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NOTE: Model the Hull first before you start with the garage door tutorial

Open SolidWorks

Go to: Start > Programs > SolidWorks

Open the exported body of the Hull tutorial as main body: Garage_Door.sldprt

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Create a new 2D sketch on the blue surface

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

Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model to normal to the selected surface

Draw the four lines as shown in the picture

Add the dimension by clicking on the dimension button

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Create an Extruded Cut

Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click on the Extruded Cut icon

Change Direction 1 to Trough All

Click OK

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Create a Shell

Select the three blue surfaces as shown in the picture

Go to Insert > Features > Shell or click on the Shell icon

Change to 100 mm

Click OK

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Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon

Click on the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius to 100 mm

Click OK

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Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon

Click on the blue outer edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius to 15 mm

Click OK

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Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon

Click on the blue inner edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius to 15 mm

Click OK

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Create a new 2D sketch on the blue surface

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

Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model to normal to the selected surface

Draw the circle as shown in the picture

Add the dimension by clicking on the dimension button

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Create an Extruded Cut

Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click on the Extruded Cut icon

Change to 100 mm

Click OK

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Create a Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon

Click on the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius to 15 mm

Click OK

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Create another Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon

Click on the blue edges as shown in the picture

Change the Radius to 10 mm

Click OK

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Create another Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click on the Fillet icon

Click on the blue edge as shown in the picture

Change the Radius to 50 mm

Click OK

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Mirror the garage door

Go to Insert > Pattern / Mirror > Mirror or click on the Mirror icon

Select the Right Plane in the Feature Tree as Mirror Face

Select the Bodies to Mirror option

Select the blue body of the garage door as shown in the picture

Select the Merge solids option

Select the Knit surfaces option

Select the Propagate visual properties option

Click OK

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Create a new plane

Go to: Insert > Reference Geometry > Plane

or click on the New Plane icon

First Reference : Select the Front Plane

Change the Offset Distance to: 31000 mm

Click OK

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Create a new 2D sketch on the new Plane1

Select Plane1 and click on the 2D Sketch icon to make a new sketch

Click on the Normal To option to rotate and zoom the model to normal to the selected plane

Click again at the Normal To button to rotate the view 180 degrees

Draw the centerline as shown in the picture

Change the length and position of the line by clicking on the dimension button

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Create the name of your yacht

Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > Text or click on

the Text icon

Click on the horizontal centerline as reference Curve

Type the name of your yacht in the Text box

(in this case: YachtTutorial.com)

Click on the Font button

Change the font to: Century Gothic

Change the Text Height to 200 mm

Click OK

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Create an Extruded Cut

Go to: Insert > Cut > Extrude or click on the Extruded Cut icon

Change Direction 1 to Offset From Surface

Select the pink extrusion surface as Face

Change to 8 mm

Click on the Reverse Offset option to make sure that the Extruded Cut is directed inwards the body

Click OK

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Change the color of the garage door

Click on the + icon before the Solid Bodies map in the Feature tree

Select a blue surface of the garage door as shown in the picture

Click on the right mouse button and click on the appearances icon

Click on the Body option

Change the color to a custom dark blue by changing the RGB numbers to 0, 0, 128

Click OK

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Change the color of the yacht name

Select Cut-Extrude4 in the feature tree

Right click on the appearances button

Click on CutExtrude4

Change the color to white

Click OK

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Hide all planes and sketches

Save the file with the following name: Garage_Door.sldprt

Congratulations, you have just completed the Garage Door!

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In the next tutorial you will learn how to model the Front Seat in SolidWorks.

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