Lynda – SOLIDWORKS: Designing a Stirling Engine

Expand your SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD skills by learning how to design a machine with moving parts. In this course, learn through designing the components of an early-19th-century rival to the steam engine. Follow along with Johno Ellison as he leads you through the steps for creating a Stirling engine, a closed-cycle heat engine invented by Robert Stirling in 1816. Johno shows how to use SOLIDWORKS to create all the parts, combine the parts into an assembly, and prepare drawings for the final product. Johno also provides tips and ideas for moving the creation from a virtual to physical design.

Introduction
1. Introducing Stirling Engines
2. Create the Flywheel Parts
3. Starting the Assembly with the Current Parts
4. Create the Heater Parts
5. Add Heater Parts to the Assembly
6. Creating the Cooler Parts
7. Add Cooler Parts to the Assembly
8. Finish the Assembly
9. Making the Engine and Conclusion