Hand Mirror Project Introduction

Objectives of This Tutorial

Orientation To SolidWorks

1.   Creating a new file in SolidWorks and set to Inch Pound Seconds (IPS).

2.   Retrieving Inch Pound Seconds from Document Options.

3.   Customizing your heads up menu system across the top of your design area.

4.   Start designing with centerline tool and placing the line on the top view. Then setting the centerline with dynamic mirror.

5.   Adding an additional two vertical centerlines using dynamic mirror.

6.   Setting vertical centerline dimensions using an equation in the dimension.

7.   Creating the horizontal centerlines for creating the vertical height of the mirror. Information

8.   Renaming the sketch containing the centerlines to governing sketch.

9.   Adding control point lines for the mirror using dynamic mirror.

10.   Drawing control lines with dynamic mirror and avoiding using relations for these control lines.

11.   Understanding the purpose of the governing sketch.

12.   Drawing the profile sketch without using the dynamic mirror command.

13.   Drawing the mirror profile spline sketch using the dynamic mirror command.

14.   Renaming the sketch to Profile Sketch and making adjustments on the sketch.

15.   Considerations about your sketch and making adjustments to the profile sketch.

16.   Modifying the governing sketch to change mirror profile.

17.   Modifying the profile sketch to change the mirror profile.

18.   Hiding the governing sketch and extrude boss/base of the model with a simple equation.

19.   Changing the material type of the wood and changing the wood grain direction.

20.   Changing the angle of the texture on the wood grain and selecting the .25" fillet for the edge of the mirror.

21.   Accepting the fillet for the mirror edge and starting the test Photoworks render.

22.   Housekeeping, pinning pull down menu and adding Photoworks to pull down menu.

23..   Photoworks reflective checked floor rending.

24.   Reviewing the Photoworks rendering of the initial mirror base and saving the file.

25.   Saving the mirror file to a base file that can be used on later models of the mirror design.

26.   Reopening the governing sketch...making it visible to edit.

27.   Changing the governing sketch and moving the roll back command to see the modified shape.

28.   Turning the profile sketch to create an entirely different designed mirror.

29.   Tuning the profile sketch to personal preferences.

30.   Saving the file to have a different and second mirror product.

31.   Changing the mirror studio in Photoworks to get a different rendering of the new mirror.

32.   Planning the next features to add to the second mirror design.

33.   Using the right plane to draw the next features of the mirror using the line command.

34.   Laying out the sketch on the right plane for the button or "bubble" feature.

35.   Setting to isometric view and adding smart dimensions and then revolve boss base command.

36.   Accepting the revolve boss/base command and then starting the rendering to see the features.

37.   Photoworks render area command.

38.   Initial considerations about "bubble" design and needing to add a fillet.

39.   Filleting to a .25" cutter for the "bubble" design.

40.   Reviewing render area of the "bubble" added to the mirror handle. Moving onto new features.

41.   Part 1 - Creating the handle raised area. Creating the sketch.

42.   Part 2 - Creating the handle raised area. Placing the spline on the centerline.

43.   Part 3 - Creating the handle raised area.

44.   Part 4 - Creating the handle raised area. Editting the relationship of the spline and centerline.

45.   Part 5 - Creating the handle raised area. Not to edit spline relationship. Proceeding to Revolve Boss/Base.

46.   Part 6 - Creating the handle raised area. Adding a .125" fillet around raised area on the handle.

47.   Part 7 - Creating the handle raised area. Reviewing rendering of the Revolove Boss/Bass.

48.   Part 8 - Creating the handle raised area. Reviewing final rendering of the Revolove Boss/Bass.

49.   Part 1 - Creating the mirror opening cut out.

50.   Part 2 - Creating the mirror opening cut out.

51.   Part 3 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Adjusting the horizontal centerline.

52.   Part 4 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Setting the inital dimensions.

53.   Part 5 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Reviewing what needs to be changed on the sketch.

54.   Part 6 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Rolling back to the governing sketch to modify the profile to accomodate the mirror cut out.

55.   Part 7 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Rebuilding the modified profile sketch.

56.   Part 8 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Tweaking the dimensions to satisfy our design needs.

57.   Part 9 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Modifying the profile sketch to improve the design.

58.   Part 10 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Extrude Cut of the mirror opening.

59.   Part 11 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Initial problem with using the fillet command.

60.   Part 12 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Using the inner vertical fillet for rounding the cut out.

61.   Part 13 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Setting the fillet to 3/16" for the round on the mirror opening.

