Designing a Windmill Tower from Photo Reference in SolidWorks

—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 29s

—Introducing the Assembly, Background and Model Tours 9m 36s
—Creating Geometry Intended for Sketch Block Profiles 9m 30s
—Forming Our First Sketch Block for the Tower Leg Profile 11m 28s
—Executing Our Second Sketch Block 8m 22s
—Producing Our Third Sketch Block 11m 33s
—Creating the Tower Leg with Sketch Blocks 11m 31s
—Adding Details to the Tower Leg 9m 49s
—Creating the Last of Three Configurations 9m 45s
—Defining the Height and Width of the Tower 9m 17s
—Completing Our Defining Sketch Part 6m 21s
—Beginning to Assemble Our Windmill Tower 11m 13s
—Inserting the Rest of Our Tower Legs 9m 1s
—Discussing Our Sketch Geometry 5m 56s
—Adding More Sketch Geometry for Support 11m 47s
—Creating the Horizontal Supports 10m 30s
—Installing Our Horizontal Supports 11m 54s
—Putting Our Assemblies Together 11m 34s
—Creating the Gusset Plate as an in-context Part 11m 25s
—Inserting Fasteners from the SolidWorks Toolbox 11m 47s
—Implanting Square Head Nuts and Bolts 12m 9s
—Solving Potential Problems with Fasteners 7m 25s
—Generating the Cross Support Parts 8m 48s
—Measuring Our Assembly for the Cross Support Parts 11m 21s
—Creating a New Cross Support Part 11m 18s
—Finalizing the Cross Section Supports 8m 51s
—Inserting the New Cross Supports into Our Assembly 10m 46s
—Completing the Cross Support Insertion 9m 6s
—Cleaning up Our Model 11m 1s
—Applying Our Modeling Approach 10m 44s