hurrricaneFone Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 hi,im new to SW. currently im working on school project, where i need to build race car (F1 in schools). my question are: 1. what way should i start my design process? should i draw plane by plane and mate them? or directly cut design from balsa wood.sltr that ive made in beginning? 2. instead using fillet/drawing tools what is the other way to draw/blind cut a nice semicircle nose cone? 3. when i extruded my 2nd cut, it will ruin my 1st cut. any tips on this? TQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Attach your sldprt file here. Tutorial 6 is a toy car tutorial - but a bit different than what you are after. http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/DSG322/SolidWorks_surface_tutorials.htm You can probably get what you want with 2 extrusions - one from a profile of the top view and another (intesection - cut all outside) from side view. Then maybe some fillets. Think of how you will actually cut the form (I'm assuming using a band saw and then some sanded radii). Attach your file here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurrricaneFone Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 my design is horrible, have a look and tq. Balsa wood.SLDPRT D1.SLDPRT P1.SLDPRT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Unfortunately you are using a later version - so I cannot open your files, but stick around a bit and I'm sure Matt will take a look and offer some suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 hi,im new to SW. currently im working on school project, where i need to build race car (F1 in schools). my question are: 1. what way should i start my design process? should i draw plane by plane and mate them? or directly cut design from balsa wood.sltr that ive made in beginning? 2. instead using fillet/drawing tools what is the other way to draw/blind cut a nice semicircle nose cone? 3. when i extruded my 2nd cut, it will ruin my 1st cut. any tips on this? TQ. Hurricane, were you asked to produce a SW model without having any guidance? I can't open a future version here at work but i have 2012 at home. Check out the lessons on my website in the mean time and i will try to make some time to open your files either tonight or tomorrow and have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 hurricane, give this link a try. http://www.solidworks.com/sw/docs/F1inSchoolsRaceCar.zip it should be a step by step F1 c02 car. I think its what you are trying to do and may help you along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 http://www.solidworks.com/sw/docs/F1inSchoolsRaceCar.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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