It is predecided that it should be 360 Deg. In the toolbar to the left you can decide how many degrees you want your part to turn.
Generally the part should now appear in a 3D-view like the picture to the right.
Click in the box that says Axis of Revolution and then click on your Centerline. The toolbar of the feature revolved boss/base will open at the left side and you ask you to specify what line is your centerline. You will find it up in the left corner where you opened your sketch in the begining.Ĩ Revolved Boss/Base. Now the Sketch is done and we will accept the sketch by clicking the icon Exit Sketch. If there is any openings in the sketch the feature Revoled boss/base will not work. Before we finish make sure your sketch is a closed contour so there isn´t any holes in it.
Since i have a spline in my sketch i can´t measure it and it will be blue. If you have a blue line it means that some measurement is missing and if you have a red line you have the same measurement twise or more. When all the lines turn black you have made the sketch fully defined). (if you have made a sketch completely with straight lines make sure to give the lines all the measurments needed. I then draw a line (with the tool line) from the top of my centerline to the top of my spline to get a closed contoure.ħ Finishing a Sketch When your Sketch have a closed contour it is fininshed. The spline tool cannot be measured so you never use that one when you need a part to be exact. In this step you can go on using any tool you want. I then use the tool spline to give the vase soft curves. I draw that line and add measurement with Smart Dimentions. I will add a straight line (with the tool line) at the bottom to get a flat surface for my vase to stand on. You can use almost any sketchtool you want. Now that you have the Centerline to work your contour from it´s just to begin creating. And then click besides the line and a pop-up window will show, here you enter the value you want the lenght of the part to be. Now it´s time to give your sketch the right measurements. If the line is vertical you will get that little yellow box with a vertical line in it. So click on the origo and drag the line upwards. It will make sure that your sketch is fully defined when you measure it in the next step. Always base your sketch on the origo in your drawing area like i did in the picture. In this case we are going to start by using a Line. I chose the front plane for my specific part. Pick the plane you need by clicking on it. Think of them as (Front plane) a front wall in a room, (Top plane) the floor in the room and (right plane) as the right wall. In your area of drawing, three planes will be shown as in the picture below. (As the picture to the right) Click the icon Sketch. A new Solidworkspart will open.Ĥ Sketch your part Click on the tab Sketch in the Command Manager toolbar. I will during this presentation make a vase.ģ Open SolidWorks Start by opening the program SolidWorks.
#Solidworks 2005 tutorials how to#
In the following tutorial you will learn how to operate the Revolved boss/base feature of the Solidworks software. You then draw the contour of half your part so the feature knows how the part is supposed to look when it rotates about your centerline.
The Revolved boss/base is based on a centerline. Presentation on theme: "Revolved Boss/Base Solidworks, a tutorial."- Presentation transcript:ġ Revolved Boss/Base Solidworks, a tutorialĢ Revolved boss/base The Revolved boss/base feature is a very usable tool when it comes to creating circular 3D-models such as a vase or a bottle.