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Creating revolved features

Creating revolved features - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Creating revolved features

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- [Narrator] The next stop on our journey to learning SolidWorks is the revolve feature. Now the revolve feature is similar to an extrude or an extrude 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 axis. So we need to put in an axis. 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 design and draw this shape. Now I'm going to go over here and grab a circle, draw out a circle, and where it is doesn't really matter. And I'm also…

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