Solid Works Key-chain Project
In the early months of this school year I participated in a tutorial for solid works. In this tutorial we were taught the basics of building 3D objects in a program on a computer. We were then let loose to build a 3D object a (key-chain) with the skills we had learned from the tutorials.
Skills and Objectives
- Creating a base feature
- Adding a boss feature
- Adding a cut feature
- Modifying features (adding fillets, changing dimensions)
- Displaying a section view of a part
- Adding parts to an assembly
- Moving and rotating components in an assembly
- Opening a drawing template and editing a sheet format
- Inserting standard views of a part model
- Adding model and reference annotations
- Adding another drawing sheet
- Inserting a named view
- Printing the drawing
Justification
This project which seemed like a fun idea was the complete opposite. For me at least, I had a tough time using the software to do what I wanted. With such a limited background knowledge and how much I was taught. This project brought more keyboard slamming than smiling. But when I was completed I felt a sense of accomplishment which I don't normally achieve when finished with a project. For these reasons I have decided to add this to my portfolio.