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SOLIDWORKS Essentials - Designing Molded & Casted Parts

Learn to create geometry in SOLIDWORKS for molded, cast, or forged part designs. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.

Tandy Banks - Pluralsight course - SOLIDWORKS Essentials - Designing Molded & Casted Parts
by Tandy Banks
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Using SOLIDWORKS, we will look at the features and geometry we use to create effective tapered and thin part designs. We will start with a house plan and show how we can use draft while extruding to create a complex roof design. Then, starting with a chunky, solid block style prototype we will start to develop a casting design that can be used in a mass production scenario. Software required: SOLIDWORKS 2016.

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Tandy Banks - Pluralsight course - SOLIDWORKS Essentials - Designing Molded & Casted Parts
Tandy Banks

Tandy Banks is a technology and manufacturing liaison with design specialties in high-pressure pumping, compressed natural gas systems, heavy fabrication, large mobile equipment, trailer design, and fluid power systems. Continually pursuing improvement across all aspects of organizations.

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