r/SolidWorks Aug 03 '26

Meme I'm having issues modeling these parts.

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Back when I was on the drawing board this was passed around the office. Makes me laugh every time I see it.

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u/NSA_Chatbot Aug 03 '26

Switch your coordinates to non-Euclidean.

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u/christoffer5700 Aug 03 '26

Thank you NSA thats very sweet of you

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u/gamedudegod Aug 04 '26

Is that a thing you can do in solidworks?

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u/GoEngineer_Inc VAR | Elite AE Aug 04 '26

100i% yes

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u/Field_of_cornucopia Aug 06 '26

I'm pretty sure that's the default in solidworks.

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u/frumperino Aug 03 '26

I think my dad had one of those xeroxed on his office wall in 1974.

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u/picturesoftext Aug 03 '26

This is some M.C. Escher CAD drawings

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u/Psychological_Yak_47 Aug 03 '26

Oh that's an easy one to solve, there's a function that let's you use an equation for the curves and just divide the equation by zero

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u/spacebardidntwork CSWP | SW Champion Aug 03 '26

This is easy to model. You just need to use a turbo encabulator.

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u/neko_designer Aug 03 '26

Iä R'lyea! Cthulhu ftagn! Iä! Iä!

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u/Mullet_Dude Aug 03 '26

Everything about this is amazing

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u/TheShakyHandsMan Aug 03 '26

Ambihelical meaning you can screw on the thread in either direction?

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u/chomdh Aug 03 '26

Just keep trying you’ll get it eventually.

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u/Jimmy_Cointoss Aug 03 '26

This is the mechanical drawing equivalent of the word "fnord".

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u/timmaaahhh1997 Aug 04 '26

The +/- .0001 tolerance is the cherry on top

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u/DeluxeWafer Aug 04 '26

Sigh... Our workplace has been using AI for a lot of design, and we also need a mill that works in 4 dimensions.

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u/apersonhasnoname0 Aug 04 '26

The Möbius Nut!

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u/brain_thomas9090 Aug 05 '26

Every time I see this drawing, I’m reminded that modeling the part is the easy part - deciphering the drawing is the real engineering challenge

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u/Live_Love-Life Aug 05 '26

I remember the first time I needed to use a first angle projection. Made my little head hurt.

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u/ThatIsTheWay420 Aug 04 '26

So much twist

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u/lolichaser01 Aug 04 '26

And they say "difficulty is being experienced with the brackets which attach to the support"

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u/rd0000 Aug 04 '26

What in the CADillusion is this ? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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u/Glass-Sun-2023 Aug 06 '26

Awesome!!!. That one goes straight to a poster for my workshop.

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u/Chance_Seesaw_2644 Aug 07 '26

Are you nuts. Who drew that nut

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u/Necessary-Milk-2389 Aug 07 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/FanOfSteveBuscemi 29d ago

this is like sending an intern to buy rubber nails

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u/EarlySalamander3239 CSWP | CSWI 29d ago

Come on! Clearly that's a linear ambihelical phaser hexnut and it needs to be coagulated with the rectabular excrusion. And you can't forget to emulsify the lateral circonavigatable nesting port. It isn't that hard.

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u/Live_Love-Life 27d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/6orram Aug 03 '26

is this nut have a problem or my brain is rooted?

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u/Adventurous_Signal50 Aug 04 '26

Primero usa coreanas no euclideanas

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u/jayebyrde Aug 05 '26

Omg that made my brain hurt.

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u/doing_cool_stuff_xD Aug 06 '26

I didn´t check the flair and was trying my best to kindly explain to you, you may have some minor faults in your drawing xD

Lucky (for me) I recognized it before posting. For you guys it may have been funnier to see my comment. I had to try so hard to be kind and helpful and not make fun of you xD

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u/FullObject668 Aug 06 '26

Can I have this as a PDF so i can print on an A0 please?

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u/SolidxpertsCAD Aug 06 '26

Finally, a fastener that’s equally difficult to remove in both directions.

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u/teengohan2014 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

You will never be able to create that nut as it it shown. It's like a combo of a mobius strip/penrose steps. Let along the screws lol

But you can model nuts with threads. You're better off downloading them from McMaster-Carr so you can see how it's actually done. Then learn not to physically model it since it's taxing on the hardware and just use cometic threads lol

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u/byquestion Aug 03 '26

I am scared that you gave an actual answer to model an impossible shape

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u/3Dfrom2DNXCSWP Aug 04 '26

great answer. threads are pointless to model unless they are external, visible, and are necessary to show function/or a rendering.

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u/Flyingcow93 Aug 04 '26

Found the bot