62.   Part 14 - Creating the mirror opening cut out. Render review for the mirror cut out, changing and saving the file name.

63.   Part 1 - Redesigning the mirror to the actual wood billet size.

64.   Part 2 - Redesigning the mirror to the actual wood billet size. Editting the governing sketch and the profile sketch.

65.   Part 3 - Redesigning the mirror to the actual wood billet size. Continuing to modify the governing sketch and rolling back.

66.   Part 4 - Redesigning the mirror to the actual wood billet size. Further governing sketch refinement.

67.   Part 5 - Redesigning the mirror to the actual wood billet size. Review of design and saving the mirror and then save as mirror back.

68.    Part 6 - Redesigning the mirror to the actual wood billet size. Saving the front version and then saving a copy to the back version.

69.   Part 1 - Creating the back mirror design - Understanding the "old" mirror opening sketch dimensions and deleting the fillets.

70.   Part 2 - Creating the back mirror design - Deleting unnecessary fillets and then understanding old sketch plane reference.

71.   Part 3 - Creating the back mirror design - Setting normal or planar to the back face of the mirror.

72.   Part 4 - Creating the back mirror design - Drawing new centerline and horizontal centerline sketches.

73.   Part 5 - Creating the back mirror design - Attempting to delete the old sketch and cannot.

74.   Part 6 - Creating the back mirror design - Drawing the "new" rectangle by center command.

75.   Part 7 - Creating the back mirror design - Dimensioning the bottom edge of the mirror opening and adding .25" to opening.

76.   Part 8 - Creating the back mirror design - Adding the dimension to the vertical side of the mirror plus .25" to accomodate the opening.

77.   Part 9 - Creating the back mirror design - Filleting the corners of the mirror to .125 or 1/8" to allow for cutter radius.

78.   Part 10 - Creating the back mirror design - Verifying understanding on .125" or 1/8" radius of the cutter.

79.   Part 11 - Creating the back mirror design - Extrude cutting into the mirror back for the mirror glass.

80.   Part 12 - Creating the back mirror design - Full .25" cutout to accomodate for the rubber cement of the mirror glass glue.

81.   Part 13 - Creating the back mirror design - Adding a .125" or 1/8" radius on the bottom edge of the mirror cutout.

82.   Part 14 - Creating the back mirror design - Why we use a ball mill cutter.

83.   Part 15 - Creating the back mirror design - Shadow reorientation to the model.

84.   Part 16 - Creating the back mirror design - Photoworks model review.

85.   Part 1 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Setting to the right plane.

86.   Part 2 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Adding the bubble sketch to the right plane on the mirror back.

87.   Part 3 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Adding in dimensions of the sketch feature,

88.   Part 4 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Filleting the round button on the mirror and starting Photoworks rendering.

89.   Part 5 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - New design considerations for the new button design.

90.   Part 6 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Adding a dimension to govern the button location.

91.   Part 7 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Dimension adjustment for the button with new governing sketch.

92.   Part 8 - Creating new relief features on the mirror back - Design review of the added bubble on the mirror back.

93.   Part 1 - Using Reference Planes - Adding first reference plane.

94.   Part 2 - Using Reference Planes - Adding the reference plane and adjusting it's settings.

95.   Part 3 - Using Reference Planes - Final adjustment to placing the additional reference plane.

96.   Part 1 - Designing on Reference Plane - Start drawing of sketch for added bubble.

97.   Part 2 - Designing on Reference Plane - Adding dimension of .125 for sides of the bubble.

98.   Part 3 - Designing on Reference Plane - Changing to Isometric View for better review of bubble sketch in order to Revolve Boss.

99.   Part 4 - Designing on Reference Plane - Revolving the Boss Base and adding .125" fillet.

100.   Part 5 - Designing on Reference Plane - Photoworks design review of the bubble design.

101.   Part 6 - Designing on Reference Plane - Adding right side plane.

102.   Part 7 - Designing on Reference Plane - Adding plane and adjusting planar view to start designing.

103.   Part 8 - Designing on Reference Plane - Changing to Isometric view and adding a section view.

104.   Part 9 - Designing on Reference Plane - How to work with Section View to control a section view.

105.   Part 10 - Designing on Reference Plane - Returning to designing right side bubble.

106.   Part 11 - Designing on Reference Plane - Turning on the sketch from the previously modeled revolve boss/bass for reference.

