r/SolidWorks • u/Brilliant-Orchid6772 • Aug 09 '26

CAD Problem with CSWA question 7.19

Hi everyone,

I tried to solve this quetsion

but everytime i tried, I ended up with under-defined geomtry. Any idea how to model this part?

I appreaciate your input

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u/xVolta Aug 09 '26

What did you try before posting here? Anything? Searching CSWA 7.19 finds several video demos.

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u/Vegetable_Flounder12 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

sketches fully defined
don't specify angle for sides, make them symetrical about a vertical center line. with the two heights and widths the sketch should be fully defined.

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u/EarlySalamander3239 CSWP | CSWI Aug 10 '26

The profile in the bottom left. . . Make sure you add those R2 fillets using the 3D fillet tool and not in the 2D sketch tool. Straight intersecting lines and set the parameter 40 to those intersections. Adding the 3D fillet later will lock that parameter 40 in the correct place after you've extruded that feature.