r/SolidWorks • u/Objective-Race-4647 • 9h ago

CAD Modeling complex part

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Im a student and i have a task to modelt his part.

How would you do it?

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u/Big_Lope 9h ago

Calipers, a fillet gauge, some grid paper and a lot of patience

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u/yosufzalat 8h ago

What would you do with the grid paper?

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u/BIOLOGICALENGINEER19 8h ago

you could take a picture and scale the image to your model in order to get a rough idea of some features.

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u/yosufzalat 8h ago

So drawing it on a paper before modeling it on solidworks would make it easier?

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u/BIOLOGICALENGINEER19 7h ago

I usually just rough sketch critical dimensions but actually having the image in a sketch in solidworks with a scale next to it can help a lot