on 25 Feb 16:12 2 answers 1145 views 0 comments

Tutorial on modeling container using surfacing in SolidWorks.

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  • Sudhir Gill
    Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago

    Here is the tutorial.

    1. Step 1

      Top plane>>Sketch.

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    2. Step 2

      Draw this profile.

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    3. Step 3

      Extrude it.

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    4. Step 4

      Reference geometry>>plane.

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    5. Step 5

      Top plane by 70mm.

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    6. Step 6

      Plane1>>Sketch.

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    7. Step 7

      Draw a circle.

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    8. Step 8

      Exit the sketch. Lofted surface.

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    9. Step 9

      Select the circle and the edges of the extruded surface as the loop using selection manager.

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    10. Step 10

      Tangency to face.

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    11. Step 11

      Click OK. Again Plane1>>Sketch.

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    12. Step 12

      Select the edge and then convert entities.

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    13. Step 13

      Extrude it.

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    14. Step 14

      Front Plane>>Sketch.

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    15. Step 15

      Draw this profile using spline.

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    16. Step 16

      Trim it in half.

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    17. Step 17

      Draw another spline tangent to this one.

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    18. Step 18

      Revolve surface it.

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    19. Step 19

      Trim surface.

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    20. Step 20

      Trim away the outer surfaces.

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    21. Step 21

      Knit surface.

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    22. Step 22

      Select all surface and uncheck gap control. Check merge entities.

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    23. Step 23

      Fillet.

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    24. Step 24

      Select the edge of the extruded-surface2.

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    25. Step 25

      Thicken.

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    26. Step 26

      Select the surface and thicken it outside.

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    27. Step 27

      And we have the basic surface of the container.

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  • troy
    troy 7 months ago

    Thanks for the tutorial everything worked as planned, except steps 9-10.
    I had to create a sketch on the rectangular top edge in order to have a closed sketch. (SW wouldn't let me simply select the top edges ).

    Thanks!

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