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Share your designs!  Show your fellow members what you’re up to at work or for fun.  We publish images of your CAD models, assemblies, finished products, or other items of interest to Members.  Be sure to give us a description of the project, what software version you used, and any particular challenges.  Use News/Submit News to send in your contribution!

12/12/2007

SolidWorks Teaching Project

Richard Williams sends in these images of a Solar Heated Duplex Birdhouse and a backhoe. The birdhouse will be used to teach students about thermodynamics and the backhoe will be used to teach hydraulics.

Birdhouse 1

Birdhouse 2

Backhoe 1

Backhoe 2

07/07/2006

Chris Lanahan

Chris Lanahan of the Fabricate to Order Department at TOLCO, a pipe support and hanger manufacturer and division of NIBCO, submitted these renderings done in SolidWorks. Chris says the renderings drawings are really helpful to customers and the master assembly illustration was something he cooked up for kicks.

Assembly

Renderings

05/01/2006

Richard Williams

Retiree Richard Williams, author and volunteer teacher these days, submitted this design of a Russell solar oven done by himself and one of the kids he mentors.

Solar Oven

"We are building this now at his school in the parking lot," said Richard. "He is eleven years old and is great with tools. I'm also working with him to pick up his grades."

08/27/2005

SeaCAD Technologies Pte Ltd

Sean Seneviratne of SeaCAD Technologies Pte Ltd designed this great image. "This was an F1 car I modeled over a weekend to test SW2005 when it was first released," he explained. "Especially useful were the improved surfacing tools."

F1 Car

08/27/2005

Mid-America Machining

Kevin Gaydosh of Mid-America Machining had this to say about his image: "Unfortunately this project never was approved, but it was the first time I used the Decal in Photoworks."

Maxwell Gallery

06/08/2005

Projetos Mecanicos

I'm from Brasil. I have 30 years old. I work for my own company, RR Mechanical Projects. I make projects of machines in general for sawmills. This bracket is a piece for arch wire. I modeled all the pieces of the arch wire. They are measured in a profile projector and later modeled with SolidWorks. This is a work developed with a dentist's partnership. He will use the 3D bracket to teach in the university. The brackets are show big screen with e-drawings. Now I am programming with VBA for SolidWorks. I am ordering more models and a sample of a macro for custom properties. --Ricardo Rossi, Ricardo Rossi Projetos Mecanicos Editor's Note: Ricardo translated his text with a Portuguese-English translator. The results are great!

Domestic Pool Test Meter

Editor's Note: Ricardo translated his text with a Portuguese-English translator. The results are great!

05/25/2005

Domestic Pool Test Mete

This is a Domestic Pool Test Meter Project recently completed by CI3 for a client who produces industrial water test equipment but wants to break into the domestic market. The product is aimed at people who have domestic swimming pools and spas and is used to accurately monitor the chemical levels to ensure the correct balance is maintained. The product was designed and modeled in SolidWorks by Chris Smith of CI3 and rendered in PhotoWorks by Mark Hemingway of CI3.

Domestic Pool Meter

Exploded Diagram 1

Exploded Diagram 2

Editor's Note: Mark is a product designer for CI3, a product design consultancy based in the North East of England , where he designs for a range of industries, including consumer, medical, automotive, and electrical. Mark received a BA (with Honors) in Industrial Design in 1997 and earned an MA in Advanced Digital Design in 1998. He became a Certified SolidWorks Professional in 2004. He is 29 and lives in Yarm, England .

05/25/2005

Oral-B Crossaction Vitalizer toothbrush

This is a CAD model of the Oral-B Crossaction Vitalizer toothbrush I did for a tooling and molding client. The model was created in SolidWorks and rendered in SolidWorks (PhotoWorks 2). The image is a screengrab of the PhotoWorks rendering with all the surrounding toolbars that users are familiar with (to show that you can achieve compelling images without third-party software). There were no "tricks or workarounds" in producing the model, just intelligent use of the software that comes with experience. --Mark Hemingway

Oral-B Crossaction Vitalizer

Editor's Note: Mark is a product designer for CI3, a product design consultancy based in the North East of England, where he designs for a range of industries, including consumer, medical, automotive, and electrical. Mark received a BA (with Honors) in Industrial Design in 1997 and earned an MA in Advanced Digital Design in 1998. He became a Certified SolidWorks Professional in 2004. He is 29 and lives in Yarm, England.

