====== How To use Solidworks to make lego mechanism ====== **Author:** Email: \\ **Date:** Last modified on <08/20/19> \\ **Keywords:** \\ \\ {{ :solidworks.png?500 |}} \\ The photo above depicts Lego mechanism which allows you to assemble parts. This tutorial shows you how to use solidworks and takes approximately 1 hours to complete. \\ ===== Motivation and Audience ===== This tutorial's motivation is to people who are interested is Lego. Readers of this tutorial assumes the reader has the following background and interests: * Know how to use mouse \\ \\ The rest of this tutorial is presented as follows: * [[tutorialTemplate#partsListAndSources|Parts List and Sources]] * [[tutorialTemplate#construction|Construction]] * Final Words ==== Parts List and Sources ==== \\ To complete this tutorial, you'll need the following items \\ Here is the [[https://www.solidworks.com/|Solidworks]] \\ ==== Construction ==== **Step 1** \\ open the Solidworks \\ \\ **Step 2** \\ Click the assembly and Add parts at the left side of screen \\ {{:assembly.png?300|}} {{:motor2.jpg?300|}} {{:insert.png?300|}} \\ \\ **Step 3** \\ Change color to match the parts. \\ \\ **Step 4** \\ Assemble the parts. you should use 'mate'. \\ First, click a surface that you want to mate. \\ Then, click the 'mate' \\ Last, click the other surface that you want to mate. \\ To make flat, also use 'mate'. Click the surface that you want to make parallel \\ This is video how to do. {{youtube>Cq4XMsx6H5E?medium}} \\ \\ **Step 5** \\ Gear mate. \\ This is video {{youtube>ondT1m_-JVM?medium}} \\ \\ **Step 6** \\ How to make Exploded view {{youtube>BNV_5LD17uA?medium}} \\ \\ **Step 7** \\ How to make assembly video. ==== Final Words ==== This tutorial's objective was how to use Studio 2.0. Once the concepts were conveyed the reader could make this themselves. \\ \\ \\ For questions, clarifications, etc, Email: