How to modeling a tangerine in Solidworks

Stephan H. Tobias (BuseHase)

11 Jun, 2013 07:02 AM

And here is my small tutorial, for this question.

1. Step 1:

   You have to make some pictures of an tangerine. For example, one from the top and two from sides, but in a distance of 90°. Use the "Sketch picture"-feature to project the pictures to your standard-views.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Now we create the outlines from the topview and of the two sideviews with the simple "2d-sketches".
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Use the "lofted surface"-feature to create the upperside (270°) of the tangerine.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Use the "lofted surface"-feature to create the bottomside of the tangerine, but with a distance of 180°. This will make it easier to create homogeneous batches and let it look more "organic".
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Now we close the first gap, also with "lofted surface"-feature. Choose the edges from our first 270° part, with "tangency to face"-properties and choose edge from the lower part with "tangency to face"-properties to create a smooth and natural looking surface.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Ready to close the second gap, let's get it on. We use also the "lofted surface"-feature. Choose the edges from our second 270° part (the lower part), with "tangency to face"-properties and choose edge from the upper part with "tangency to face"-properties to create a smooth and natural looking surface.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Now we have a realy cool and organic looking tangerine. Next step is to combine the surfaces to one "Solid body" with......ah....."lofted surface"-feature?......nooooo with the "knit feature" ;-)
   

   

8. Step 8:

   At the end of this tutorial, we create some details. Like the stem or something like this and we finished this tutorial, i hope you like it!