‘helix’

Get Your 3D Kung Fu ON: How to Use the Radial Array Tool in modo

31 Mar, 2012 by in CAD

Yes, you must. You must get your 3D Kung Fu on. One way to do that, in the least harmful and most efficient way possible, is through the viewing of videos. One in particular that will give you the chops to create endless variations of radial intensity not fit for the pudgy, weak wills of the untrained masses, is through a new cadjunkie series, 3D Kung Fu.
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How the Heck Is This Made? Creating SolidWorks Spirals, Sweeps and Helixes

01 Oct, 2008 by in CAD

spiral modeled in solidworksThere is really an endless amount of interesting object you can make with SolidWorks and a lot of interesting and unusual way to get there. Some readers on the Most Obscure Feature Combo post had excellent ideas and I even got a few via email. This crazy spiral, by Jeff Mowrey (@idesignhaus on Twitter) of Industrial Designhaus, LLC, is one of them.

The way he went about creating it is very well thought out. Have any idea how it was done?

Take a guess in the comments and I’ll post the file for you to download. What about other helix and spiral-type features and parts? Are there easy ways to create them and use them in your designs?

Here’s a few examples for you to have a look at – examples of how you can create some complicated looking spirals within a single feature. Oh, and all the rendered images here… done with Photoview360 – the new rendering engine (from Luxology) that comes packaged with SolidWorks 2009 Professional and Premium. NICE.

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