Hey, this is my 4th update on my
SolidWorks blog
This week I have learnt about “Revolt Boss”
vs. “Extrude Boss”; “Extruded cut”; “Loft Base”; “Swept Boss” and how to create
a “New Plane”. For once, I didn’t have any problems and didn’t get stuck on any
of the exercises!
“Revolt Boss” is a pretty cool tool as you
draw a section of your object around a centre line and when you click ok, it
extrudes your sketch around the centre line.
To get the same part as I got with “Revolt
Boss” by just extruding (with “Extrude Boss”) is a little bit more time
consuming. This is because I ended up with more features in my tree; since I
needed to create each different sized piece individually and extrude each one
to the right length.
“Extruded cut” is just the reverse of
“Extruded Boss”. I thought it was pretty self-explanatory, all I needed to do
was draw the shape I wanted cut into/through my shape and it was done.
“Lofted Base” tied in with creating a new
plane. “Lofted base” is simple, I just needed to create a shape on one of the
planes and then make a new plane by going to: reference, geometry and then
plane; and then putting how far you want the plane. On the new plane, I drew a
circle and then ‘Lofted’ the two shapes on the different planes together.
“Swept Boss” required me to draw on two
planes. One was to get the overall shape and the other was to determine what
size/shape was to follow the first shape. This creating a bendy pipe.
Till next time,
Deanna (design student)
Deanna (design student)
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