I’ve written about the shell in the past https://dezignstuff.com/capabilities-of-the-solidworks-shell-command/https://dezignstuff.com/impossible-models-manufacturing-concerns-shelling/https://episodes.dezignstuff.com/blog/tools-shelling/ I’ve got a couple of cool techniques for you here, and then some ways to get a shelled body when the…
Category: multibody
There have been a couple of chapters in my in-progress subscription site that have just kind of stood out. The Splines chapter has been one of them, and the Body…
Sometimes the gears turn slowly. I started a build of a stingray bike (what kids used to ride before BMX bikes). I’m just now getting around to writing about it.…
Bob M. asked a great question, to paraphrase: What are some practical applications of bodies? This is an incomplete list, because it’s really just limited by your imagination and your…
I was glad to download and install ST5 on my computer yesterday. It has been available for a couple of days, but I’ve been out of the office. My first…
The multibodies issue seems to be generating some interest, so let’s stick with that. One reader asked for a tutorial on multibodies, which I have to admit, I hardly know…
Multibodies is an area of the software that has had a lot of consistent development over the last decade. It was added in 2001. I have to say that I…
Asking SolidWorks users, or anybody for that matter, for suggestions is always an interesting affair. I always enjoy reading the suggestions when SolidWorks opens up Brainstorm or whatever they call…