As Fibonacci Day approached this year and I mulled over what to challenge myself to model, I arrived at an interdisciplinary objective: to create a conceptual architectural model inspired by something found in nature - the nautilus seashell. This cross-section of structural design and nature is known as biomimetic architecture, whose formal definition is the practice of designing buildings and structures by imitating processes and forms from nature.
There is a wide range of keyboard shortcuts and quick clicks in SOLIDWORKS that many seasoned users are familiar with. They make modeling faster than if you didn’t know these hotkeys. But did you know that there are also Zoom shortcuts? With video conferencing becoming ever more widely used, Zoom has become a staple means of communication.
Showing cosmetic threads in SOLIDWORKS is a great way to display threaded parts without modeling the geometry. This is useful when threads are needed only as a graphical depiction. When cosmetic threads are used in SOLIDWORKS on the part level, it is often desirable to show them within the assembly as well. With this option come several different settings that drive the display of cosmetic threads along with other annotations.