Articles
Short CAD tutorials from real industrial projects.
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Tutorial · 1 min
Tolerance stack-up: will the shaft fit the housing?
Add up the worst cases before the parts are made, not after they fail to assemble.
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Tutorial · 1 min
Draft angles: why your plastic part sticks in the mold
Walls that are exactly vertical drag on the steel. A degree or two of draft lets the part fall out clean.
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Tutorial · 1 min
Sheet metal in SolidWorks: from flat pattern to bent bracket
Model the bracket the way the shop will make it: one flat blank, a few bends, and holes that stay round.
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Tips · 1 min
Surface modeling in CATIA: three habits for clean shells
Clean surfaces start before the first sweep. Three habits we use on every consumer-product shell.