How to Model a Bodum Glass in SolidWorks?

On 09.22.11, In SolidWorks Tutorials, by Jan-Willem Zuyderduyn

A regular coffee glass or cup has a handle to prevend you for risking burns. Thats why a normal
glass is not suitable for hot coffee. The Danish company Bodum found a solution for this
problem. They developed a line of double walled design drinking glasses. The glasses are
provided with an insulating air chamber [...]
A regular coffee glass or cup has a handle to prevend you for risking burns. Thats why a normal
glass is not suitable for hot coffee. The Danish company Bodum found a solution for this
problem. They developed a line of double walled design drinking glasses. The glasses are
provided with an insulating air chamber between the inner and outer glass surface. This prevent
you for hand burns. Its also an advantage for cold beverages with hands that are temperature
sensitive. Besides the excellent isolation it also looks great when the glass is filled with liquid. I
thought it would be nice to show you how to model a double walled drinking glass like the
Bodum glass in SolidWorks.
In this tutorial you will learn how to use the following functions:

2D sketch
Insert a photo
Change Transparency
Revolve
Fillet
Shell

Happy Modeling!

PhotoView360 visualisation of a double walled Bodum glass

Open a new part with model units set to millimeters
Go to: File > New > Part

Create a 2D sketch
Select the Front Plane in the feature tree (menu at the left side) and create a
sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
The display changes so the Front plane faces you.

Insert a reference photo

For this tutorial we use a photo of a Bodum glass to approach the nice shape as good as possible.
Download the photo here and save it into your SolidWorks folder
Go to: Tools > Sketch Tools > Sketch Picture
Go to your SolidWorks folder and select the photo SIDEVIEW_BODUM_GLASS.Jpg

Click: Open
Change the dimensions and position of the photo with the menu as shown in the picture.
Select Full image in the Transparency tab and change the transparency into 0.50
Click OK
Click at the Sketch button in the upper right corner close the 2D Sketch

Create another 2D sketch

Select the Front Plane again and create another sketch by clicking on the 2D Sketch icon
Draw two centerlines
Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > Centerline or click at the Centerline icon
Draw a vertical centerline that starts at the origin.

Change the length of the line into 61 mm by clicking at the dimension button
Draw a horizontal centerline that starts at the upper endpoint of the vertical centerline
Change the length of the line into 26 mm by clicking at the dimension button

Draw three solid lines

Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > Line or click at the Line icon
Draw the three lines as shown in the picture
Change the lengths of the lines by clicking at the dimension button

Draw a spline without midpoints

Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > Spline or click at the Spline icon
Draw a spline as shown in the picture without a midpoint
Right mouse button > Select

Change the curve of the Spline like the picture

Click at the Top point of the spline > The grey arrows of the Spline appear
Click and drag the round endpoint of the grey arrow as shown in the picture (the orange dot)

Click at the Lower point of the spline > The grey arrows of the Spline appear
Click and drag the round endpoint of the grey arrow as shown in the picture (the orange dot)
Try to create the curve of the glass as shown in the picture

Draw a second spline without midpoints

Go to Tools > Sketch Entities > Spline or click at the Spline icon
Draw a spline as shown in the picture without a midpoint
Right mouse button > Select

Change the curve of the Spline like the picture

Click at the Top point of the spline > The grey arrows of the Spline appear
Click and drag the round endpoint of the grey arrow as shown in the picture (the orange dot)

Click at the Lower point of the spline > The grey arrows of the Spline appear
Click and drag the round endpoint of the grey arrow as shown in the picture (the orange dot)
Try to create the curve of the glass as shown in the picture
Add a tangency relation add the end of the spline
Click at the orange dot as shown in the picture
Select the Horizontal relation in the Spline menu bar at the left side
The endpoint of the spline is fully tangent now

Create a Revolve
Go to Insert > Boss/Base > Revolve or click at the Revolve icon
Click at the vertical Centerline to define the Axis of Revolution
Use the One-Direction option
Set the Revolution Angle to 360 degrees
Click OK

Create two Fillets

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
Click at the blue edges as shown in the picture
Change the Radius into 1 mm
Click OK

Create another Fillet

Go to: Insert > Features > Fillet/Round or click at the Fillet icon
Click at the blue edges as shown in the picture
Change the Radius into 5 mm
Click OK

Change the transparency of the glass

Select an arbitrary face of the glass
Click at the appearances button
Click at the Part name
Click at the dropdown menu called standard
Select the Transparent option
Change the color into white
Click OK

Create a Shell
Now its time to convert the Solid glass into a double walled glass. We will use the Shell feature
for this.
Go to: Insert > Features > Shell or click at the Shell icon
Change the Thickness into 1 mm
Click OK

Congratulations, you just finished your own double walled drinking glass!

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