From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Modeling a Bicycle
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Add the seat tube - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Modeling a Bicycle
Add the seat tube
- [Instructor] Now that we've added the first two small parts, the bottom bracket shell and the head tube to the frame assembly, we can actually start to build up the rest of the frame with larger tubes. We could start with any of those tubes really but we're going to start with the seat tube because this finishes out the bottom bracket shell. So it only needs notching, that's rounding off to suit this shell at one single end. Open the frame assembly and it should look something like this. We've got the two existing parts and the layout sketch. We're going to create that seat tube part directly in the assembly. But before we do, first we need to set up a plane to start that new part up. To do this go to the assembly tab, and then click on reference geometry and choose plane. Here on the left for the first reference let's zoom in and select the actual line of the seat tube there. Then for the second reference, let's…
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