05/18/2005

Niland Company, El Paso, TX

My name is Bruce Buck and I've been working with SolidWorks since version 2001. I'm currently working as a Design/Sales Engineer for Niland Company in El Paso, TX. We design and manufacture outdoor architectural lighting products. One of my first projects included a new luminaire design. As you can see below, the designs are much more ornate and intricate than the more simple, mechanical design that I've done at other jobs. They were all done in SolidWorks 2005, using the PhotoWorks plugin. It's been a great challenge working with these types of consumer products, but it's loads of fun. The best part is seeing your work turn into production parts! If any of you are experts in surfacing and complex texturing in SolidWorks, I'd LOVE to speak to you and learn some new tricks.

Lighting Products

02/08/2005

Eaton Fluid Power

This project was for a powerunit to suit an Aluminum plant in New South Wales, Australia. I work for Eaton Fluid Power in Australia in the Powerunit Systems group. I work within a team of 5 Engineers and Designers. We have 2 seats of Solidworks 2005 and have been using it for 3 years now. I do the majority of all 3D design work. I have been involved in Hydraulic System Design for the past 5 years. I have been using CAD for the past 10 years. I have an Advanced Diploma in Engineering Technology. My hobbies are Motorbikes: I have 4; 2 are operational and 2 are in pieces. I am also an accomplished Painter and I have sold some pieces. My preference is for larger works, murals that sort of thing. I'm 41 years old, happily married with 2 children, a boy and a girl. --Chris Fitzsimmons, Eaton Fluid Power Australia

Generators

01/01/2005

Generation 2 Worldwide,

I work for a baby furniture manufacturer, Generation 2 Worldwide, so I thought a furniture item might be interesting, since the majority of SolidWorks users work with more mechanical items. Image 1 is a design for a baby crib, which was one of the first I did right after purchasing SolidWorks in 1998. Image 2 is a detail shot of the rope carving in the top end rail. The rope carving was an interesting challenge. The design was a collaborative effort between our Marketing Director, Dave Hansen, and myself. It was designed to have the rope carving done by hand carvers in Indonesia, where many of our cribs are made.

Crib

We did do one production run, and the rope carving was indeed done by hand, but it was too high-priced for our market niche then. I've worked here for 25 years, except for 4¼ years during one ownership change; and have been working and playing with wood, metal, plastic, and tools since I was a kid. It would be great to network with others doing wooden furniture. --Don Rummell, Product Engineer, Generation 2 Worldwide, Don.Rummell@g2w.com

01/01/2005

Jan-July 2008 Submissions

SolidWorks Community members gallery submissions for Jan-July 2008

Boat - SolidWorks - Iso-metric view

A boat created with SolidWorks by Nelson Brazeau - I work for a Medical company and in my spare time if I have any I have been designing a 16 ft run about boat. I have included my almost finished design. All which have been done in solidworks using surfaces. I thought it would be nice to post the picture to show what other people are doing. I plans to create details plans and sell them on the net when I am done of course I need to build the thing first to make sure the plans are accurately correct.

Formula Car by Rakesh Kumar Mishra

Rakesh Kumar Mishra, VIT University,India Assembled and exploded view of a Formula car on the norms of SAE, which successfully completed its test drive in the VIT University campus in India.

Helicopter - SolidWorks - Rakesh Kumar Mishra

Rakesh Kumar Mishra,VIT University, India The cad model of the Helicopter, designed in SolidWorks 2007.

Stamping Machine - SolidWorks - Rakesh Kumar Mishra

Rakesh Kumar Mishra, VIT University,India Simulated Stamping machine designed in SolidWorks 2007 which is used in steel plants to produce coke for blast furnace. The simulation contains the entire cycle used in coke preparation.

Sunfish sailboat - SolidWorks - Daniel Manning

This is a model of a Sunfish sailboat that I recently restored. It was created with Solidworks.

Taj Mahal - SolidWorks - Rakesh Kumar Mishra

I am a B.Tech Mechanical Engineering student from Vellore Institue of Technology,India. The cad model of the Taj Mahal (seventh wonder of the world) designed in SolidWorks 2007. All the special effects have been given using Photoworks.

Wind Car - SolidWorks - Rakesh Kumar Mishra

I am a B.Tech Mechanical Engineering student from Vellore Institue of Technology,India.I have designed the Wind Car in SolidWorks2007. Initially the car’s battery is charged using an external source. When the car starts running the blades of the wind turbine mounted over the roof of the car starts rotating and hence energy can be generated. The turbine acts as the prime mover for the coupled generator. The power flow to the motor is controlled by the controller which is connected with the battery and utilizing relative speed of wind over vehicle for electric power generation and hence charging the battery and giving it backup. To sort out the world’s fuel as well as energy crises this step can prove to be as milestone as it is using non conventional energy source.

Submissions by ConnectPress.com SolidWorks community members for 2008