107.   Part 12 - Designing on Reference Plane - Setting oneself to being planar on the new plane.

108.   Part 13 - Designing on Reference Plane - Changing the name of the added plane to a more relevant name.

109.   Part 14 - Designing on Reference Plane - Designing the sketch of the right side bubble for the profile sketch.

110.   Part 15 - Designing on Reference Plane - Changing to Isometric view to see the sketch.

111.   Part 16 - Designing on Reference Plane - Placing the Revolve Boss/Base for the right side bubble.

112.   Part 17 - Designing on Reference Plane - Turning off the Section View to see the Revolve Boss/Base.

113.   Part 18 - Placing the Revolve Boss/Base for the right side bubble.

114.   Part 19 - Designing on Reference Plane - Review of the right side bubble and plans for the next feature on the back of the mirror.

115.   Part 1 - Verifying the mirror back can be manufactured from the standard billet.

116.   Part 2 - Placing points to measure the mirror to see if it fits the billet width.

117.   Part 1 - Placing bottom button - Drawing right side centerlines.

118.   Part 2 - Placing bottom button - Design the bottom button sketch profile.

119.   Part 3 - Placing bottom button - Selecting the profile sketch and doing a Revolve Boss/Base.

120.   Part 4 - Placing bottom button - Putting a .125" fillet around the bottom button Revolve Boss/Base.

121.   Part 5 - Placing bottom button - Photoworks rendering of the bottom button and planning next steps.

122.   Part 6 - Placing bottom button - Rendering review of the design and discussing the next steps.

123.   Part 1 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Adding the Centerline.

124.   Part 2 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Modifying the spline around mirror back.

125.   Part 3 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Outter edge reveiw of spline design.

126.   Part 4 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Setting the centerline to dynamic mirror.

127.   Part 5 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Placing the first part of the inner spline for the mirror edge.

128.   Part 6 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Tuning the inners spline of the mirror edge.

129.   Part 7 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Review of "tuned" inner spline.

130.   Part 8 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Extruding the spline line around mirror edge.

131.   Part 9 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Completing extrusion of the outter edge of the mirror edge.

132.   Part 10 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Reduced extrusion of outter edge and started fillets.

133.   Part 11 - Designing the Raised Edge Around the Mirror Back - Initial rendering review of added edge.

134.   Part 1 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Setting normal to mirror back face.

135.   Part 2 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Starting to draw letter with spline tool.

136.   Part 3 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Drawing the lines on the lower left of the letter.

137.   Part 4 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Using Trim Entities, Power Trim for over lapping lines on lower part of letter.

138.   Part 5 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Extrude Boss/Bass of letter to an 1/8" or .125".

139.   Part 6 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Review of Extrusion Boss/Base for lower left side of the letter.

140.   Part 7 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Review of the completed Extruded Boss/Base of the letter.

141.   Part 8 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Adding a fillet to the lower left of the letter.

142.   Part 9 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Review of the completed fillet of all the letter on the back of the mirror.

143.   Part 10 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Review of Rendered Area of the mirror letter.

144.   Part 11 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Planning to adjust the lower left sketch for better CNC operations.

145.   Part 12 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Editting the letter to move parts of the letter down.

146.   Part 13 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Moving selected entities down on the letter.

147.   Part 14 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Review of the moving of the lower left letter down.

148.   Part 15 - Designing the Interior Letter on Mirror Back - Rendered review of the moved entities of the letter and planning next step.

149.   Next step - saving file and moving on to designing the front of the mirror, using back as basis for symmetry on both parts.

150.   Saving the back of the mirror to the new front of the mirror name.

151.   Removing unnecessary features from back design for the new front design.

152.   Deleting the old features from mirror back for mirror front.

153.   Final clean up of the old letter.

154.   Part 1 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Rotating and saving model.

155.   Part 2 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Deleting the inside fillet from old design and opening mirror hole sketch.

156.   Part 3 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Modifying the mirror hole width to partially cover the face of the mirror.

157.   Part 4 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Adjusting the vertical height of the mirror opening.

158.   Part 5 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Editting the Extrude Cut to Through All.

159.   Part 7 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Rolling feature manager to the bottom and switching to isometric view of model.

160.   Part 8 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - considerations for changing the mirror opening location.

161.   Part 9 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Hole opening considerations and opening hole sketch.

162.   Part 10 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Adjusting dimension of sketch location to 2.8 inches.

163.   Part 11 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Dealing with design errors from SolidWorks on mirror opening location.

