From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Modeling a Bicycle

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Add chain stays - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Add chain stays

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- [Instructor] We're now going to create the seat stay part in a very similar way to how we created the chain state. From within the assembly, let's insert a new part. So go to Assembly, Insert Components, New Part. And similar to the previous new parts, you might be prompted to enter a file name at this point. If so, then call this part seat stay. If not, let's choose the new plane for the new part and that will be the Seat Stay Plane down here. Now, we need to draw a path for the seat stay tube and this is similar to the chain stay tube but it actually goes to an even narrower point because it has to go all the way in to the seat tube here and for this reason, the seat stays are often even a smaller diameter then the chain stay. Maybe only 14 or 16 millimeters. Now, these lines can be tricky to see at first, so let's get the line tool and let's start in 3D. Let's start from the end point of that axle. Let's go…

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