Lynda - Modeling A Bicycle Frame With Solidworks Tutorial

With this fast-paced and advanced SolidWorks 2014 course, Leon van den Heever shows how to model the front triangle section of a bicycle frame, using the Loft, Fill, Sweep, Trim, and Knit commands. Learn how to sketch the path profiles, extrude them to get your basic tube shapes, trim the tubes into sections, use Loft and Fill to create transitions between the parts, and, finally, merge and solidify the faces of the model.

Introduction 3m 15s

Welcome 1m 16s

Using the exercise files 44s

Requirements 1m 15s

1. Modeling 38m 34s

Front-triangle sketch 4m 32s

Sketching the path profiles 6m 8s

Surface lofting the profiles 4m 5s

Extruding the remaining profiles 4m 4s

Trimming 4m 50s

Lofting and filling 7m 21s

Advanced lofting and filling 4m 44s

Knit and thicken 2m 50s

Conclusion 45s

Goodbye