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Creating revolved features - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS 2018 Essential Training
Creating revolved features
- [Instructor] To create a revolve feature, we need two main ingredients. Number one is an enclosed boundary just like we need for an extrude. And number two is a centerline or something to revolve around. Let's show you how that works. Go over here to Sketch. Let's start a brand new sketch. I'm going to choose the front plane. And the first thing I want to draw is a centerline. So under Line, I click on the twirl down and click on the Centerline. I'll start at the origin, let's draw a line directly up. And for fun, why not, let's just go ahead and create a couple extra lines. Let's make one down here. How about one over here, and have one up there. Why not. Okay, now let's drag out a rectangle. So here's a two-point rectangle. Drag one out. And that's all pretty much you need to do. You don't need to make these other lines, I'm just making them for fun to show you a couple of different examples. But over here under Features, let's go over here to revolve. The first question is, what…
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Creating sketches6m 44s
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Understanding relationships7m 50s
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Using the Extrude feature5m 57s
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Using the Extruded Cut feature4m 57s
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Creating revolved features4m 8s
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Making revolved cuts3m 19s
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Applying materials, colors, and finishes3m 25s
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Finding mass properties2m 25s
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System options, units, and templates4m 49s
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Working with dimensions5m 12s
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