Comments on: Modeling a Bottle

By: Natty

Natty — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:14:41 +0000

Hey,
This tutorial is exactly what I was looking for to model some threaded rod. I have a question though, when I try to make the sweep, there is no ghost preview and the operation “cannot be completed.”

I checked the profile with a revolve and that worked just fine. I tried remaking the helix both inside the rod and outside but it just didn’t work. Do you know what might help?

Thanks so much!
-Natty

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:28:35 +0000

Great Job. Thanks a LOT!

By: Steve Davies

Steve Davies — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:45:08 +0000

Great tutorials, working through them slowly and I have enjoyed them all so far.

Cheers

Steve

By: Josh Carter

Josh Carter — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:48:51 +0000

Really impressive tutorials, thanks. As a software engineer getting into mechanical design as a hobby, I especially appreciate your focus on “design best practice,” e.g. your discussion of the different ways to keep the threads from intruding into the inside of the bottle. Keep up the great work!

By: Nasser

Nasser — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:05:57 +0000

Thanks Tim

By: Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:49:35 +0000

Great instruction. There’s a lot to learn from your tutorials. Please keep up the good job.

By: venkatesh

venkatesh — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:56:19 +0000

Its too easy to obsererve. Then i need hot to animate

By: ESTUDIANTE

ESTUDIANTE — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:21:43 +0000

Gracias por la copia

By: Larry H.

Larry H. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:41:16 +0000

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR INSTRUCTION! Easy to understand and follow…Thanks a million. I do have a question: I am trying to learn surfacing…doing projects like Ultra Downy & Tide bottles…Where the varying surfaces change. Do you have any examples or would you please be able to give me some help?
Thanks again,
–L

By: Dan Bovinich

Dan Bovinich — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:24:19 +0000

Great job!

By: freddy

freddy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:22:07 +0000

how to download this video??

thx

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:16:27 +0000

Great Tut! Thanks for posting it.

By: mira

mira — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:14:10 +0000

Hi,
Can you tell me how to make a tread around a globoidal shape(hourglass shape)? Thanks,
Mira

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:03:14 +0000

You’re tutorials are excellent! I find something new in them every time I watch them.
Great Job, keep up the wonderful work!

Karl

By: SolidWorker

SolidWorker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:23:50 +0000

Con,
In the near future I will be producing a video on Cosmetic Threads that I think will be of interest to you. Stay tuned.

By: SolidWorker

SolidWorker — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:22:42 +0000

Bram,
I believe I know what you are describing. Could modeling a small segment of tread with lead-in and out (perhaps just an 1/8th of a revolution) and then replicating this bump around the neck with a curve driven pattern along a helix produce the effect you are looking for?

By: Con Borg

Con Borg — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:50:20 +0000

I am fairly new at Solidworks, and I was just wondering, how to put threads onto a stud. I would appreciate any help on this in a step by step method.

Thanks
Con

By: Bram

Bram — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:29:48 +0000

Dear Tim,

Once again I’ve enjoyed this fine tutorial. I was wondering: in some bottlecaps you see a thread broken down in smaller “lanes”. What is the best way to construct such a thing?

Good luck on your site, outstanding quality of tutorials! I’ve bookmarked it.

Bram