SOLIDWORKS adds hundreds of new features every single release – and SOLIDWORKS 2019 is no exception. With great improvements in assembly performance, new workflows with touch and markup, and new surface texture features, SOLIDWORKS continues to innovate in 3D CAD. In this first part of a two-part … [Read more...] about What’s New in SOLIDWORKS 2019 – Release Highlights Part 1
When creating the wrist components of my gauntlet I ran into the problem of needing a slot for some of the connection points. In my first iteration of the design, I had a 4 pieces covering the wrist that all needed to be able to rotate relative to the wrist joint. As you can see in Figure 1 … [Read more...] about Creating Fully Functional Medieval Armour Part 4
Cyclical references: A case study when creating the gauntlet hand and wrist plates To create the hand section of the gauntlet I used a lot of Surfacing techniques. I started off with a 3D scan of a hand and used the Offset Surface command to create the inside surface of the gauntlet. I made all the … [Read more...] about Creating Fully Functional Medieval Armour Part 3
To begin the design for my finger plates I first had to take some measurements of my finger. I measured my finger to have a diameter of around 20mm at the thinnest section, 25mm at the thickest section, and a length of about 110mm. Using these dimensions, I revolved a cone to represent my … [Read more...] about SOLIDWORKS: Creating Fully Functional Medieval Armour Part 2 – Creating the Gauntlet Fingers
For all the SOLIDWORKS designers and engineering enthusiast out there, I’m sure you have seen something like this come across your social feeds at one time or another cause I know I have. The question is which bucket will fill up first if water is poured continuously into the first bucket. I have … [Read more...] about SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: Solving the Bucket Challenge
Here at Hawk Ridge Systems, we have three digital manufacturing labs which are a great place to experience additive manufacturing. The lab's house some awesome technology in the form of 3D Scanners and Printers. They recently just got the new HP Jet Fusion 3D and asked some of us application … [Read more...] about 3D Printing: Creating Fully Functional Medieval Armour Part 1
Building structural members with SolidWorks is simple and easy, but the final piece of the design can be elusive and ambiguous if you are not familiar with welding and welder codes. Choosing the correct weld size can just be a rule of thumb or guessing game but with SolidWorks Simulation there is an … [Read more...] about SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Using an Edge Weld Connection
I was on the internet and saw this image of a coin bridge. It looked really impressive and I wondered if it is stable under its own weight or if some sort of adhesive was used. I don’t really have a steady hand so building my own coin bridge in would be frustratingly impossible but I could easily … [Read more...] about SOLIDWORKS Simulation: Testing the Validity of a Coin Bridge
