Tutorial - Magic Ball in SolidWorks?

Sudhir Gill

6 Mar, 2012 04:49 PM

Here is the tutorial.

1. Step 1:

   Front plane>>Sketch.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Draw a semi circle.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Revolve it mid-plane by 8º.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Thicken it.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Select Right plane & origin and then click Reference Geometry>>Axis.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Now Circular pattern.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Pattern the body about axis 22 times.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Select Top plane & origin and then click Reference Geometry >> Axis.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Now cicular pattern the all body about the axis created in previous step at 90º 2 times.
   

   

10. Step 10:

    We have the ball body.
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Select the Thicken to CirPattern1[] bodies by pressing shift key. Now click Insert>>Features>>Scale.
    

    

12. Step 12:

    About Centorid scale it 1.03.
    

    

13. Step 13:

    We can create another pattern by using circular pattern and scale.