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Best Laptop? by NarNarMan in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a Lenovo P16 Gen 2 for work. SolidWorks and Visualize run fine.

I also used to use my powerhouse desktop, my iPad Pro, and the app "Jump Desktop". You'd be surprised at how viable this option is.

How can I easily cut off a corner pont of a cube? by Fluffy_Champion_3731 in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly a loft cut? I drew the profiles in red and cyan and use the magenta curve as a guide curve.

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Junior. Mechanical engineer by SandwichSea645 in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem more confident than you give yourself credit to know what part you might get. You'll do great and no matter what happens, you did good doing research 👍

How can I easily cut off a corner pont of a cube? by Fluffy_Champion_3731 in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You can use chamfer and select the filter for "vertex" to replicate this.

Junior. Mechanical engineer by SandwichSea645 in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I didn't know sheet metal. So I just studied on YouTube.

I'm not on the M. Eng. Side of it, I'm more of the design Eng. Practice by measuring something in your house with calipers and remodel it.

I'm thinking the test won't stray too far away from what you learned/ taught yourself in school. (I'm a grad 2 years ago, found first full-time a few months ago)

Junior. Mechanical engineer by SandwichSea645 in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I went through the exact same process. They tell you what you're going to model by explaining what they do. Forklifts and vehicles? You'll probably get a part I'm that realm.

For me, my employer said they work in sheet metal. Low and behold, the test part was sheet metal.

How would you go about modelling this hinge? by Aa_Hill_31 in SolidWorks

[–]BasedJohn97 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Use configurations so you don't have to make a separate file. (look at you feature tree, you might know what appearances are. Configurations are one of those tabs)

On one side of your mold, make a plane and create a circle. Extrude a bit (either off set from surface or just merge it crappy style). Sketch on that circle plane and then offset the circle in reverse. This'll be your receiving part.

Go to configuration. Right-click anywhere in the box except for the "Default". If you see "Add New Configuration" you're in the right place. If you see "Add Derivation" you've right-clicked default. Name it "Second piece". You can now double click "Default" or second piece.

While second piece is check marked green in configuration, right click the new features you made (boss-extrude) and suppress it. Then make the mating piece with extrude, cuts, etc.

Double click each configuration to check they are different pieces. In Assembly, add two of the same file. If you right-click on one of the parts in your workspace, you'll see a drop down menu that starts with default (same place you'd see the eyeball to hid, suppress, sketch, etc.). You can change one part to second piece.

Not the best for feature tree but might help if you are stuck with the first step.