164.   Part 12 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Adjusting the vertical height of the mirror for future fillets.

165.   Part 13 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Adding the .125" fillet for the mirror opening.

166.   Part 14 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Setting up test render.

167.   Part 15 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Reviewing the Photoworks rendering of the mirror opening.

168.   Part 16 - Designing the hole in the mirror face - Rendered review and sanding considerations of mirror face.

169.   Part 1 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Creating the mirror part file.

170.   Part 2 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Drawing the sketch for the mirror glass with correct dimensions.

171.   Part 3 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Extruding the mirror glass to .125" thickness.

172.   Part 4 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Changing the material properties to glass.

173.   Part 5 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Changing the mirror appearance using the appearances menu tab on the right part of the screen.

174.   Part 6 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Rendering the new mirror glass.

175.   Part 7 - Creating the Mirror Glass - Review of the mirror glass rendering and saving the file to mirror glass part.

176.   Part 1 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Creating the hand Mirror Assembly File.

177.   Part 2 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Placing first part on the assembly origin.

178.   Part 3 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Inserting the Mirror Glass into the assembly.

179.   Part 4 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Setting up the graphics area and orientating one to prepare for the mate operation.

180.   Part 5 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Writting down measurements and verifying the mirror width and mirror holder opening.

181.   Part 6 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Confirming measurements of mirror width and opening width.

182.   Part 7 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Mating edges of mirror and opening coincident with a measured spacing.

183.   Part 8 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Mating coincident the mirror back part face with the mirror glass face.

184.   Part 9 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Reviewing the just complete edge mates.

185.   Part 10 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Taking veritcal measurements of the mirror opening.

186.   Part 11 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Saving the assembly and naming the file.

187.   Part 12 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Hiding the mirror glass to take a measurement of the glass.

188.   Part 13 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Calculating veritcal height opening and mirror height to get equal spacing of mirror placement.

189.   Part 14 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Turning on the hidden mirror back to start mate operations.

190.   Part 15 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Mating the mirror opening and glass opening veritically.

191.   Part 16 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Using the Feature Manager in the Design Area and verifying the mirror glass is centered.

192.   Part 17 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Starting an area render.

193.   Part 18 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Render area review and considerations.

194.   Part 19 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Inserting Mirror Front part and mating coincident with part flip.

195.   Part 20 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Adding a coincident mate with the top edge of the mirror.

196.   Part 21 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Adding coincident mate to hand mirror bottom .

197.   Part 22 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Reviewing final mate and rotating assembly.

198.   Part 23 - Hand Mirror Assembly - Photoworks rendering and next steps.

199.   Dimensioning - Part 1 - Creating the drawing of Mirror Back Part.

200.   Dimensioning - Part 2 - Dragging drawing views on the drawing sheet.

201.   Dimensioning - Part 3 - Changing the drawing view scale to 1:3.

202.   Dimensioning - Part 4 - Arranging the drawing view for better layout of the drawing.

203.   Dimensioning - Part 5 - Setting a larger scale for the Isometric view and changing to a wireframe shaded view.

204.   Dimensioning - Part 6 - Rebuild drawing and saving drawing sheet.

205.   Dimensioning - Part 7 - Placing initial dimensions for the front view, using a point sketch and dimension.

206.   Dimensioning - Part 8 - Opening the Design Options, then Document Properties and then Dimensions properties.

207.   Dimensioning - Part 9 - Document Properties, Dimensions...explaining the Dimension options.

208.   Dimensioning - Part 10 - Final thoughts on Dimension properties.

209.   Dimensioning - Part 11 - Continuing the dimensioning of the drawing.

210.   Dimensioning - Part 12 - Viewing of the completed front view dimensions.

211.   Dimensioning - Part 13 - Reviewing all the completed dimensions for the other 3 views.

212.   Title Block Editting - Part 1 - Opening the Title Block to edit.

213.   Title Block Editting - Part 2 - Editting the DWG NO.

214.   Title Block Editting - Part 3 - Editting the Title Block text for Hand Mirror.

215.   Title Block Editting - Part 4 - Editting the Weight text block by adding mass property information to the field.

216.   Title Block Editting - Part 5 - Changing the scale of the Weight block text to fit in field.

217.   Title Block Editting - Part 6 - Filling out the remaining field discussion.

218.   Title Block Editting - Part 7 - Review of entered fields and copying existing fields for other blocks.

219.   Title Block Editting - Part 8 - Moving and justifying the copied text block and exiting the Edit Sheet Format.

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