As of today, I have spent around 4 months in lockdown, avoiding interactions with the outside world and being a homebody. Unfortunately, like many others, I have contributed a large portion of my time to watching Netflix and being a couch potato. A few weeks ago, I decided I needed to find a fun hobby, which I decided was to be 3D modeling.
I was first exposed to 3D modeling in eighth grade when I used Autocad to model a cup to be 3D printed with the school's printer. It never got printed but I was fascinated by the technology, nonetheless. Then again in my sophomore year of college when I was in my community's solar car team. I downloaded Solidworks and tried to model the car's frame. There were quite a few more times when I used 3D modeling in my projects, from making a wooden clock to prototyping an easter egg jig. While I know how to use the basics of the software, there are so many more facets that I have yet to delve into. I love seeing the ideas in my head become visualized in a 3D model. This is something I can imagine myself doing as a career. As a result, I embraced the idea of "Get so good at something they have to hire you for it" (this is not the exact quote) and began my mission of becoming a 3D modeling expert. I searched youtube for good tutorials that can teach me how to fully utilize all of Solidwork's features. I found a 3 hour bicycle one by CAD CAM Tutorials which was GREAT. It took me about 8 hours to finish this bike but I learned an incredible amount. To name a few, I learned how to create a 3D sketch, how to use splines to create difficult shapes, how to use advanced mates, and more. These are all things I wouldn't have really learned just by doing projects on my own. I highly recommend trying out this tutorial. The speaker is detailed and almost all of the steps worked as expected. There were maybe one or two steps that didn't work for me so I had to find another method. On to the next tutorial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj5Wo1Z9r20
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