Solidworks Bubu Stool Tutorial PDF

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It’s like a Swiss knife of the furniture world, it is a stool, a side table, a bedside table, a storage box,
multi-use piece of furniture and not too expensive. The famous Bubu stool of Philippe
Starck embodies all the fashion trends of the last fifteen years.
It has successively been available in classical colors, terracotta, taupe, anthracite, steel grey, etc; it
has been in playful colors: orange, blue, lilac, etc, and available in translucent colors, violet, green,
red, etc, it is finished today in a luxurious silver, gold or pink metallic lacquer, evolving from
polypropylene to ABS.
Never out of fashion, included in the biggest modern art and decorative arts museums of the world,
the Bubu stool is still selling at a fast pace, because it has never been replaced. Reasons enough to
write a tutorial about this piece of art! 😉
Disclaimer: The intellectual property depicted in this 3D model, is not affiliated with or endorsed by
Philippe Starck. This 3D model may not be used for any commercial, promotional, advertising or
merchandising use.

Create a new sketch on the Front Plane
Select the Front Plane in the Feature Manager
Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Click at the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model normal to the selected Plane.
Draw the lines as shown in the picture
Add the dimensions as shown in the picture

Create a Revolve
Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Revolve or click at the revolve icon
Axis of revolution : Select the vertical blue line as shown in the picture
Click OK

Select the blue surface and click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Draw the circle as shown in the picture
Change the dimension of the circle into 200 mm as shown in the picture by clicking at the dimension
button

Create a Split Line
Go to: Insert > Curve > Split Line or click at the Split Line icon
Select Sketch2 as Sketch to Project
Select the cyan face as Faces to Split
Click OK

Create a Dome
Go to: Insert > Features > Dome or click at the dome icon
Select the blue surface as Dome Surface
Set the Dome Distance to 2 mm
Click at the Reverse Direction button to direct the Dome inwards
Click OK

Create a Fillet
Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
Click at the blue edge as shown in the picture
Change the Radius into 500 mm
Click OK

Create a new sketch on the Front Plane
Select the Front Plane in the Feature Manager
Draw the line as shown in the picture
Make the line Collinear to the outer edge
Select the outer edge of the revolve, hold down the Control key and select the new line
Click at the collinear icon to make the line Collinear
Add the dimensions as shown in the picture
Close the sketch

Create a new plane
Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane or click at the New Plane icon
First Reference : Select the lower point of the new line as First Reference
Second Reference : Select the Top Plane as Second Reference
Click OK

Create a new sketch on the new Plane1
Select the Plane1 in the Feature Manager
Draw the centerline as shown in the picture
Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button

Draw the circle as shown in the picture and detail
Close the sketch


Draw the vertical centerline as shown in the picture
Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button

Trim the left side of the circle
Go to: Tools > Sketch Tools > Trim or click at the Trim icon
Select the Power Trim option
Zoom in at the left side of the circle
Click and drag the cursor over the circle to remove it

Draw a spline with one midpoint as shown in the picture
Click at the Spline, hold down the Control key and select the half circle
Click at the Tangency icon to make a tangent relation between the spline and the half circle
Do the same thing for the other side of the spline as shown in the picture.
Close the sketch

Create a Solid Loft
Go to: Insert > Boss/Base > Loft or click at the Loft icon
Select Sketch4 and Sketch5 as Profiles
Click OK

Create a Fillet
Click OK

Create a Circular Pattern
Go to: Insert > Pattern/Mirror > Circular Pattern or click at the Circular Pattern icon
Pattern Axis : Select the blue surface as shown in the picture
Total Angle : 360 deg
Number of instances :3
Select the “Equal Spacing” option.
Features to Pattern : Loft1 and Fillet2
Click OK

Create a Fillet
Click at the two blue surfaces as shown in the picture
Click OK


Change the dimension of the circle into 25 mm as shown in the picture by clicking at the dimension
button

Create an Extruded Cut
Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the extrude icon
Direction 1 : Blind
Change into 4 mm
Click OK

Create a Shell
Go to Insert > Features > Shell or click at the Shell icon
Select the blue surface as shown in the picture
Change D1 into 3 mm
Click OK

Create a Fillet
Change the Radius into 0.5 mm
Click OK

Create a new sketch on the Right Plane
Select the Right Plane in the Feature Manager

Draw the line as shown in the picture
Add the dimension as shown in the picture
Close the sketch

Create an Extruded Cut
Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click at the extrude icon
Direction 1 : Trough All
Direction 2 : Trough All
Enable the Thin Feature option
Change into 3 mm
Click OK

Select All bodies in the Bodies to Keep menu
You’re done! :)
You’ve just created your own Bubu stool in SolidWorks! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Did you like this tutorial and are you eager to learn more? Then I recommend taking a look at my
SolidWorks Boeing 747 course. In this video training course, I will show you how to model an
incredible Boeing 747-8 in SolidWorks.
Click here to get started.
Best regards,
Jan Zuyderduyn

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Since 2009 I help SolidWorkers to improve their SolidWorks

One of my SolidWorks courses is the SolidWorks Boeing 747-8

Click here to learn more.

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Select the Front Plane in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

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Draw the lines as shown in the picture

Add the dimensions as shown in the picture

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Select Sketch2 as Sketch to Project

Select the cyan face as Faces to Split

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Select the blue surface as Dome Surface

Set the Dome Distance to 2 mm

Click at the Reverse Direction button to direct the Dome inwards

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Click at the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius into 500 mm

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Select the Front Plane in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Draw the line as shown in the picture

Make the line Collinear to the outer edge

Click at the collinear icon to make the line Collinear

Add the dimensions as shown in the picture

Close the sketch

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Second Reference : Select the Top Plane as Second Reference

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Select the Plane1 in the Feature Manager

Click at the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Draw the centerline as shown in the picture

Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button

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Close the sketch

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Draw the vertical centerline as shown in the picture

Change the dimension clicking at the dimension button

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Select the Power Trim option

Zoom in at the left side of the circle

Click and drag the cursor over the circle to remove it

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Close the sketch

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Select Sketch4 and Sketch5 as Profiles

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Click at the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius into 20 mm

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Pattern Axis : Select the blue surface as shown in the picture

Total Angle : 360 deg

Select the “Equal Spacing” option.

Features to Pattern : Loft1 and Fillet2

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