Since 2009 I help SolidWorkers to improve their SolidWorks modeling skills by developing practical, step-by-
step SolidWorks tutorials. Over the last decade, I have attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors to my
website. I am the author of 9 SOLIDWORKS eBooks (50.000+ downloads) and 3 premium SolidWorks tutorial
packages.
Today I want to present you eBook #1 of my SolidWorks Yacht tutorial. In this practical tutorial package I
will show you exactly how to model the exterior of an amazing yacht in SolidWorks.
Despite the fact that it’s a sophisticated model, it doesn’t need to be too difficult with the instructions of this
tutorial. Today I will show you how to model part #1 of your yacht in SolidWorks.
Each tutorial starts with a line drawing of the Yacht you will make. You can find the line drawing on the next
page. I’ve highlighted the treated part of each tutorial in blue. As you can see we start with the propeller of the
yacht. Your yacht has 3 of them but I’ll show you just one. 😉😉
Best regards,
Jan-Willem Zuyderduyn
Click here for an animation of the SolidWorks yacht | Click here to download the free wallpapers
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Disclaimer:
Although this eBook shows you how to model an amazing propeller in SolidWorks,
it’s not a “real” propeller. In real life there is a bit more ‘science’ involved to making
the right blade form to ensure proper performance in water.. 😉😉
The goal of this tutorial package is to learn SolidWorks in an efficient and practical way,
not to build a real yacht. With that being said, let’s start!
Open SolidWorks
Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model to normal to the selected Plane.
Draw the three straight lines as shown in the picture. The 350mm line should be placed on the middle axis of the Right Plane.
Add a tangency relation on the transition between the horizontal line and the spline
Select the horizontal line, hold down the Control key and select the spline. Click on the Tangency icon
in the Add Relations bar to add a tangency relation between the line and the spline.
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Revolve or click on the revolve icon
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane or click on the New Plane icon
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Loft or click on the Loft icon
Make sure that the green balls are both in the same rectangle
corner as shown in the picture and blue circle details
If not, click and drag one ball to the another corner of the rectangle
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click on the Extruded Cut icon
Change to 210 mm
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the fillet icon
Click OK
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the fillet icon
Click OK
Number of instances :6
Click OK
Click OK
I hope you liked this tutorial! Keep an eye on your Inbox because I will send you eBook #2 tomorrow 😊😊
Cheers,
Jan