I used to have a friend who was an industrial designer. But he retired and walked away from it all. So now all I have is you – a bunch…
Category: modeling challenge
In modeling a dune buggy, I came across these big paddle sand tires. Tire treads are notoriously difficult, but these take it a step further. How would you go about…
Sometimes the modeling difficulty is the draft. I had forgotten about this project. It was a quickie stuck in between a couple of other larger projects about 8 years ago.…
If you have been to the SolidWorks forum, you have probably learned something from Alin Vargatu. The depth and breadth of his knowledge of the software has impressed me since…
The modeling challenges are fun and I always learn something from the different techniques. Here is one that might be harder than it looks. A surfboard. In making this model,…
Ken Baker left a suggestion on the Topic Suggestion page. I prefer working on technical problems as opposed to writing about crap like clouds or whatever. So if you send…
Aircraft are some of the most fun things to model. For whatever reason, I find them easier to model than cars. Maybe because they are so big, you are excused…
Some things are more difficult to model than others. Some seem simple, but when you go to do them, they aren’t. Here’s a helmet I did several years ago. The…
What if you wanted to model a shape like this? where would you begin? This is certainly complex, but all of the faces are planar. Well, this challenge isn’t…
Bottles are a very common showcase for complex shapes. Plastic bottles, glass bottles, you name it. This challenge may be too ambitious, but I’m gonna see what you folks come…