From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Modeling a Bicycle
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Add the down tube - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Modeling a Bicycle
Add the down tube
- [Instructor] We can really see our bike frame starting to come together now. And in this video, we're going to finish off the front triangle by adding in the down tube. We'll follow the same process that we used for the top and the seat tube. So, open the assembly that you've been working on. And first let's insert a new plane for the down tube. Go to the assembly tab and click on reference geometry and choose plane. For the first reference, let's choose that down tube line. And then for the second reference, let's choose the front point of the line. Press OK. And let's call this new plane down tube plane. Now let's insert a new part into the assembly. So go to assembly, click on the dropdown under insert components and choose new part. Similar to the previous parts, depending on your settings, you might be prompted to enter a file name at this point. And if so, call the new part down tube. Then you should be…
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