From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2021 Essential Training
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Creating revolved features - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2021 Essential Training
Creating revolved features
- [Instructor] The next stop on our journey to learning SolidWorks is the revolve feature. Now the revolve feature is similar to an extrude or an extruded cut in that it needs a sketch, but this time instead of just extruding it straight out we're going to take that and revolve it around an axes. So we need to put in an axes. So to get started, let's go ahead and start here with a sketch and let's choose the front plane. And like I told you, we need to have an axis. So let's go ahead and create one right over here. Under line, we have one called center line and I'm going to draw a few center lines right here on the screen. And then one right over here. And generally you only need one center line but I'm going to draw a few here so we can see what will change as I define and draw this shape. Now I'm going to go over here and grab a circle, draw out a circle and where it is, it doesn't really matter. Then I'm also going to…
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Creating sketches5m 48s
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Understanding relationships3m 56s
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Using the Extrude feature6m 34s
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Using the Extruded Cut feature5m 7s
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Creating revolved features5m 4s
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Making revolved cuts4m 10s
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Applying materials, colors, and finishes4m 36s
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Finding mass properties4m 14s
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System options, units, and templates4m 45s
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Working with dimensions6m 1s
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Selecting colors2m 18s
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